#19 Torso Vessel Build Basics Chicken with Caramelized Onions and

Chicken with Caramelized Onions and Croutons

Pure sea salt smoked over a bonfire of hickory

Design-led in San Francisco by Heath

The wider center opening makes it easy to carry plates and bowls as large as 13" in diameter

#19 Torso Vessel Build Basics Chicken with Caramelized Onions andAkio 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 ancient earthenwareis 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 colored