#79 Small Kokeshi Vesel Accessories connoisseurs

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this Soup Bowl was created for Alice Waters' iconic Chez Panisse restaurant in 2006

whose glaze has more variation and shine from a gradient of orange hues and light

like a basket for transporting plants

#79 Small Kokeshi Vesel Accessories connoisseursAkio 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