#25 Small Torso Vessel Vases & Objects Soft to the touch and

Soft to the touch and sturdily made

attaching handles with careful welding

for decoration on the floor

Forms whose profile undulates in and out never really resolving in a straight line

#25 Small Torso Vessel Vases & Objects Soft to the touch andAkio 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