Magnificent Bugs in Rugs Brochure of Artists

Travelling Rug Exhibition & Children's Book

Magnificent

Bugs In Rugs

Curated By:

Leslie Knight & Yvonne Iten-Scott

@magnificentbugsinrugs

2024-25

Magnificent Bugs In Rugs

TheExhibition

The rug exhibition is a collection of 43 hand-hooked art rugs depicting magnificent bugs. An international group of experienced and recognized artists bring these fascinating creatures to life through their masterful artistry. Each piece measures 18" x 24" and has a horizontal orientation.

In addition to the two dimensional art rugs, participants are creating additional 3D elements to recreate the world in which these bugs live.

If viable, a small separate room is requested to create a dark space to showcase our firefly exhibit.

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2024-25

Magnificent Bugs In Rugs

TheBook

The children's book will include bold, bright images of the 43 art rugs created by our talented artisans. The images will be accompanied by whimsical, rhyming phrases highlighting a fascinating fact about each bug.

The profits from the sale of the book will be used to create programs for children to promote rug making to a new generation. The intention is to preserve the history of rug making while encouraging young minds to push its boundaries with their creativity and the plethora of new materials available today.

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2024-25

Magnificent Bugs In Rugs

TheHistory

A hooked rug is made by pulling loops of yarn or rag strips up through a loosely woven foundation cloth, using a tool like a crochet hook. Eventually, these loops of different kinds of material in a variety of colours create a design which covers the whole foundation and forms a sturdy mat.

In the mid-19th century when hooked rugs were first made, floor covering was a luxury in Canada. The hooked rug solved the problem of covering cold floors cheaply and was the final stage in the recycling of hand-me-down clothing. In recent decades the art of rug making has transitioned from practical floor coverings to contemporary art on the walls of galleries, museums and homes.

MeetOur BlackSwallowtail Catterpillar

During a career in graphic arts, working at a newspaper, printing companies and public library, Alice kept her hands and heart busy drawing, painting and creating. Upon retirement Alice dove into hooking and weaving, trying different fibres, taking classes and being inspired by fellow artists.

@alicebinsta

Alice Bespolko, Hamilton, Ontario

Alice Bespolko

MeetOur JumpingSpider

Amy Lou Robin, Utah

Amy Lou Robin is a multidisciplinary artist with a degree in ceramic sculpture. She has been making things as long as she has been breathing She has worked professionally in sculpture, ceramics, painting, stained glass, bookbinding, clothing, building, and even hand-built a beautiful and functional home inside a van for travel and delivery of artwork. Rughooking is her most recent obsession. Her hand-hooked original rugs are inspired by her passion for nature, animals, mysticism, and her personal philosophies. She hooks with different weights of yarn and her background in sculpture gives her rugs a three-dimensional quality.

amylourobin.com

amylourobin

Amy Robin

MeetOur OrchidMantis

Bronwyn Yamasaki, Japan

Bronwyn started rug hooking after being introduced to the craft by her mother, Yvonne ItenScott. Her love of working with textiles has carried over to fabric collage and quilting. Bronwyn enjoys working with bold colours and making a statement Her work will often feature animals and people and she especially enjoys creating portraits of dogs. Bronwyn lives in Tokyo, which offers a wide array of textile art which she enjoys learning about She is very excited to participate in this project alongside many talented artists

ByBronwynTextileArt

@bronwyn yamasaki textileart

MeetOur CutterAnt

Charlie Dalton, Utah

Charlie Dalton is a fiber artist from Lexington, KY He currently resides with his wife and two dogs in Price, UT Charlie has a passion for vivid color use and loves hooking animal portraits He finds inspiration in the natural world around him as well as in the paintings of Alma Thomas. He has been hooking for 7 years In a past life he was a Spanish Professor and still has a passion for teaching.

