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WALDOBORO STYLE OF RUG HOOKING
with Jacqueline Hansen
In the
18th century, this beautiful technique of rug hooking was brought from Europe to a small coastal village, Waldoboro, Maine,
a German settlement. Waldoboro rugs became known for their colorful and lush raised three dimensional effects.
These hand drawn rugs included flowers, scrolls, family pets, fruit, birds and various animals. The antique rugs showed the
use of bright red, blue, orange, purple and textures of their clothing at hand. To achieve this velvety look, we will work
with a #3 or #4 cut. Any of my designs, a custom design especially for you, or your own design can be used. Pictorials and
"Stitchery" in wool also may be considered with this style of rug hooking. I will be happy to custom dye
your wool for you or you may bring your own wool. We will discuss the history of these rugs and dye methods. This class
is for intermediate to expert rug hookers.
Jackye Hansen is an artist and teacher from Scarborough, Maine.
She has revived the traditional art of Waldoboro rug hooking. A McGown certified teacher and author of
the book Sculptured Rugs in Waldoboro Style and the booklet Flowers, Leaves & Scrolls. She
has been featured in Rug Hooking Magazine, Celebrations, The Hooker’s Art, The Rug Hook
Book, and Country Home.
HOOKED RUG LANDSCAPES
with Anne-Marie Littenberg - FULL
A landscape represents an artist’s perception of the world out of
doors. Elements in nature are depicted how the artist chooses to see them. While mankind’s interpretations of landscapes
have existed in various forms for tens of thousands of years, rug hooking is a relative newcomer to the world of artistic
expression. The goal of “Hooked Rug Landscapes” is to teach you how to combine the craft of rug hooking with basic
art and design skills that have been used for centuries in other media such as paintings and tapestries.
How do you achieve a sense of depth in a hooked rug? What tricks can you
employ to depict a receding horizon? How are color, contrast, and perspective manipulated to create a mountain range, sky,
or body of water in a hooked rug?
Use rug hooking techniques to depict landforms such as mountains, living
elements like trees, plants, and animals, and more abstract characteristics such as light and weather conditions. Create your
own unique vision through your hooked rug art. Try your hand at expressing your individual sensibility and style. You may
be surprised by your rug hooking abilities when you work outside your usual comfort zone, exploring new design techniques
and color palettes.
Anne-Marie Littenberg is a self-taught fiber
artist, occasional teacher, and frequent contributor to Rug Hooking Magazine. Her book, Hooked Rug Landscapes
is scheduled for publication in the spring of 2009. She is past President of the Green Mountain Rug Hooking Guild.
CELTIC
ART with Doris Norman
Celtic music, history and story combine to make this a fun and relaxing class. Celtic knots,
spirals, crosses, illuminated letters, zoomorphics, and very funny men with beards combine may be
with other motifs to create Celtic designs. Commercial patterns may be used, however, student is encouraged to create a design
and dye his/her wool. Supplies will also be available from teacher and vendors. Student may request a list of copyright free
books and some dye formulas from instructor prior to course. Depending on the size of the motifs and the weave of the
backing, cuts from #3 to #10 may be used to hook these designs. Shading not required. Course is suited to all levels
of experience. Early correspondence with teacher is encouraged.
Doris
Norman is a skilled artisan and instructor who teaches rug hooking courses at schools and workshops across the United States
and Canada. She is an accredited Nova Scotia and Pearl McGown Teacher specializing in Celtic Art,
William Morris Design, Mayan/Peruvian Art, Jacobean/Crewel, Pictorial, Stained Glass, Primitive Fruit and Realistic Shading.
Her work has been featured in Canadian Living Magazine, Rug Hooking Magazine, Hook Me a Storyby
Deanne Fitzpatrick and is included in the New Brunswick Beaverbrook Art Gallery’s Permanent collection as well as other
collections.
Doris has a great love of rug hooking and enjoys sharing her passion
for this craft/art, in all its forms with others.
