#72 Medium Pumpkin Vessel akio-2022-group-3 Packaged in a reuseable glass

Packaged in a reuseable glass jar

Handmade in Sweden from Gotland Sheep hair by Åsas Tomtebod

co-owner of Tartine Bakery in San Francisco

Germany (known as “toy village”)

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#72 Medium Pumpkin Vessel akio-2022-group-3 Packaged in a reuseable glassAkio 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