@thehookingcolonel

MeetOur CuckooWasp

Christa Schmidt, Nova Scotia

Grateful to her mother, Christa was gently guided into the world of hand crafts at the young age of four with embroidery and sewing. An important early lesson was the secret creative tool of “using whatever you have and remembering that the hands are the extension of your Spirit” For Christa rug hooking is the perfect combination of imagination, painting and texture. Her heart feels joy with every loop pulled With a rainbow of colours and textures bringing her into a state of pure bliss, Christa combines whatever inspires her and magic happens

Christa Schmidt

Christa Schmidt

MeetOur Bumblebee

Dana Psoinas, Long Island, NY

I’ve been drawing and painting with pastels since a very young age When I found the art of rug Hooking in 2011 it was love at first sight The possibilities of where you can take this art form are endless. Hooking portraits that evoke emotion and tell a story has always been my passion. I am the President of our local guild LIGRA, the Long Island Rug Crafting Artists My rugs have appeared in Celebrations Magazine three times and many other magazines and books as well as being on display in several art shows

Dana Lee Psoinas

MeetOur Dragonfly

Deb Szwed, Michigan

Deb always had a love for fabric and dabbled in many fabric arts all her life About ten years ago, she started to learn about traditional rug hooking The first rug she hooked was an adaptation of a quilt pattern and she also made the quilt Deb read everything she could that pertained to rug hooking and took classes from numerous rug hooking teachers. In 2017, she became a Certified McGown Teacher. Deb has taught classes in and outside of her home and has won numerous awards for her hooked pieces. She tries to learn something new with every piece that she creates and especially enjoys incorporating alternative fibers and objects in her work Deb started out hooking patterns others had created but finds the most pleasure in creating and then hooking her own pattern designs

debszwed

MeetOur RhinocerosBee

Eriko Hashimoto, Japan

Eriko took her first rug hooking class from Fumiyo Hachisuka in 1985. She quickly found a love for the craft and created several pieces After a long hiatus Eriko began hooking again and travelling with Fumiyo to international rug hooking conferences with TIGHR (The International Guild of Handhooking Rugmakers) At home, Eriko and fellow rug hookers hold a rug hooking exhibition every year in Kichijoji, Tokyo.

MeetOur GanjiFirefly

Fumiyo Hachisuka, Tokyo, Japan

While I lived in Toronto, I found rug hooking in 1979 I came back to Japan in 1983 and I started teaching rug hooking in 1985 to share the wonderful art and the precious wisdom with many Japanese. I tried to hold the rug hooking exhibition once a year and in 2022 I held the 31st one in Tokyo . We can enjoy making our works by many ways from dying to recycling without using electricity I would like to keep on hooking as long as possible.

www.rughooking234.com

MeetOur Frog-LeggedLeaf Bug

Gail Dufresne, New Jersey

Growing up surrounded by rugs and rug makers, Gail has been creating rugs since 1984 Gail's work has been featured in numerous Fibre Art Shows and magazines. Gail is included in the Rug Hooking Magazine, Celebrations Hall of Fame for having her work featured in at least five of the prestigious issues. Gail is a McGown certified teacher who has been teaching private workshops and camps around Canada and the United States since 2000

www.goathilldesigns.com

Hill Designs

Goat

MeetOur AtlasMoth

Gene Shepherd, California

Although Gene Shepherd did not start rug hooking until 1998, it’s been his only outside interest since that time Described as a “self taught artist who hooks by ear, ” Gene hooks, does commission work for individuals and museums, designs, dyes, develops tools, teaches and writes about rug hooking. His work has been featured many times in Rug Hooking Magazine, ATHA Newsletter and A Celebration of Hand Hooked Rugs Gene has been director of the Cambria Pines Rug Camp, Cambria, CA, since 2001.

