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O n e m ig h t s a y th a t a p a s s io n
fo r th e h a n d m a d e is in M o l l y
H a t c h ’ s b lo o d : h e r f a m ily ’ s c o n -
n e c t io n t o fu n c tio n a l a r t g o e s
b a c k g e n e r a t io n s . “ M y m a te r n a l
a n c e s to r s w e r e m e r c h a n ts im -
p o r tin g g o o d s , m o s t ly fr o m E u -
r o p e ,” s a y s t h e c e r a m is t. “ T h e y
a lw a y s b r o u g h t b a c k p o r c e la in
a n d F r e n c h fa ie n c e as b a lla s t in
th e ir s h ip s . I g r e w u p u s in g a
l o t o f th e o b je c t s in h e r ite d fr o m
m y g r a n d m o th e r in m y h o m e .”
S u r r o u n d e d b y t h e s e o p u le n t
p ie c e s , H a t c h , w h o s e f a m ily ’ s
w e a lt h h a d s lo w ly d w in d le d
d e c a d e s b e f o r e s h e w a s b o m ,
r o m a n t ic iz e d h e r p r o s p e r o u s
B o s to n ia n a n c e s to r s . “ I w a s
r e a lly f a s c in a te d b y t h e w e a lt h
th o s e o b je c ts r e p r e s e n t e d , s u c h
as th e b a r o q u e r e p o u s s é s ilv e r
m ir r o r s I h a d in m y b e d r o o m
a n d th e s ilv e r t e a s e r v ic e w e
n e v e r u s e d .” T h e f a m ily w a s
as m u c h m a k e r s o f a r t a s it w a s
b u y e r s a n d s e lle r s — H a t c h ’ s
m o t h e r , th e d a u g h te r a n d g r a n d -
d a u g h te r o f p a in te r s , a t t e n d e d
t h e R h o d e I s la n d S c h o o l o f
D e s i g n , w h i c h h e r f a m ily w a s
in s tr u m e n t a l in fo u n d in g .
H a t c h ’ s c h ild h o o d c o u ld n ’t
h a v e b e e n m o r e d if f e r e n t fr o m
t h a t s to r ie d p a s t. R a is e d o n
an o r g a n ic d a ir y fa rm in th e r u -
ral c o m m u n it y o f G r a f t o n ,
V T ,
u n t il s h e w a s 13 y e a r s o ld , H a t c h
s p e n t h e r d a y s p la y i n g a m o n g
h a y s t a c k s a n d e x p lo r i n g th e
fa r m . “ I t h in k th is s e t m e u p fo r
a d e e p a p p r e c ia tio n f o r th in g s
m a d e b y h a n d ,” s h e r e fle c ts .
“ I g a in e d an u n d e r s t a n d in g
a b o u t w h a t it t a k e s t o m a k e
s o m e th in g in a w a y th a t m a n y
p e o p le n e v e r g e t . I t a ls o g a v e m e
t h e t o o ls t o t r u s t t h a t I w a s c a -
p a b le o f m a k in g th in g s m y s e l f .”
T h e ru ra l in flu e n c e c o n t in -
u e d w h e n h e r p a r e n ts m o v e d
t h e fa m ily t o P ly m o u t h ,
v t ,
t o ru n t h e fa r m p r o g r a m a t th e
F a r m a n d W i ld e r n e s s s u m m e r
c a m p s . “ T h e p h i lo s o p h y o f t h e
c a m p s is b a s e d o n Q u a k e r p r a c -
t i c e s , ” H a t c h e x p la in s . “ B y
li v in g in a c o m m u n a l s e t t in g I
le a r n e d a lo t a b o u t m y s e lf. T h e
K a h il G ib r a n s t a t e m e n t ‘w o r k
is lo v e m a d e v is ib le ’ b e c a m e
a t h e o r e t ic a l f r a m e w o r k f o r m y
a p p r o a c h t o a lm o s t e v e r y t h i n g .”
