#1 Block Print Vessel klaviyo-bis-include Inside the bowl

Inside the bowl

A glossy glaze that drapes beautifully over the textured Stan Bitters tile

It is common to find these stones with holes whose inhabitants have moved on

Between these alternate states

#1 Block Print Vessel klaviyo-bis-include Inside the bowlAkio Nukagas work explores the possibilities of how he leaves a trace of himself in clay. In this piece, he stamps patterns into the soft, wet clay before it is fireda nod to Japanese techniques called inamun and mishimade. The form of the vesselinspired by ancient earthenwareappears textured and soft after stamping. After the first firing and before the second, he finishes the vessel by applying different colored slips (liquid clay)a technique that