#54 Medium Kokeshi Vase Gift Certificates glossy enamel

glossy enamel

Each one of Hideki Takayama’s (Taka) pieces are sculptural yet never drift too far from their functional nature

Though shaped using traditional mouth blowing techniques

with its loop handles and cover

#54 Medium Kokeshi Vase Gift Certificates glossy enamelAkio 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