#37 Block Print Vessel Sustainable Treasures We suggest it for anything

We suggest it for anything and everything—pasta

and one-of-a-kind

The weight in hand is precisely judged

The knife features a patterned texture

made of top stainless steel

#37 Block Print Vessel Sustainable Treasures We suggest it for anythingAkio 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