Table runner (red)
31.3 x 15.1 x 0.2 in (h x w x d)
Woven cotton; collection of Todd Goodheart

Hatton did not teach weaving at the Fort Collins campus; it was the bailiwick of her colleague, Norma Walker, who for nearly fifteen years was the only other faculty member in Home Economics devoted to "art and handcraft." But Hatton worked to expand the weaving studio as she developed the art department, finding space for looms first in Spruce Hall and later in the basement of Old Main. She also wove on a loom of her own, especially in her later years when macular degeneration hindered her work in other media. The two table runners here are both four-harness patterns; the smaller one follows a summer and winter pattern, while the larger blue runner is a crackle weave.

Other works by Clara Hatton

This Little Deer from Cranbrook Bring Season's Greetings , ca. 1944
4.3 x 2.5 in (h x w)
Block print with hand coloring on card stock; collection of Ora Hatton Shay
Gregory Allicar Museum of Art
The Leopard and the Fox , 1944
8.5 x 12 in (h x w)
Engraving and letterpress on wove paper; collection of Ora Hatton Shay
Gregory Allicar Museum of Art
Season's Greetings , 1941
4 x 2.2 in (h x w)
Etching on wove paper; collection of Ora Hatton Shay
Gregory Allicar Museum of Art
Still life with floral arrangement and black pottery , 1940
14.8 x 18.1 in (h x w)
Watercolor with graphite on paper; collection of Susan Elizabeth Gillin
Gregory Allicar Museum of Art
Red Tree , 1940
13.9 x 18 in (h x w)
Oil on canvas board
Gregory Allicar Museum of Art

More from Gregory Allicar Museum of Art

Gloria in excelsis Deo
5.1 x 4.1 in (h x w)
Block print with gold powder on laid paper; collection of Ora Hatton Shay
Gregory Allicar Museum of Art
Grandma Hatton and Little Ora , ca. 1946
9.6 x 9 in (h x w)
Charcoal on wove paper
Gregory Allicar Museum of Art
Mrs. Alpaugh at the Loom , 1945
9 x 7 in (h x w)
Etching with drypoint on wove paper; collection of Ora Hatton Shay
Gregory Allicar Museum of Art
This Little Deer from Cranbrook Bring Season's Greetings , ca. 1944
4.3 x 2.5 in (h x w)
Block print with hand coloring on card stock; collection of Ora Hatton Shay
Gregory Allicar Museum of Art
The Leopard and the Fox , 1944
8.5 x 12 in (h x w)
Engraving and letterpress on wove paper; collection of Ora Hatton Shay
Gregory Allicar Museum of Art