Frances Hatch

MOLE HILLS- FRESHLY WROUGHT

I recorded these yesterday - one on the headland a few feet from the cliff edge - the other in Old Nick’s Field (the long field on the way to Old Harry Rocks) just before I scooped them up into plastic bags. The field mole hill is also a few yards from the cliff edge.

I’m going to pot them up and water them and watch the chalk land plants grow. Moles sift hidden matter from the dark and they deposit it on the surface where it can meet the light and germinate. I’ve also found that the soil in mole hills is beautifully sifted and it is good to incorporate into my work.

Anybody who knows the terrain will be surprised to see a person on the Foreland. He is an art student from The Slade School of art (called James I think) setting up an installation. The other figure is a photographer recording the event. This morning he was still there.

Posted 5 months ago

SUNLIT

I’m exploring ways of drawing on these chalk grounds. They receive graphite beautifully of course- I returned this piece to the cliffs yesterday and added just a few lines with an HB pencil.

Posted 5 months ago

old harry rocks,

DECEMBER 1st 2012

Posted 5 months ago

LAYER UPON LAYER- building on surfaces using layers of chalk and ground cliff.

Posted 5 months ago

Earths do not fade. However as you can see the changes (irreversible chemical changes) occur upon heating.

Posted 6 months ago

GRATED CHALK

Beginning to explore Judy’s input: making gesso using the rabbitskin size and warm cream stained chalk from the corner of South Beach and the Old Harry cliffs.

Posted 6 months ago

27-28 OCTOBER: research in studio of Judy Wetherall: a practitioner, lecturer and conservator in gilding and decorative arts.

Focus: Earth colours: mediums, supports (gesso and gesso grosso), binders.

Posted 6 months ago