LETTERING, MESSAGES AND HUMOR in RUG MAKING with Emily Robertson
Once again, Emmy will be teaching how to effectively communicate messages in rugs using lettering or non-verbal messages. You
can create a rug that will be just wonderful in its design and effect. Lettering
can be done in many ways and there are many factors to take into consideration when
choosing what and how to convey your message. In class we will look at examples of different fonts and type sizes and discuss
how to reproduce them onto your rug backing, and then how to hook them into your design.
Emmy loves to make rugs with a message, and often her lettered rugs can be found
on display at the 'Hooked in the Mountains' show. The complexity of lettering is challenging, but also very rewarding.
Emmy finds that humorous statements are fun to put into rugs and are well received by those
who see them. Enjoy this class under Emmy's instruction. You'll have a good time and
become accomplished in putting just the right message into your work.
Emmy
Robertson has been hooking rugs for around 16 years and was a featured artist at 'Hooked in the Mountains' in 2006. She
has also exhibited and won many awards at Sauder Village and in Celebrations. Her work has appeared in numerous articles
in Rug Hooking Magazine, the ATHA Newsletter, Fiber Arts magazine and the Folk Art magazine of
the American Folk Art Museum. She has had two solo shows in Cambridge, MA and is preparing for a third. Recently, one of her
works was used for the cover of a book published in England. Emmy has taught at rug schools both here and abroad, but most
likes to think of herself as a producing artist. Currently, she is also the president of the wonderful Green Mountain Rug
Hooking Guild.
YOU CHOOSE…..WE DO!
with Iris Simpson FULL
In this "Open Class" you may choose to start
a new project or complete an already started one (or maybe two!!). You may use any design (commercial or your own),
choose any cut and use any materials suitable for your piece. The variety of students' choices sets the stage for mini-lectures,
hints and techniques on different topics e.g. Pictorials (fine amd wide cut), Geometrics, Orientals, Proddy (including shaped
proddy flowers). Fine-shaded Fruit or Flowers, Crewel, etc. I encourage questions and dialogue about design, colour
and finishing. I hope to be in touch with all students well before class time. This course is "open"
to all levels of rug hookers.
Iris Simpson, an educator by trade and a hooker by choice,
loves hooking and teaching at schools and workshops in Canada, the U.S. and England. She enjoys all aspects of rug hooking,
including mini-pictorials in a #2 cut up to Primitives in a #9 cut, as well as many other topics. She is an OHCG and McGown
certified teacher, and holds a Fibre Arts Certificate from St. Lawrence College.
Hook with
Heritage!!!!!!!! with Lucille Festa - FULL Americana at its best, Lucille’s workshop is for those that love to work in
old colors, textures, and wide cut wool. A long time student of American
History she incorporates those ideas as well as folk art, the environment and things she loves into her original designs.
With a keen sense of times long ago, her ultimate goal is to work with
students to create a one-of-a kind rug that has the look of being old – but not worn. Lucille Festa’s work has been selected by Early American Life for its Directory of Traditional
American Crafts. The Pattern “April Flowers” was shown in the September 2007 Country Home Magazine.
Lucille exhibits at the prestigious Wilton Craftsmanship show and her work is sold at the American Folk Art Museum,
New York City. PICTORIALS
with Jen Lavoie - FULL To
create a rug that reflects something very personal but that resonates with other viewers is always a challenge.
In this class the students will explore artistic elements and hooking techniques that will truly make your work timeless
and meaningful in your home as well as in an art show. Students will explore how to make an ordinary subject look extraordinary
in wool and develop their abilities to communicate with others through their hooking. Developing your personal story
and style are critical to the process. Students should have a good basic grasp of fine hooking techniques and be willing
to design their own work. However, all cuts are welcome! Very user-friendly lessons in drawing, composition,
color, perspective and the design process will be included. Jen Lavoie is well known in the rug-hooking world; as featured artist at The
Hooked in the Mountains Rug Show 2007 at the Shelburne Museum and as winner of people’s choice every year since she
joined the Green Mountain Guild. Her work has been featured in Rug Hooking Magazine. She
is joyous when teaching because she loves sharing with other passionate rug hookers. Have you
been longing to try rug braiding but didn’t know where to start? Nothing enhances a hooked rug like
a braided border! Braided borders add lovely texture and a whole new dimension to a hooked piece.
