#19 Torso Vessel Gift Certificate Designed in collaboration with Christina

Designed in collaboration with Christina Kim and Alice Waters

For the plants in this form

the surface is more porous

A great example of affordable design

it's perfect for decorating a shelf or mantle

#19 Torso Vessel Gift Certificate Designed in collaboration with ChristinaAkio 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