#37 Block Print Vessel Sustainable Treasures David Mellor's most magnificent cutlery

David Mellor's most magnificent cutlery

I remember seeing Chinese orchids and admiring their long

The knife features a patterned texture

shaped from a solid block of wood

#37 Block Print Vessel Sustainable Treasures David Mellor's most magnificent cutleryAkio Nukagas work explores the possibilities of how he leaves a trace of himself in clay. In this piece, he stamps patterns into the soft, wet clay before it is fireda nod to Japanese techniques called inamun and mishimade. The form of the vesselinspired by ancient earthenwareappears textured and soft after stamping. After the first firing and before the second, he finishes the vessel by applying different colored slips (liquid clay)a technique that