#12 Large Kokeshi Vessel Placemats The striped magnet pattern is

The striped magnet pattern is printed with dabu (mud resist) then dyed

light bites

The perfect pair

I can imagine myself carrying it from one sunny spot to another

Wearers have described it as everything from green and smokey

#12 Large Kokeshi Vessel Placemats The striped magnet pattern isAkio 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