#38 Round Block Round Vessel Gift Certificates and classically Heath

and classically Heath

This whimsical stool can be used as a child's stool

or even dessert—it’s pretty versatile like that

inspired by modernist aesthetics

This enduring serving spoon boasts the simple

#38 Round Block Round Vessel Gift Certificates and classically HeathAkio 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