#86 Extra Small Kokeshi Vessel with Horizontal Stripes Napkin Using nine vegetables and one

Using nine vegetables and one fruit from the enormous variety grown in Japan's farms as inspiration (cabbage

both share a glossy and frosty finish

our Café Bowl was designed exclusively for Alice Waters' Chez Panisse restaurant in 2006

and Sage Gingham

intended as a vase that lives alongside the planters to create an interplay between flowers and plants

#86 Extra Small Kokeshi Vessel with Horizontal Stripes Napkin Using nine vegetables and oneAkio Nukagas work explores the possibilities of how he leaves a trace of himself in clay. This piece features his signature Pleated Work technique of carving grooves into the wet clay after it is thrown on the wheel. The forminspired by traditional kokeshi dollsis accentuated by these grooves curving down the profile of the vessel creating movement and rhythm. After the first firing and before the second, he finishes the vessel by applying different