#22 Medium Torso Vessel Indigo PIcnic Italy by artisan hands

Italy by artisan hands

proud and geometric in form with flanged lips ready to present a thin cutting or flower

the son of David Mellor and now the company creative director

Artist and jeweler Julia Turner’s pieces are exquisitely crafted

Crafted in her SF studio

#22 Medium Torso Vessel Indigo PIcnic Italy by artisan handsAkio 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