T h e in s p ir a tio n th a t H a t c h ,
w h o n o w liv e s in M a s s a c h u s e tts ,
fo u n d in h e r c h ild h o o d h o m e s
is r e fle c t e d in t h e d o m e s t ic fe e l
o f h e r w o r k . “ W h e n I am d e s ig n -
in g a p ie c e in m y m in d , I a lw a y s
p ic t u r e w h e r e I w a n t it t o l i v e , ”
s h e s a y s . “ A n d I a lw a y s e n d u p
p ic t u r in g th e w o r k in s o m e o n e ’ s
h o m e . I t ’s a lm o s t im p o s s ib le to
d e n y a c o n n e c t io n t o th e d o m e s -
tic w h e n u s in g c la y o f a n y k in d .”
T h e fe m in in e p a tte r n s d e c o -
r a t in g h e r d is h e s , w h i c h s h e
c r e a t e s u s in g , a m o n g s e v e r a l
tr a d itio n a l t e c h n iq u e s , J a p a n e s e
s lip -in la y , c a lle d m is h im a , b r in g
to m in d th e fr a g ile , p r e c io u s
c h in a a h o s t e s s m ig h t u s e f o r a
d in n e r p a r t y . Y e t , H a t c h c o u n -
te r s th is p r e c io u s n e s s b y m a k in g
h e r o b je c ts le ss d e lic a te —p e r -
h a p s a te s t a m e n t to h e r c h ild -
h o o d fa r m e x p e r ie n c e s . "W h ile
s h e lo o k s f o r in s p ir a tio n to th e
p a tte r n s f o r fo r m s a n d s u r fa c e s
fr o m t h e F r e n c h p o r c e la in fa c -
to r ie s a t S è v r e s a n d V i n c e n n e s ,
s h e ’ll d e s ig n a t e a c u p w i t h n o
n e e d f o r a s a u c e r , w h i c h c a n b e
u s e d lik e a m u g . “ I w a n t th e
w o r k s [ s u c h a s t h e p o r c e la in
Tête à TêteQ
a n d
Umbrella
Stand G ]
t o e x is t as c o n t e m p o -
r a r y v e r s io n s o f th e ir h is to r ic a l
c o u n t e r p a r t s ,” H a t c h s a y s .
“ I lik e t o th in k th a t I am t a k in g
an o ld o b je c t a n d r e d e s ig n in g it
f o r t h e c o n t e m p o r a r y c o n s u m e r
o r c o lle c t o r .” — s . s .
m o lly h a t c h .c o m
014 american craft
aug/scp 10
M N / M in n e a p o lis
Northern Clay Center
American Pottery Festival
S e p t . 9 - 1 2
n o r t h e r n c la y c e n te r .o r g
C e le b r a t e t h e a r t a n d u s e o f th e
p o t a t th is g a th e r in g o f N o r t h
A m e r ic a ’ s fin e s t c e r a m ic a r tis ts .
M O / S t . L o u is
© Craft Alliance
Elizabeth Keith line:
Smarter/Faster/Higher
to J a n . 19
c r a fta llia n c e .o r g
W o v e n w ir e h u m a n s , s u c h as
Two Figures,
t r a v e r s e t h e g a l-
le r y , s y m b o liz i n g m a n k in d ’ s
e v o lu t i o n , e s p e c i a l ly as it r e -
la te s t o t h e u s e o f t e c h n o lo g y .
N H / C o n c o r d
New Hampshire
Historical Society
15th Annual New Hampshire
Furniture Masters Association
Exhibition
A u g . 1 0 - S e p t . 9
n h h is t o r y .o r g
E x c e p t io n a l q u a lit y o f w o r k
in a s p e c t r u m o f m o d e s h o n o r s
th e a s s o c ia tio n ’ s p r o u d le g a c y
a n d p o in t s to th e ric h fu tu r e o f
c u s to m fu r n itu r e m a k in g .
N M / S a n t a F e
Patina Gallery
Atelier Zobel
A u g . 1 3 - S e p t . 5
p a t in a -g a lle r y .c o m
C o m b i n in g p r e c io u s m e ta ls
w i t h ra re g e m s , t h e s e G e r m a n
m a s te r s c r e a te b o ld a n d e m o tiv e
j e w e l r y o f t im e le s s b e a u ty .
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