#75 Block Print Vessel Ceramic Bowls beginning with a darker red

beginning with a darker red up top and drawing the eyes down into bright orange

I began with seed

The shinogi—a traditional Japanese decorative technique—are carved carefully by hand into the surface of the piece

Corin Mellor

At once elegant and modern

#75 Block Print Vessel Ceramic Bowls beginning with a darker redAkio 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