AKIHIRO NIKAIDO - GYOKUKAKU(玉殻) VASE③ Mugs&Cups The inside has a smooth

The inside has a smooth

Please kindly note that each piece is handmade by the artist

There is no bisque firing step in the process of her work

deep overlapping gradations

which was founded 400 years ago

AKIHIRO NIKAIDO - GYOKUKAKU(玉殻) VASE③ Mugs&Cups The inside has a smoothGyokukaku() works are made by a technique that Akihiro Nikaido himself invented. It is an incredibly beautiful piece with a unique texture and color expression. The glaze that melts in the kiln is magma from inside the earth, and the thin mud on top of it resembles the earth's surface. The vessel itself is the earth, and it seems to represent a moment in its eternal flow. If you look closely at the expression of this work, you will see that it