#71 Medium Torso Vessel Napkins Expect variation in the hand

Expect variation in the hand applied design

in their historic factory space

porous variation across the surface

before drying into a soft musk of oakmoss

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#71 Medium Torso Vessel Napkins Expect variation in the handAkio 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 ancient earthenwareis 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 colored