Frances' studio is in the middle of Weymouth and is 5 minutes away from the rail station- mainline to London Waterloo. Visits welcome by appointment. All work is for sale. Contact for details.
contact E: info@franceshatch.co.uk M: 07946903930
contact E: info@franceshatch.co.uk M: 07946903930
PRACTICE
Direct work en plein air is central to Frances' practice. She feels her way into the particularity of each site with all her senses. Frances has moved her home and her studio into Weymouth, Dorset. She is still based along the Chesil Beach but it is Portland that sits in front of her home now. She sees the sea every morning.
'Place provides pigment and tools. Weather, tide and season animate, reveal and conceal. I document collect, participate, play. Materials shift hourly, daily, yearly and over millennia.
Work is generated en plein air: site materials enter and inhabit the work: each piece is particular and provisional. Cellophane sits with the Cenozoic.'
March 2019
THE COMMON GROUND
7th January to 9th May 2020
CRAFTS STUDY CENTRE, UNIVERSITY FOR THE CREATIVE ARTS, FALKNER ROAD, FARNHAM, SURREY, GU9 7DS
7th January to 9th May 2020
CRAFTS STUDY CENTRE, UNIVERSITY FOR THE CREATIVE ARTS, FALKNER ROAD, FARNHAM, SURREY, GU9 7DS
EXHIBITION
The Common Ground is curated by, and presents the paintings and drawings of, Frances Hatch. Its starting point is her observation of the glaze test vessels and notebooks of the potter Katharine Pleydell-Bouverie from the Crafts Study Centre’s collections. These reflect what Hatch calls ‘her curiosity about the specificity and particularity of materials local to her. In these pieces I meet an artist very much like myself – curious about her “common or garden ground”’.
Frances Hatch has selected a group of ceramics by contemporary makers who also specifically connect to this notion of ground, surface and the specificity of place: Adam Buick, Kyra Cane, Jack Doherty and Akiko Hirai. These works, along with Hatch’s allow her ‘to adopt a wide field of vision to soften the gaze and stand on a common ground where all artists meet’. The radical landscape poet Elisabeth Bletsoe has written a poem for the exhibition which will be in a publication available from the Crafts Study Centre at £10 or from Frances at £10 + p&p.
Frances Hatch has selected a group of ceramics by contemporary makers who also specifically connect to this notion of ground, surface and the specificity of place: Adam Buick, Kyra Cane, Jack Doherty and Akiko Hirai. These works, along with Hatch’s allow her ‘to adopt a wide field of vision to soften the gaze and stand on a common ground where all artists meet’. The radical landscape poet Elisabeth Bletsoe has written a poem for the exhibition which will be in a publication available from the Crafts Study Centre at £10 or from Frances at £10 + p&p.
Available from the Crafts Study Centre at £10
or from Frances at £10 + p&p. |
LODMOOR MOON, Weymouth. (detail). November 2019. Gouache and site materials on handmade paper. 30X30CM.
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EVENTS
MEET THE ARTIST:
12.00 to 3.00
29th January and 11th March 2020
An opportunity to meet with Frances Hatch to discuss her work set in the context of her exhibition The Common Ground.
Admission Free but numbers are limited and bookings must be made with the Crafts Study Centre in advance
12.00 to 3.00
29th January and 11th March 2020
An opportunity to meet with Frances Hatch to discuss her work set in the context of her exhibition The Common Ground.
Admission Free but numbers are limited and bookings must be made with the Crafts Study Centre in advance
IN CONVERSATION
Frances Hatch in conversation with Simon Olding
29th April 2020
Join artist and curator Frances Hatch who will discuss the curatorial objectives of her exhibition The Common Ground and its connectivity to her own practice as a visual artist and as a writer. The link to writing will also enable a discussion on the new poem by Elisabeth Bletsoe written for the exhibition. Frances will be in conversation with the Director of the Crafts Study Centre, Professor Simon Olding.
Admission Free but numbers are strictly limited and places must be booked in advance.
Reception 5.30 to 6.00pm
In conversation 6.00pm to 7.00pm
Frances Hatch in conversation with Simon Olding
29th April 2020
Join artist and curator Frances Hatch who will discuss the curatorial objectives of her exhibition The Common Ground and its connectivity to her own practice as a visual artist and as a writer. The link to writing will also enable a discussion on the new poem by Elisabeth Bletsoe written for the exhibition. Frances will be in conversation with the Director of the Crafts Study Centre, Professor Simon Olding.
Admission Free but numbers are strictly limited and places must be booked in advance.
Reception 5.30 to 6.00pm
In conversation 6.00pm to 7.00pm
page selected from publication: Jack Doherty and Frances Hatch
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FORELAND. Along The Low Tide Line to Old Harry, Studland, Dorset. Foraged materials on handmade paper. 55X89cm. Showing in The Common Ground.
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BOOKING/VISITING:
CRAFTS STUDY CENTRE, UNIVERSITY FOR THE CREATIVE ARTS, FALKNER ROAD, FARNHAM, SURREY, GU9 7DS
Email for booking: CRAFTSCENTRE@UCREATIVE.AC.UK
Telephone for booking: 01252 891450
CRAFTS STUDY CENTRE, UNIVERSITY FOR THE CREATIVE ARTS, FALKNER ROAD, FARNHAM, SURREY, GU9 7DS
Email for booking: CRAFTSCENTRE@UCREATIVE.AC.UK
Telephone for booking: 01252 891450
Open to the public: Tuesday-Friday 10-5 and Saturday 10-4. ADMISSION IS FREE.
The Crafts Study Centre opens on January 2nd 2020. It will be closed to the public for Easter between Friday 10th and Monday 13th April 2020 reopening on Tuesday 14thApril. In addition the Crafts Study Centre will be closed on Friday 8th May (May Bank Holiday)
The Crafts Study Centre opens on January 2nd 2020. It will be closed to the public for Easter between Friday 10th and Monday 13th April 2020 reopening on Tuesday 14thApril. In addition the Crafts Study Centre will be closed on Friday 8th May (May Bank Holiday)
DRAWING ON DORSET- Dorchester County Hospital.
Drawing on Dorset - featuring work made in Dorset, of Dorset and about Dorset.
This is a touring exhibition produced by Dorset Visual Arts and Evolver Magazine. It launched at Durlston, Swanage in July 2019, Lighthouse, Poole in September 2019. The Slade Centre, Gillingham and at Dorchester County Hospital. Publication available from Frances' studio @£15 or here + p&p
Drawing on Dorset - featuring work made in Dorset, of Dorset and about Dorset.
This is a touring exhibition produced by Dorset Visual Arts and Evolver Magazine. It launched at Durlston, Swanage in July 2019, Lighthouse, Poole in September 2019. The Slade Centre, Gillingham and at Dorchester County Hospital. Publication available from Frances' studio @£15 or here + p&p
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