www.geneshepherd.com

geneshepherd

MeetOur ElephantHawkmo

Graham Hollick, London, England

A creative director with an extensive international background, Graham Hollick is a recognized expert in art direction, creative consultancy, design and trend forecasting. Based in London, he has worked with an impressive list of international clients. His work has ranged from producing catalogues and styling photo shoots to art directing advertising campaigns He also founded the ethical home textiles brand Stitch by Stitch, which works with textile artisans in India and Nepal Graham graduated from Winchester School of Art with a degree in textiles and fashion in 1988 Around 30 years later he took up the age old art of rug hooking and since the first covid lock down this has become his obsession. All his pieces are created using entirely reused materials from strips of textiles cut from used clothing to the backings made by repurposing coffee sacks

www.grahamhollick.com

grahamhollick

MeetOur BugCollage

Hakon Hensvold, Norway

On a trip in 1998 to teach weaving and felting at the Norwegian-American Museum in Iowa, Hakon was introduced to rug hooking.A demonstration captured his interest along with the phrase, “You can learn in fifteen minutes”. This being the only instruction ever received, Hakon has gone on to use hooked rugs as a way to express himself Each detailed and vibrant image created from handdyed and wool yarn tells an interesting story for the viewer to unravel.

hakon@hensvold.no hakongron hakongron

MeetOurSpiny FlowerMantis

Dr. Halina Bienkowski, Amherst, Nova Scotia

Halina Bienkowski is a family physician and fibre artist focused on rug hooking and soutache. Originally from Wrocław, Poland, she settled in Amherst, NS in 1990 with her husband and two children. She finds joy in observing the interaction between humans and nature, translating her love of people and wild animals to her rugs She has received recognition for her incredible work in several journals and is excited to contribute to the Magnificent Bugs in Rugs project!

www.facebook.com/hookedonrugs

Hooked On Rugs

MeetOur Cicada

Heart Hooked Sisters, Rochester, NY

Heart-hooked Sisters, Lisa Bleier and Michelle Cavalcanti, always start with a story that is either imagined or experienced to create their original hooked designs. Sketching separately but collaborating on the final drawing, they blend their styles and imagery together to ultimately find a shared and balanced voice. Lisa brings her unique whimsy to the women and animals and Michelle adds her love of composition and color They both work on all aspects of the rugs from start to finish Many of the colors are hand-dyed by Michelle but there are other woolens and over-dyed wools integrated as well. They decide where to use needle felting in place of hooking and pass the piece back and forth until completion They are two sisters who feel immensely grateful to be in a partnership full of love, respect, and admiration for what the other brings to tell their stories in wool

hearthookedsisters

MeetOur WaterBoatman

Janine Broscious, Mobile Traveler

As a self-taught artist, Janine tackled rug hooking with abandon when she discovered it in 2014. Since then, she has created 30 original designs and sells her patterns on Etsy She has had many articles published in Rug Hooking Magazine and has three times been a Celebration Finalist For four years, Janine taught beginning rug hooking in Florida. She has also taught guild and hooking classes. One of Janine’s rugs was chosen as First Place Peoples’ Choice at the 2019 Searsport Harbor Hookin’ While constantly on the move around the United States and Canada, Janine journals, writes a blog and takes photos of their travels Her vast and varied experiences are reflected in her rug hooking in a unique way Because of being self-taught, Janine believes in total freedom and adventure with rug hooking and enjoys helping others experiment.

joyfulwonder.wordpress.com

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Janine Broscious

MeetOur GiraffeWeevil

Jess Steponaitis, Halifax, Nova Scotia

Jess is a contemporary folk artist who has been passionately designing and crafting hooked rugs in her home province of Nova Scotia since 2002. She finds inspiration in the colorful fishing villages and the unique folk art and culture of this beautiful Maritime province Through bold use of colour and stylized composition, Jess creates designs best described as folk art meets pop art Her rugs have been exhibited in Halifax and her work is found in many private collections

