Lori Clark says she has never met a fiber art she doesn’t love. She’s been sewing clothing since she was a young girl with forays into quilting, knitting, hand embroidery and machine embroidery among others. Her rug hooking journey began with a Christmas stocking. After 4 years of traditional rug hooking she was introduced to the punch needle method in 2021 and was immediately hooked becoming an Oxford Certified Punch Needle Rug Hooking Instructor in 2023. She lives and practices her arts and crafts in Laporte, Minnesota, and is happy to travel to share her love of punch needle rug hooking. To escape the snow and cold of northern Minnesota, Lori travels the southern states each winter. She will take her teaching on the road at this time, too.

Professional Affiliations: Lori Clark is a member of the Oxford Punch Needle Rug Hooking Instructors Guild (OPNIG), American Association of Traditional Hooking Artists (ATHA) and was a long time member of the American Sewing Guild (ASG).