With Camelback, artist Molly Hatch has developed a new approach to deconstructing historic patterning and surface through an installation of triangular shaped wall tiles that create a large scale, three-dimensional ceramic lenticular.

From the left perspective a recreation of George Elburt Burr’s Camelback Mountain, Phoenix, circa 1928 from the Smithsonian American Art Museum reveals itself across the tiles. When viewed from the right perspective, a reinterpretation of historic Iznic tile pattern using Agave, Arizona and native succulents is revealed in brilliant gold luster.  The tiles used in this panel are products of the Iznik kilns. This was a custom commission for a client based in Arizona. The ceramic workshops of Iznik began producing ceramic tiles for the Ottoman court in the early part of the sixteenth century. Iznik tiles such as these still enliven the walls of mosques and palaces throughout Istanbul.

The dual composition of historic pastoral rendering and traditional pattern work echo each other in this new and exciting wall installation.

In the past decade the name Molly Hatch has become synonymous with contemporary ceramics.  Hatch’s ceramic installations, inspired by historical decoration, have been exhibited and collected all over the world and garnered her a loyal and fervent following. Todd Merrill Studio has represented Hatch since 2013.