www.theoldloft.etsy.com

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Jessica Steponaitis, Artist

MeetOur WitchettyGrub

Jo Franco, Australia

www.rughookingaustralia.com.au

australian

MeetOur FeatherHorned Beetle

bythebaystudio kindredspiritartantiques

MeetOur Madagascar SunsetMoth

Kay LeFevre, Oshawa, Ontario

Retired and travelling full time with her husband in a motorhome, Kay is a prolific rug hooker and has written articles for Harrowsmith magazine. Kay loves the support and encouragement from the rug hooking community and has enjoyed foraging friendships over her ten years of hooking Kay was so excited about the project she was the first to complete her piece within months of receiving the invitation

www.etsy.com/ca/shop/thewoolgenie lefevrekay

The Wool Genie

MeetOur Katydid

Kelly Wright, Germany

A New Jersey native, Kelly Wright has been punching, hooking, braiding and twining rugs since 1976. She is a licensed naturopath and works as an integrated yoga and art therapist in her studio at the foot of the alps in Bavaria, Germany Kelly's work is informed by her natural environment, and her conviction that working with fibers and color allows people to tap into their inner resources and find connection that is at once vitalizing and calming She wrote the first German-language book on punch needle in 2019 and her work has been published in Uppercase Magazine, Better Homes and Garden's, and national magazines in Germany

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D.K. Wright Construction

MeetOur OrbSpider

Kris McDermet, Dummerston, Vermont

Kris has been creating combination works of rug hooking and rug braiding for forty plus years and loves the delicacy of the hooking complimented by the boldness of braids. She goes back and forth between hooking and braiding in each piece to tell a story about the environment and social issues important to her Her masterful use of lighting to enhance the overall effect, and use of color and texture complete each piece

www.krismcdermet.com

krisbraids

MeetOur ThornBug

Leslie Knight, Caledon, Ontario

Beginning at an early age with crafts like knitting and cross-stitch, Leslie grew up surrounded by women with an appreciation for craft and the arts Often with a pencil and paper in hand, she could be seen under a tree sketching or at a desk writing and illustrating her own 'books' When Leslie discovered rug hooking in 2018 it reignited her creative passions Her work has been juried into several exhibitions as well as the Emerging Artist Issue of Fiber Art Now magazine. Her love for gardening and the natural world are prevalent subjects in her work. Leslie works from her shared studio space, The Mill Fibre Arts in the Alton Mill Arts Center, with co-curator Yvonne Iten-Scott.

www.hookedonnature.ca hooked on nature

leslieknight16326

MeetOur Cramer's88 Butterfly

Liz Alpert Fay, Sandy Hook, Connecticut

Liz Alpert Fay earned a degree in Textile Design from the Program in Artisanry at Boston University in 1981 In 1998 Liz became intrigued with the technique of traditional rug hooking and began creating colorful, contemporary hand hooked rugs Always striving to achieve innovation in this medium, her studio practice has expanded to include large-scale contemporary hooked artworks as well as installations. These award-winning works have been selected for many juried shows, invitational museum exhibitions, and are included in many collections At this time the artist is completing a series of sixteen hand hooked portraits titled Ordinary/Extraordinary Women and is seeking venues to exhibit this work

www.lizalpertfay.com

lizalpertfay

MeetOur CoastalPeacock Spider

Loretta Scena, Long Island, NY

Loretta Scena is a McGown certified traditional rug hooking teacher and fiber artist. She also likes to paint, stitch, and use bead embroidery and fiber embellishments in her rugs Loretta uses small scraps of fabric and wool to create fiber beads and has a passion for making Christmas Ornaments of all kinds She has been hooking for 23 years and has taught at many rug camps in the U S Along with Michele Micarelli she curated the “Exploring the Tarot, 23 Artists hook the Major Arcana” exhibit in 2015. She has been a Celebrations judge, has written for Rug Hooking magazine, as well as the McGown Newsletter and is the past president of the Long Island Guild of Rugcrafting Artists

