Pat Hodson studied Fine Art at Liverpool College of Art and Design (1963-7) ( Now John Moors University : School of Art and Design) She is a part time lecturer at The Sheffield College, teaching Textiles, Digital imaging, and Bookarts.

STATEMENT
From the mid 1970’s the work became centred around liquid dye colour, cloth, fibre and wax resist, although there have been several changes of approach and direction. Initially my interest was in landscape, but I became increasingly involved with the interaction and interplay of line and dye colour - and began abstracting, layering and collaging ideas which evolved from the tensions, and energies which lay behind the surface of landscape.

During the early 1990’s the aim was to increase emotional and visual impact of the image using layers of transparent fluid dye – removing wax after each wash of dye. This process made me acutely aware of the subjective decisions we make when building an image – such as when to stop the series of changes. The idea that a piece is never finished, simply in a process of change was a revelation, and I began to explore it through a whole series of multi image pieces and books. At first these were entirely batik - but I was also experimenting with computer imaging – which allowed me to map ideas more quickly. However, I soon realised that print on paper lacked the tactile quality of fabric and paper, so I began to experiment with collage surfaces on which to print out the sequences of images.

Over the past few years I have felt able to use media and technique freely, to work entirely in wax resist and dyes on cloth if my idea demands it - making layered dyed images in which time is suspended, or to mix media - making multi image pieces which fuse the illusory and the tactile – a complex layering of computer drawings, collage, and wax resist printed on a substrate of silk and paper - with idea and concept hidden or revealed through interplay between translucent surface, and the layers beneath.