"For me, creating is about cutting
away the unnaturalness by engaging in the act of making." Kato Kiyoyuki
Though best known for his more
sculptural ceramics, this Ki-Seto chawan was made by Seto ceramist, Kato
Kiyoyuki and despite the vivid, abstract decoration, this is a wonderfully
functional chawan. The slightly wet Ki-Seto glaze has created a rich, pebbly
texture that is broken up by the incised decoration that was then accented with
copper to add a certain zest to the bowl. The face of this chawan has become Kato's
canvas of abstraction which allows the viewer to interpret the design according
to each individuals set of unique experiences which makes this chawan unique to
each and every person who encounters it. I am a huge fan of this type of
decoration and chawan as the purposeful, abstracted ambiguity allows for a type
of ceramic Rorschach in which it means different things to different people making
for a far richer individual experience.
"Reality is only a Rorschach
ink-blot, you know." Alan Watts
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