MeetOur CecropiaMoth Caterpillar

Lucie Quintal, New Brunswick

Born in Montreal, Quebec, Lucie Quintal, a textile and fibre artist, calls Point La Nim in the province of New Brunswick home Lucie has been creating and exhibiting her original hand-hooked works since 2015 but her work in textile and fibre arts has seen a long career of work and teaching over the past 40 years Her work is inspired by her memories of childhood landscapes and the local environment surrounding her home. The hand work of her original designs created with exceptional wool and fabrics of juxtaposed loops are one-of-a-kind treasures. The balance of the neutral background shades and colourful floral and circular designs speak volumes about her exuberant and sparkling personality

www.luciequintal.com

atelierlq

MeetOur NorthernWalking Stick

Mary Tooley Parker, New York

After a career in dance, and then in art production at Vanity Fair and GQ magazines, Mary Tooley Parker left New York City for a more rural environment. She then began pursuing an interest in textiles of different forms, eventually leading her to the one indigenous American folk art of rug hooking, though her pieces are not actually rugs for the floor Her textiles have been exhibited in galleries and museums from New York City to London to Denmark and are held in public and private collections. She is a member of the National Association of Women Artists, the Silvermine Guild of Artists, and the Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition She was awarded a Fellowship by the New York Foundation for the Arts in 2015 and has since also served as a panelist

www.marytooleyparker.com

m.tooley.parker

MeetOur JewelBeetle

Michele Micarelli, New Haven, Connecticut

Michele is a certified rug hooking teacher whose main objective is to unleash creativity She loves to teach and tell stories. She started rug hooking in 1991 because of her childhood memories of rugs her father hooked. She has been in several issues of Rug Hooking Magazine with articles that featured her dying skills and rugs made with imagination She was honored by The Green Mountain Guild in the “Strong Woman” show and has received the “Silver Hook Award” from the Newtown Historical Society Rug Show for her devotion to promoting fiber arts She was named “Hooker of the Year” by the Rug Hooking Museum of North America in Queensland, Nova Scotia where she is Director at large. Michele is delighted to be in Rug Hooking Magazine’s Hall of Fame

www.michelemicarelli.com

MeetOur RedbackSpider

Miriam Miller, Australia

England, Miriam watched her grandmother make rugs using recycled clothing

Growing up in the North-East of

After a move to Australia and reminiscing about her grandmothers rugs, Miriam revisited the craft with lessons from her father. With the help of Jacqui Thomson they started a rug hooking group in 1994 that still meets today Miriam has taught and visited rugmakers in Guernsey, France, England, Japan, Ireland, America, Canada and Israel and thanks rug hooking for a rich and interesting life

MeetOur FireClipper Butterfly

Nancy Jewett, Vermont

Nancy Jewett is a self taught artist who grew up on a farm in Vermont, surrounded by animals and memorable rugs hooked by her grandmother. She later learned to hook from her former mother-in-law and soon began designing her own and dyeing wool Her designs, which often reflect her fondness for animals and sense of humor, might include animals having fun, playing musical instruments or simply being a bit mischievous. Her passion for color transforms wool into an irresistible palette encircling the color wheel She is presently working to complete her McGown Teacher Certification and is the owner of Fluff & Peachy Bean Designs which she founded in 2003.

www.fluffpeachybeandesigns.com

nancydjewett

Fluff & Peachy Bean Designs

MeetOur StagBeetle

Rebecca Holley, United Kingdom

I am an artist living in the South West of England. Originally I trained as a sculptor, although I have spent most of my art career producing hand hooked textile panels using 100% reclaimed fabrics. I am passionate about the environment and delighted that my artwork is sustainable and environmentally friendly. My work is inspired by the world around us and is very varied, I reference this through sketches and photographs, which I use to produce my designs.

www.rebeccaholleyartworks.co.uk

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rebeccaholleyartworks

MeetOur RainbowGrasshopper

Russ Nichols, Arizona

Russ started hooking rugs in 2009 as a response to a challenge from his sister-in-law. Although a craft enthusiast, creating in cross stitch, pine needle basketry, pottery, stain glass and woodworking, Russ is especially drawn to rug hooking. Russ loves colour and using recyled wool in his work. He explores different motifs such as regional, ethnic, primitive, contemporary,and abstract Regardless, of the subject the concept has to 'knock his socks off'.

