#8 Medium Torso Vessel Akio & Taka The combination of the black

The combination of the black powder coated base and rich leather upholstery is luxe

In Pearce's words "I seek to create an archive of everyday objects by casting them in durable solid bronze so that future archaeologists will have a few pieces of the puzzle to decode from my limited time on earth starting in the 1970s

Named after the Isle of Skye in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland

They were popular as ornamental objects among royal families and scholars are still used in traditional Daoist Gardens in China today

and brushing on three different glazes: Emerald Gloss

#8 Medium Torso Vessel Akio & Taka The combination of the blackAkio 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