#58 Medium Pumpkin Vessel in Indigo holiday-25 Each oval roaster features visually

Each oval roaster features visually unique design elements including hand hammered handles with a texture designed for easy gripping and a beautiful pre-seasoned interior finish

Round and stately

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

he finishes the vessel by applying different colored slips (liquid clay)—a technique that he has refined over the last 30 years

The surfaces are glazed in opposing matte shades: smooth dark and light with mottled textures reminiscent of stone

#58 Medium Pumpkin Vessel in Indigo holiday-25 Each oval roaster features visuallyAkio 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