#75 Block Print Vessel Tile Samples Beautiful to see and incredible

Beautiful to see and incredible to hold

The Nest rug features a streamlined jute form inspired by the work of weaver birds

creating the appearance of a single

disassembled

A pair of slender softly curving forms like lemons standing on their ends

#75 Block Print Vessel Tile Samples Beautiful to see and incredibleAkio 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