Oral history interview with Patta Butcher

Title

Oral history interview with Patta Butcher

Narrator

Butcher, Patta

Description

Patta Butcher, or Patta LT, a professional artist, talks about growing up around textiles and learning at a young age how to make her own clothes. She explains her art education and how she began creating wearable art. She discusses the different types of textile art she has focused on, from full fashion lines to silk and fabric design and painting. Butcher describes her creative process, technique, and preferred materials. She comments on some of the teaching she has done and the eclectic inspirations for her work.

Interviewer

Little Thunder, Julie Pearson

Keyword

Oklahoma Native Artists; Artesian Gallery and Studios; Choctaw heritage; Patta LT

Subject

Indians of North America; Artists; Interviews; Fashion designers; Indians of North America--Clothing; Textile crafts; Silk painting

Spatial

McAlester, Oklahoma; Norman, Oklahoma; Sulphur, Oklahoma

Citation of material

Oklahoma Oral History Research Program-Oklahoma State University

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