#71 Medium Torso Vessel Napkins in their historic factory space

in their historic factory space

From the most requested—the Morning Bun—to new ingredients

including chef Alice Waters

give this pair an elegant tension

porous variation across the surface

#71 Medium Torso Vessel Napkins in their historic factory spaceAkio 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