MeetOur MonarchButterfly

Sheila Stewart, British Columbia

Sheila Stewart has been hooking rugs since 2002 She is originally from the Annapolis Valley in Nova Scotia and remembers her grandmother hooking rugs She discovered this wonderful art form on a trip to Nova Scotia in 2002. Believing there were no rug hookers in British Columbia, she taught herself how to hook and then began attending rug schools in Nova Scotia and Oregon, USA She became a certified instructor in Traditional Rug Hooking through the McGown Teacher's Program in the United States She was a Registered Nurse and worked for many years in Critical Care and then Private Practice. After retiring as a Rehabilitation Consultant in 2009, she opened the Blue Heron Rug Hooking Studio in Victoria where she teaches classes and organizes workshops for the rug hooking community She enjoys all styles of rug hooking but has a particular interest in using spotdyed fabrics to hook rugs adapted from the works of Emily Carr, the Group of Seven, and Marion Rose

MeetOur ManFacedStinkBug

Sue Dove, United Kingdom

After completing a Textile Degree at Liverpool School of Art in the early seventies Sue moved to Cornwall where she has lived very happily ever since making and teaching Art/ Textiles Sue loves to stitch, make rag rugs, mosaic, paint and collage She works through ideas and narratives to produce imagery for her work. For her, joy and obsession are found with each medium in which she works

suedove55

MeetOur LunaMoth

Susan Ferraro, Bailey Island, Maine

Susan Ferraro has been creating nature fibre art professionally for over 25 years She earned her degree in design and went forward to produce and exhibit award winning art quilts in museums, galleries, and art shows around the country. Several years before moving to Maine, she often visited its rugged coast and grew to love everything about it. She also became interested in changing her fibre art mode from quilting to rug making. The beauty of traditional hand hooked rugs was particularly exciting, especially sculpted Waldoboro rugs Now, a full-time resident of Bailey Island, Maine, Susan passionately hooks rugs, sculpture and mats Her designs illustrate a combination of traditional rug hooking with unique dimensional features.

www.artisancsf.com artisancsf

MeetOur Lacewing

Susan Gillespie, Ontario & PEI

Susan grew up surrounded by braided and hooked rugs while spending summer vacations with her grandparents and cousins in PEI. As her own children grew, the family returned to PEI each summer where Susan began seeing the modern version of the old-style rugs made by her grandmother She was amazed and impressed and caught the “bug” Susan began hooking in 2012 She is now a member of the Burlington Hooking Craft Guild, the Ontario Hooking Craft Guild and The International Guild of Handhooking Rugmakers. Susan now spends time with her family between her home in Oakville and cottage in PEI.The house and cottage are slowly being enhanced with hooking heirlooms

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MeetOur LoveBugs

Susan Sutherland, Baden, Ontario

Traditional rug hooking is Susan Sutherland’s passion She pulled her first loops in 1979 and has never looked back. She enjoys combining a wide variety of fibres and techniques into her hooked pieces and loves adding a touch of whimsy to her designs Susan enjoys public speaking on the history of this settler craft Susan obtained her teacher’s accreditation with the Ontario Hooking Craft Guild in early 2000 She has taught rug hooking to students in Canada, the United States and Australia. Susan is a former president of both the Ottawa Olde Forge Rug Hooking Guild and the Kitchener-Waterloo Rug Hooking Guild. She is a member of the rug hooking guilds of Ontario, Nova Scotia, and Newfoundland, a member of the Association of Hand Hooking Artists and at present is the Board secretary of The International Guild of Handhooking Rugmakers

