#48 Large Cloud Vessel Placemat and a table knife

and a table knife

The green glaze follows a gradient from speckled up top

samples are made using custom-dyed yarns by the head weaver

Green Grove Weavers manufactures their goods in the United Kingdom with natural fibers on traditional looms

#48 Large Cloud Vessel Placemat and a table knifeAkio 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 indigo colored