#52 Large Kokeshi Vessel in Indigo Preview Ferns and trees hang over

Ferns and trees hang over the creek

engraved with the Jack Rudy Cocktail Co

Packaged in a reuseable glass jar

lending a more masculine tone

and votives or pillars with a diameter of up to 2”

#52 Large Kokeshi Vessel in Indigo Preview Ferns and trees hang overAkio 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 indigo