AKIHIRO NIKAIDO - GYOKUKAKU(玉殻) VASE④ Incense Sticks It is blended with vegetable

It is blended with vegetable wax and features a stable fragrance and burn

beautiful ultramarine color

It is an incredibly beautiful piece with a unique texture and color expression

expressing two sides of the same coin in one piece

who creates pottery in her atelier in Karuizawa

AKIHIRO NIKAIDO - GYOKUKAKU(玉殻) VASE④ Incense Sticks It is blended with vegetableGyokukaku() 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