Karen S. Hampton is an American textile designer, textile artist, and quilter.
She creates works of art intended to hang on a wall, and "wearable art" including scarves and jackets.
[1] Hampton develops her own fabrics using various surface design techniques that include batik (stamping with copper tjap stamps), rozome, silk-screening, breakdown screen printing, discharging and over dyeing, and felting.
[3] In addition to quilting Hampton uses a variety of sewing techniques to produce wall hangings, such as Korean pojagi patchwork.
[2] Hampton is an Indiana Artisan, an honorary title granted by juried artists and crafters representing the state.