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
LODMOOR MOON, Weymouth. detail. November 2019. Gouache and site materials on handmade paper.
FORELAND. Along The Low Tide Line to Old Harry, Studland, Dorset. Foraged materials on handmade paper. 55X89cm.
NOW ON: 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 now at 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 now at Dorchester County Hospital.
BURTON MERE UNDER ROSE. Gouache and site materials on handmade Indian paper. March 2019. 30 x 57 cm (framed)
COMING SOON at The Craft Study Centre at The University of the Creative Arts, Falkner Rd, Farnham GU9 7DS
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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 |
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 phone to book for these events: 01252 891450
Open to the public: Tuesday-Friday 10-5 and Saturday 10-4 The Crafts Study Centre 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) |
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STUDIO DAY BY DAY: informal responses to working life 'in the field'
STUDIO DAY BY DAY: informal responses to working life 'in the field'