Colors for the hooked portion and the braided border can be coordinated for maximum effect. This
class will teach you how to pad your hooked piece, braid, attach the braid, and butt the blunt ends together.
You will hook your center rug in advance and focus on the braiding during the class. Upon registration,
Kris will send instructions and supply list. Come and learn a historic technique that can compliment your
hooked rug so beautifully.
Kris McDermet returns
to Shelburne to teach rug braiding. She has been hooking and braiding for over 30 years and loves to combine the two art forms.
Kris has taught rug braiding and rug hooking at the National Rug Braiders Conference, Green Mountain Rug School, Fletcher
Farm, regularly in Brattleboro, Vermont and throughout New England. She is a frequent volunteer for the
Green Mountain Rug Hooking Guild. Her hooked rugs with braided borders have graced the Hooked in the Mountains
show for the last several years, and a 2008 Viewers’ choice winner. Kris has all of us desiring to
learn her techniques.
FOLK ART TROMPE L’OEIL – TRACE YOUR PET with Amy Oxford In this workshop, we will use "trompe l'oeil"
a visual illusion that tricks the eye into perceiving a painted detail as a three-dimensional object. Using wool instead
of paint, this technique literally "deceives the eye". Many of you are familiar with the art
project done by young children - the one where they lie face down on a large piece of paper, have an adult trace their contour,
and then the child colors themselves in. Just for fun, I tried this with my miniature
long haired dachshund. I got him to lie down on a piece of paper, and traced his silhouette as he lay on his side. When he
got up, (he was so glad this was over) I colored in his tracing, matching his coloring and features. When I hooked my
rug of "Elmo", a strange thing happened... the design was done in the folk art style, but because it was the exact
shape and colors of my dog, when the rug was on the floor and I saw it out of the corner
of my eye, I kept thinking it was him! Friends and family were even tricked, doing a double take when they realized it wasn't
the real Elmo. Students will trace their dog, cat, or other pet at home, and bring the silhouette to class. Facial features
and markings may be drawn ahead of time, or bring photographs of the animal to class for help from the instructor. This class
will be taught using the punch needle technique with either the regular or fine point
Oxford Punch Needle. Traditional rug hookers are also welcome.
Amy Oxford has been making hooked rugs since 1982, when she worked
as a rug hooker for McAdoo Rugs. She has been teaching punch needle rug hooking for 21 years. In 2001, Amy received an award
from The Vermont State Craft Center and Vermont’s Governor, Howard Dean, in recognition of outstanding service to the
Vermont art and craft communities. She is the founder of Red Clover Rugs, a rug hooking shop and mail order business.
Amy has been licensed by the Shelburne Museum to make adaptations of their antique rugs, and has helped catalog the
museum’s collection of over 400 hooked rugs. Amy is the inventor of The Oxford
Punch Needle, past president of The Vermont Crafts Council and past vice president of The Green Mountain Rug Hooking Guild.
She is the author of Punch Needle Rug Hooking, and Volumes I-III and the new volume IV of Hooked Rugs Today by
Schiffer Publishing.
SPECIAL EFFECTS IN HOOKED RUGS with Molly Colegrove - FULL Come and learn from this very creative, informative,
and generous teacher. Molly will share all her tips and tricks using fiber in many different ways.
