Japanese Ceramic Artist

Akiko often carves her vessels and works quickly and rhythmically. There is an absence of mechanical regularity as she fears the rhythm becoming too static. Her first use of carving was on her plates, gently marked as a flower petal floating on the lake/pond. The carved textures derive from Kamakura-bori, an old folk craft of wood carving based in Kamakura in Japan. This is called Kohiki.