#25 Small Torso Vessel MGM Written by Amos Klausner

Written by Amos Klausner

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With a base of all-natural ingredients including cocoa butter and beeswax

and resistance — a water glass elegant in form and function

#25 Small Torso Vessel MGM Written by Amos KlausnerAkio 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