#71 Medium Torso Vessel Gift Certificates green glaze departs from the

green glaze departs from the typical orange of garden pots

A charming teapot with a bright yellow lid

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The feel of the curved metal with the open top is somehow both hug-like and spacious

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#71 Medium Torso Vessel Gift Certificates green glaze departs from theAkio 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