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MeetOur TortoiseBeetle

Ti Seymour, Aurora, Ontario

Ti Seymour earned her Fibre Art Diploma specializing in Rug Hooking from St Lawrence College in 2023 On top of her teaching/instructors certificates from Ontario Hooking Crafters Guild and Oxford Punch Needle School in 2018 Ti’s work is often reflective of her surroundings. Taking in the culture of her expat life in the United Arab Emirates and her time living in Canada, she has exhibited in both countries. Jameel Art Centre commissioned her to run 2 adult workshops on trapunto and punch needle to reflect Pacita Abad’s work 2022, Teaching Grade 5 & 6 children in Montreal was also a rewarding experience and seeing their work exhibited in multiple exhibitions Ti believes Textile Art should be a tactile experience which livens the mind, the body and soul, something she wants everyone to experience.

Ti Seymour Fibre Art

MeetOur SpottedLanternFly

Tracy Jamar, New York

As a former antiques dealer Tracy is fascinated with the craft and history of items made by hand, especially textiles This interest led her to focus on the conservation and restoration of antique American quilts and hooked rugs for over 30 years Using traditional techniques in a contemporary form, Tracy nurtures a connection to the lives of those distanced by time and experience She has become part of the continuum that she had so admired and appreciated restoring for 30 years.

www.tracyjamar.com

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Tracy Jamar Fiberworks

MeetOur LadyBug

Wendie Scott Davis, Peterborough, Ontario

Something about rug hooking captured my soul in my very first loop, and continues to romance me some 18 years later It’s the community It’s the creativity It’s the artistic expression It’s the joy Since becoming a certified OHCG teacher in 2006, teaching has become a favourite part of my hooking life: right up there with designing my own patterns I love working with rug hookers who are eager to come along with me on my various explorations and classes I incorporate lots of tips and tricks to use technology in virtually every step of my mat making and I love sharing that knowledge with people who are curious to learn.

www.theruggedmoose.blogspot.com

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WendieScottDavis

MeetOur PicassoBug

Val Flannigan, British Columbia

Val lives in Kelowna, British Columbia and has been hooking for just over twenty years. She considers herself a lifelong learner taking classes whenever she can. Val has her McGown and Western Canadian Rug Hooking Education Association teaching accreditations Her rugs have been exhibited internationally and she was inducted into the Rug Hooking Magazine, Celebration Hall of Fame Class of 2018

MeetOur PandaAnt

Winnie Glavine, Newfoundland

With care of environment uppermost in mind, Winnie Glavine creates hooked mats, suitable to become functional art and family heirlooms, by using strips of previously loved clothing and sustainable fiber such as wool fabric and wool yarn. Honing her skills since 2003, her work has been juried by Newfoundland and Labrador Craft Council, the Dept. of Tourism, Culture, Innovation and Industry, GOVNL and she has received Accreditation from the St John’s Farm Market (SJFM) A Certified RHGNL Rug Hooking Instructor since 2012, Winnie offers rug hooking workshops in all skill levels both online and in person She is fast becoming known as the ‘instructor without rules’ as she encourages her students to allow their creative energy to flow.

www.hookedcreationsnl.wix.com

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hookedcreationsnl

MeetOur DungBeetle

Yvonne Iten-Scott, Erin, Ontario

Being raised on a cattle farm surrounded by antiques, handmade quilts, hand hooked and braided rugs instilled in Yvonne the value of handcrafted items. Yvonne uses alternative fiber in pieces that expand the traditional boundaries of rug hooking She recently completed a certificate in Fibre Arts at Fleming College and is now teaching a course in contemporary rug hooking for the college She is a multi-disciplinary fibre artist who recently had one of her art quilts juried into a SAQA exhibition When not working from her home studio she can be found in her shared studio, The Mill Fibre Arts in the Alton Mill running workshops and planning textile tours.

www.yvonneitenscott.com

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