#44 Large Kokeshi Vessel with Horizontal Stripes Bar & Pantry Hideki Takayama is a self-taught

Hideki Takayama is a self-taught sculptor whose work ranges from the functional to the sensual

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#44 Large Kokeshi Vessel with Horizontal Stripes Bar & Pantry Hideki Takayama is a self-taughtAkio 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