Daphne Hatcher
Pine Mills, Texas
Biography
Daphne Roehr Hatcher has been a full-time studio potter for the past thirty-three years, sharing her studio with husband Gary Hatcher after three years of apprenticeship training in Europe and Great Britain. She received a BFA degree in art from the University of North Texas School of Visual Arts and has received many awards for her work in the ceramic field.
Daphne Hatcher exhibits widely in invitational and juried exhibitions, both nationally and internationally. She has work on permanent display in the American Airlines Corporate Collection, Ceramics Monthly Collection, The San Angelo Museum of Fine Art and many others. Images of her work have appeared in numerous books and periodicals. Her work is held in the private collections of Garth Clark and Mark Del Vecchio and The Rosenfield Collection.
Statement
Control, surrender, the integration of surface and form: these are considerations I have focused on for the last thirty years as a potter. I have fired pots with glazed surfaces in various kilns, often with complex layers and patterns, but wood firing provides the balance between control and surrender I seek. I pay careful attention to the skin of the pot and use judicial application of glaze to enhance whatever the flame grants me.
The platters I am creating now represent my interest in a painterly approach to glaze application, using the platter’s large flat surface as a canvas and allowing the flame to gently alter the glaze. My bark-textured work focuses more on form and surface texture.
I also savor the balance between control and surrender in the construction of my pots. Some days are spent peacefully turning out simple, familiar forms and other days are focused on the delicate assembly of complex textured teapots, bowls and bottles. The rhythm of making pots and firing them in our wood kiln suits my temperament and presents a continual challenge to my abilities. Where to exert control and when to surrender to the flow? This is the primary question.
www.daphnehatcher.com
Biography
Daphne Roehr Hatcher has been a full-time studio potter for the past thirty-three years, sharing her studio with husband Gary Hatcher after three years of apprenticeship training in Europe and Great Britain. She received a BFA degree in art from the University of North Texas School of Visual Arts and has received many awards for her work in the ceramic field.
Daphne Hatcher exhibits widely in invitational and juried exhibitions, both nationally and internationally. She has work on permanent display in the American Airlines Corporate Collection, Ceramics Monthly Collection, The San Angelo Museum of Fine Art and many others. Images of her work have appeared in numerous books and periodicals. Her work is held in the private collections of Garth Clark and Mark Del Vecchio and The Rosenfield Collection.
Statement
Control, surrender, the integration of surface and form: these are considerations I have focused on for the last thirty years as a potter. I have fired pots with glazed surfaces in various kilns, often with complex layers and patterns, but wood firing provides the balance between control and surrender I seek. I pay careful attention to the skin of the pot and use judicial application of glaze to enhance whatever the flame grants me.
The platters I am creating now represent my interest in a painterly approach to glaze application, using the platter’s large flat surface as a canvas and allowing the flame to gently alter the glaze. My bark-textured work focuses more on form and surface texture.
I also savor the balance between control and surrender in the construction of my pots. Some days are spent peacefully turning out simple, familiar forms and other days are focused on the delicate assembly of complex textured teapots, bowls and bottles. The rhythm of making pots and firing them in our wood kiln suits my temperament and presents a continual challenge to my abilities. Where to exert control and when to surrender to the flow? This is the primary question.
www.daphnehatcher.com
