Meet the Artist
Clare Carpenter
Fiber Arts - Decorative
Clare Carpenter is a printmaker who uses primarily linoleum blocks and silk screen to print onto sustainable fabrics —hemp, organic cotton, and linen—to make handmade home goods such as table linens, indoor and outdoor pillows, wall hangings, and gift items. All of her work is produced in her Portland studio by herself, and is inspired by her love of the wilderness of Oregon.
Clare is the proprietor of Tiger Food Press, a letterpress and printmaking studio in St. Johns, Portland, Oregon. Their work is heavily influenced by place, nature, and how our landscape is imbued with personal histories. She uses letterpress as a tool for printmaking and illustration, blending traditional and contemporary print methods to express appreciation for the natural world in which they love to explore. Themes of folklore and conservation both inhabit her work, through which stories begin to emerge.