The flavor is subtle and certain to please your lucky dinner guests

and oxidized metal

Designed in collaboration with Christina Kim and Alice Waters

The cobalt tinged material has fascinated him since he started working with it 6 years ago and continues to pique his imagination with its endless complexity

The weight in hand is precisely judged

#32 Large Kokeshi Vessel Bags The flavor is subtle andAkio 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