With a background in art history and a passion for personal narrative ritual, Gregory Hatch is a fiber and performance artist who explores how pattern, texture, and material sit within our memory (individual and collective). Born and raised in Akron, Ohio and currently living in Cleveland, his work explores the nature of desire, obsession, voyeurism, and longing. Recently his practice returned to using narrative and storytelling as a way of sharing a personal history.

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Art as Magic

This past Saturday I got to help out for a day at the Buckland Museum of Witchcraft & Magick https://bucklandmuseum.org/ here in Cleveland, OH. The museum opened in the Cleveland area in 2017 and I visited it for the first time in 2018 . Since then I have frequented the museum to check out their continuously changing book selection. The book I am currently reading, Condensed Chaos by Phil Hine, is from there. My interest in and exploration of the occult and spirituality has not only informed my artistic practice, but shown me that it is an expression of my beliefs. As I have dug deeper into different practices I rediscovered my love for storytelling in my work and recognized the power that it holds.

In regards to making I am continuing to work on The Great Lakes Wild Man and The Fairy Ring projects. I have been working on the design for my Fairy Ring persona's garb. In undergrad I studied historical costume and I am drawing from Ancient Greek garments. I am looking to fashion my own chlamys (cloak), chiton (tunic), and perizoma (loin cloth) and dye them with natural dyes.