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 Paul J. Katrich
Positively Unique and Rather Extraordinary
Luster Pottery
(for Unique and Extraordinary People)
American Art Pottery Association
Presentation of "Midwestern Summer"
to the Everson Museum of Art
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Presentation of Katrich vessel to the Everson Museum:
Left-to-right - Sandra Trop, Director;
Patricia Bourgeois, President, AAPA;
Paul J. Katrich;
Marisa Pascucci, Senior Curator
Photograph by Don Gill, AAPA Webmaster
![[Katrich Luster Vessel 1011 Presentation to Everson Museum - photo 2]](http://www.katrich.com/ev_aapa.jpg)
Presentation of Katrich vessel to the Everson Museum:
Left-to-right - Marisa Pascucci, Senior Curator;
Sandra Trop, Director;
Patricia Bourgeois, President, AAPA;
Paul J. Katrich
Photograph by Theresa Gerratana, Connecticut Legislator
Vessel 1011, "Midwestern Summer"
has been donated by the
American Art Pottery Association to
the Everson Museum, in Syracuse, New York,
at the museum's request. The ceremony for
the donation occurred at the museum
on April 27, 2006.
![['Midwestern Summer' (1011) at the Everson Museum]](http://www.katrich.com/ev_lobby.jpg)
"Midwestern Summer" in its
introductory atrium display
The vase has become part of the museum's
permanent ceramics collection - a collection
that is considered one of the finest in the
country. "Midwestern Summer" is now on view
in the Everson Museum's Ceramics Study Center.
![[Paul J. Katrich and 'Midwestern Summer' (1011) at Everson Museum]](http://www.katrich.com/ev_pjk.jpg)
Paul J. Katrich with "Midwestern Summer", 1011
at the Everson Museum
Photograph by Vivian Cord, Cord Shows, Ltd.
![[Iridescent Pottery by Paul J. Katrich (1011)]](http://www.katrich.com/1011a.jpg)
![[Iridescent Pottery by Paul J. Katrich (1011)]](http://www.katrich.com/1011d_mp.jpg)
"Midwestern Summer"
Luster Vessel 1011 (16")
Description of "Midwestern Summer"
"This vase is an impression of the rural highways of Ohio and Illinois in late Summer. The azure sky, gold and green fields, and sun-dappled trees are as seen from a rapidly passing car.
"To me, cornfields, wild grass and uncultivated trees represent life and vitality. These are the unappreciated natural beauty of common experience.
"I have many happy associations with such journeys: the solitude, the well-being, the quintessential America. Such trips often culminate in meeting old and new friends in the pottery world, making them that much more meaningful.
"The vessel sports a complicated and labor-intensive combination of glazes, requiring several firings to complete. These glazes range from olive green and deep turquoise satin mattes to matte and golden lusters. Its interior is a bright metallic copper.
"As with all of my pottery, this is an unique example, not to be repeated."
Paul J. Katrich
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Paul J. Katrich is a modern traditionalist.
He is also a degreed Art Historian
and frequent guest lecturer in the
fine and decorative arts.
An accomplished sculptor and artist in many media,
he offers a variety of professional design services.
Mr. Katrich serves as Secretary on the Board of the
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Fine Art Pottery
The contemporary pottery of Paul J. Katrich
consists of fine, hand-thrown ceramic vessels,
fired with rare colors and treatments,
including in-glaze iridescent lusters.
Each piece is utterly unique
in design and execution:
no repetition is possible.
Flawed or inferior examples are
destroyed: no second-quality Katrich
pottery is ever permitted to enter
the marketplace.
The Pottery Marks
of Paul J. Katrich
From 1997-2005
his Registered Trademark
(a Grecian Sphinx)
was glazed and fired
onto the bottom
of the vessels.
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Beginning in 2006
his "KATRICH" name was included
below his Registered Trademark
(a Grecian Sphinx), and then
glazed and fired together
onto the bottom of the vessels.
![[ Trademark of Paul J. Katrich ]](http://www.katrich.com/mark_kat.jpg)
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The Katrich Mark
A Personal Description by the Artist
"A Grecian Sphinx appears on all authentic ceramic works of Paul J. Katrich.
The Sphinx is a symbol shrouded in myth and antiquity; revered in many cultures.
"I adopted this signature to demonstrate respect for the artists of the ancient East,
whose pottery is a constant source of wonder. For me, the Sphinx is a guardian
of arcane knowledge and many mysteries.
"By tradition, the vessel held in her paws denotes life and special insight.
"She has faithfully served Katrich Studios, as a companion and good-luck token, for many years.
May she do as much for the possessor."
Paul J. Katrich
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![[Style 1900 Article about Everson donation, August, 2006)]](http://www.katrich.com/s0806_lg.jpg)
![[Katrich Luster Vessel 1011 Presentation to Everson Museum]](http://www.katrich.com/ev_pres_lg.jpg)
![[Katrich Luster Vessel 1011 Presentation to Everson Museum - photo 2]](http://www.katrich.com/ev_aapa_lg.jpg)
![['Midwestern Summer' (1011) at the Everson Museum]](http://www.katrich.com/ev_lobby_lg.jpg)
![[Paul J. Katrich and 'Midwestern Summer' (1011) at Everson Museum]](http://www.katrich.com/ev_pjk_lg.jpg)
![[Iridescent Pottery by Paul J. Katrich (1011)]](http://www.katrich.com/1011a_lg.jpg)
![[Iridescent Pottery by Paul J. Katrich (1011)]](http://www.katrich.com/1011d_lg.jpg)