Daphne Roehr Hatcher

Twenty-Two Ways of Clay
A National Ceramics Invitational
Curated by Gary C. Hatcher
October 26th, 2001-January 8th, 2002
The Meadows Gallery
Cowan Fine & Performing Arts Center
The University of Texas at Tyler
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Daphne Roehr Hatcher - Artist Statement

Control, surrender, the integration of surface and form: these are considerations I have focused on for the last twenty-five 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 interplay between the deterioration of the surface and the formalness of the form excites me. Where to exert control and when to surrender to the flow? This is the primary question.