#63 Medium Kokeshi Vessel MGM This vase features a touch

This vase features a touch of yellow around the delicate opening and rhythmic pleating underneath a rustic blue-yellow surface

which has adapted the ability to harness the heat and smoke of fires to help disperse their seeds

in restful sage

Germany (known as “toy village”)

Add to your favorite dish to impart all-natural smoky flavor

#63 Medium Kokeshi Vessel MGM This vase features a touchAkio 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