#75 Block Print Vessel Autumn A classic creamer

A classic creamer

The wide lip of the interior bowl rests flush with the exterior bowls to create a unified curve

The profiles of this pair transition elegantly from point to point like spinning tops frozen in motion

The Cabernet glasses are light both in terms of weight and look

#75 Block Print Vessel Autumn A classic creamerAkio Nukagas work explores the possibilities of how he leaves a trace of himself in clay. In this piece, he stamps patterns into the soft, wet clay before it is fireda nod to Japanese techniques called inamun and mishimade. The form of the vesselinspired by ancient earthenwareappears textured and soft after stamping. After the first firing and before the second, he finishes the vessel by applying different colored slips (liquid clay)a technique that