From ordinary wool and easily attainable materials come extraordinary rugs. Learn Molly’s process for using resources
to figure out how to portray hard to capture effects such as rain, mist, shadows, refection in water. Molly has a unique method
of assembling images and materials that help you figure out rug hooking problems and get the special effects that will enhance
your rugs. As you hook your own dramatic rug, Molly will demonstrate all this and how to make some effects happen with
little effort. This workshop is for experienced hookers or fiercely determined advanced beginners. Molly uses all cuts
of wool. Molly Colegrove is a well-known teacher in the Finger Lakes area of New York. Her rugs
are famous for their luminosity, originality, and extraordinary technique. She has appeared twice in Celebrations.
Her portrait of Andy Warhol was chosen as a finalist in the American Folk Art Museum’s Icons of America contest.
Her beadwork has been displayed in museums throughout the U.S. including the Museum of Art & Design in New York.
COMPOSITION
IN ART & RUGS with Beverly Conway - FULL This class will explore the ingredients of art structure. We will be
working primarily in an 8 cut, and focusing on the elements of composition in the rug of your choice. Whether
you draw your own designs or not.... you will find this class most interesting! Bev Conway is best known for her hand-dyed wool and whimsical
patterns. She is the owner of Beverly Conway Designs, a business she started over fifteen years ago. Bev
is a fun and energetic teacher with a terrific eye for color planning. She has been very much in demand
teaching all over the country. HOLIDAY
TREASURES & GIFTS with Ingrid Hieronimus With Christmas just around the corner, why go shopping in the busy
stores when you can relax at home and create your own unique gift. We always need that special gift for
that special person for that special occasion. Let’s create these gifts using a variety of techniques,
wools and embellishments. Ideas and suggests will be discussed for several occasions. You
will enjoy making these gifts as much as those receiving them. Ingrid
will have several patterns available. The student may also bring her own pattern and/or idea or use a commercial
pattern. Ingrid Hieronimus is the owner/operator of Ragg Tyme Studio in Mannheim (Kitchener),
Ontario, Canada. She is an Ontario Hooking Craft Guild certified teacher, a certified McGown teacher, and
has her certificate in Fibre Arts – Traditional Rug Hooking from St. Lawrence College in Brockville, Ontario, Canada.
She has been featured in Celebrations
and is internationally known for her teaching, dyeing and rug hooking. Seminars, workshops and individual
lessons are conducted in her own studio as well as in classrooms across North America. Ingrid also runs
the Ragg Tyme School of Rug Hooking, which is held in May in Niagara-on-the-Lake. Ingrid is the author
of three dye books – Primary Fusion, Multiple Fusion, and the most recent Primary Fusion Spots.
She enjoys creating new and exciting colours in the dye pot using only the three primaries and black. Ingrid
has been hooking for 30 years and teaching and dyeing professionally for about 18 years. Her expertise
in dyeing and rug hooking is matched only by her skill at infusing the practical requirements of rug hooking and dyeing techniques
with the excitement of creating and learning. LEARN TO HOOK RUGS with Diane Burgess Learn to hook rugs at the beautiful Shelburne Museum where you will spend
three days surrounded by rugs, rug artists, and wool. Learn all the basics as well as the types of rugs,
hooking techniques, cuts of wool, backings, color planning, finishing options, tools and materials. Visit
the vendors and learn what is available to rug hookers. Become inspired by the beautiful rug show!
If you have rug hooking supplies, bring them. Otherwise, all materials will be available for your
practice and purchase. No prior preparation necessary. This workshop is designed for
those with no experience hooking rugs. Upon registration, Diane will send you a letter of what to expect
and what you might bring. Diane Burgess has been a member of the Green Mountain Rug Hooking Guild for eleven years. For
the past ten years she has been teaching beginner and intermediate rug hooking classes as well as wool dyeing workshops throughout
Vermont. This is her fifth year returning to Hooked in the Mountains as our “Learning to Hook Rugs”
teacher. She has always been fascinated with fiber arts and was a quilter for fourteen years before a friend
introduced her to rug hooking. She has never looked back. Diane’s passion for
rug hooking is contagious in her very well organized, informative and detailed hands-on classes.
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