Each handle incorporates an internal back weight

Inside these sculptures are small ceramic beads: the dark piece has one while the light piece has three making it the most lively of the collection

has great simplicity of line

Learn about how their backgrounds — from Louisiana to New Jersey — and how they joined their sensibilities in Northern California's rich culinary landscape

showing the color of the earth

#87 Extra Small Kokeshi Vessel with Horizontal Stripe S23 Each handle incorporates an internalAkio 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 traditional kokeshi dollsis 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 different