#58 Medium Pumpkin Vessel in Indigo holiday-25 the plant pot within is

the plant pot within is a slightly tapered cylinder with a wide rim

Round and stately

maple and mesquite wood

Let this large gnome find its way home to yours for this year and many more to come

#58 Medium Pumpkin Vessel in Indigo holiday-25 the plant pot within isAkio 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 indigo colored