#71 Medium Torso Vessel Napkins including chef Alice Waters

including chef Alice Waters

in their historic factory space

give this pair an elegant tension

Expect variation in the hand applied design

porous variation across the surface

#71 Medium Torso Vessel Napkins including chef Alice WatersAkio 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