Cloaked in a soft, vellum like Persian blue
glaze the all too familiar repeated arches design remind one of an ancient
cathedral or Roman temple from ages long past. Combining the modern skills of
the potter, together with an ancient tradition and design, the vase stands
calmly while evoking a myriad of associations, something ever present in the
works of the late Kato Kenji. His works have a sense of endurance and longevity
that is not always captured by potters. Like the archetypes, I always sense a
dependence on the past while looking far into the future using elements and techniques
of a time gone by; Kato Kenji stands on the shoulders of numerous potters who laid
the foundations for a noble tradition that has made its way to the 21st
century.
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