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Kathe Todd-Hooker's Statement

I love colour and the technical and historic aspects of tapestry weaving. I like the challenge putting together images that are collage like and are symbolically powerful, personal and explosive in small spaces-contained and semi-controlled chaos.
 
My work can be broken into two categories. Those images that are based on my journals and dreams and those I do for the shear pleasure of playing and experimenting with colour and technique. I prefer to work at a small scale and a small format 20 epi and not much larger then 15 x 15 inches.   I do try and weave or think about doing   a piece a year that is large format.
 
When asked why I prefer to weave tapestry as my medium, the answer is easy-because I hate to paint!  I like to work to work with imagery, but I don’t like the physical action of painting or other "art" media. My Grandmothers taught me to honour small works and the textile arts and so I do.
Kathe Todd-Hooker's Biography

I have degrees a BS and a MIAS from Marylhurst/OSAC and OSU in craft design and other minors-history, economics and CTRA. Plus, I have taken workshops and studied with many of the Ubiquitous “others” in the last 28 years. I have spent a great deal of time studying tapestry technique and writing about it since 1978. I co-own Fine Fiber Press and studio with Pat Spark. We publish and write books on tapestry, felting, and sell supplies for these media. I have also written articles on Russian Old Believers and Journaling. I teach nationally, internationally and have private students. For the last 10 years I have been the administrator and of  the tapestry list. I spent many years on the ATA board. I have two sons, 3 grandchildren, an extremely patient husband, 3 cats and a small dog and a dozen looms that all take up my time. My work is in private collections and has been exhibited extensively all over the world. I prefer to do speculative work to commissions.