#67 Medium Kokeshi Vessel Ceramic Mugs & Cups tonka bean

tonka bean

there are no rules—only your imagination

fascinated by the clean

by artisan hands using traditional mouth blowing techniques for beautiful variation

and made to last

#67 Medium Kokeshi Vessel Ceramic Mugs & Cups tonka beanAkio 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