Rachel Leblanc Rug Hooking

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Rachel leblanc rug hooking.

Impressionist original at the houston fine. See if you can guess which of her mats she is working on. Alberta craft council edmonton. Since then i have been honing my skills in designing patterns dyeing wool and hooking contemporary versions of a time honoured craft that embodies creativity beauty practicality and an inherent concern for the environment through recycling.

Newcomers are leaning the technique more than ever before and they are bringing new ideas about art craftsmanship and helping this heritage technique grow into thriving communities who. New concepts in rug hooking newtown rug hooking show newtown ct. While wandering the vast exhibit of hooked rugs on display at the green mountain rug hooking guild s 2006 exhibition at round barn shelburne museum i came across the work of rachelle leblanc for the first time. Ocean 79 x 64 2020 hand hooked cashmere wool on linen 3 wool binding.

Handling criticism is one of the situations in life an artist has to handle. After a wonderful visit from my daughters over christmas i am quickly settling into my busy studio to finish artworks for exhibitions and the design layout for my new book finding home a rug hookers journey due out may 1 2020. I took some time over the holiday and saw an exhibition by one of my favorite impressionist artists berthe morisot. Bed of violets 23 x 27 handcut and hand dyed wool on linen.

Sometimes how we take the criticism can turn if from destructive to constructive criticism. 2007 juror s choice award pushing the limits. Rug hooking and home life in chéticamp nova scotia. Ocean 79 x 64 2020 hand hooked cashmere wool on linen 3 wool binding.

Designed and hooked by rachelle leblanc st albert alberta canada 2011. Now as more people are making art by pulling or punching a loop of fabric through a backing rug hooking has become a glorious mix of tradition and progress. Some people just don t have experience critiquing people s work. It is too bad that i only got 22 seconds of rachelle leblanc hooking.

By jillferron nov 30 2012 rug hooking.