#1 Block Print Vessel w20 This is Ozzy Octopus

This is Ozzy Octopus

Air plants can live almost anywhere

Each runner is made from beautiful

they create a gradual rise toward the center

the plant pot within is slightly tapered

#1 Block Print Vessel w20 This is Ozzy OctopusAkio 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