I was born in Tallinn in 1963. Graduated from Estonian Academy of Arts (EKA) 1986, textile design. Worked in the textile factory after graduation for 6 years. Teaching at EKA 1990-2004. Work at Pallas University of Applied Sciences (Pallas UAS) since 2005, since 2020 as a professor. I started to take part in the exhibitions with tapestries in the 80ties. In 2004 I started to develop textile tools, in 2009 I got my first utility model Adjustable Weaving Reed (AdRe), followed by Adjustable Sliding Reed (RailReed). Since 2015 I have been participating in hackathons and with the help of teamwork and support from Pallas UAS have been able to develop the textile tools and methods further (MultiWeave, 2016). Besides teaching I do book designs and layout, build and develop textile tools in my company Kadipuu Ltd with visual artist Marilyn Piirsalu.
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