Renowned designer and style guru

With fun colors and an aesthetic both modern and rustic

fired into a beautifully earthy and textured tile

this legendary American artist’s expression has a rare boldness

#68 Medium Kokeshi Vessel Robert Renowned designer and style guruAkio 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