Currently on Exhibit
OCCA Members Art Show
February 4 - March 25, 2023
Newport Visual Arts Center
777 NW Beach Dr, Newport, OR 97365
The COVE Gallery
News Times building
831 NE Avery St, Newport, OR 97365
June 2022 - ongoing
Oregon Coast Sunset
Rebecca Hooper
2022
SOLD
Created with multiple strands of unraved crab pot line, using tapestry techinques.
Extra Large Jellyfish
Rebecca Hooper
2022
$135
Extra Large Jellyfish can be purchased online and picked up at The COVE Gallery.
20" x ~150", weight - ~9lbs.
Made with recycled crab pot line collected from commercial fishing fleets working out of the Port of Newport in Oregon.
Past Exhibitions
ART Toledo Phantom Gallery
August - December 2022
Main Street, Toledo, Oregon
Mayor's Art Show
February 12 - March 5, 2022
Newport Visual Arts Center
777 NW Beach Dr, Newport, OR 97365
The tapestries presented here were woven with retired crab pot line used by Newport’s commercial fishing fleets. The line was collected from bins on the docks or directly from F/V Last Straw and F/V Tana C. The greatest challenge in working with this material was the limited palate of five common colors and the occasional addition of three more colors in limited amounts.
Each tapestry is not only an expression of art, but also a unique piece of our local fishery’s history, supports Newport’s commercial fishing fleets with an alternative to the landfill, and represents pride in our fishing culture.
Sea Nettle
Rebecca Hooper
2022
67" x 32"
Recycled crab pot line, fishing net and drifwood.
Over 8lbs of recycled rope and net.
Orca
Rebecca Hooper
2022
18" x 18""
Recycled crab pot line and braided fishing line..
Pushpin & Clothesline Art Show
January 8 - February 5, 2022
Newport Visual Arts Center
777 NW Beach Dr, Newport, OR 97365
Coho Salmon was made with retired crab pot line sourced from commercial fishing fleets in Newport, Oregon.
This tapestry is a unique piece of Newport's fishery history, supports local commercial fishing fleets with an alternative to the landfill and represents pride in our fishing culture. This tapestry redirected 1.5 pounds of material from the landfill.
The center weaving is a fine art tapestry, woven with rope stands unraveled to it's smallest size. The background represents the different depths of the ocean using color gradation and is mimicked in the frame. The Coho salmon was woven in wool.
The frame was woven on a ghost net that I collected from a local beach in 2015. Retired crab pot rope was woven in the ghost net in various stages of unravel.
Coho Salmon
Rebecca Hooper
2022
18" x 18"
Recycled crab pot line, ghost net, wool, cotton
Almost two pounds of material redirected from the landfill.