Fall 2010 CoursesPassion for PrimitivesBeginner to Advanced LevelThis class will give you an opportunity to take a favourite pet or friendly farm animal, an old homestead or commercial design of your choice and keep it alive forever in an authentic, primitive–styled rug. We will focus on using typical primitive colors and wider cuts to achieve an antique look. There will be a lot of attention to colour—making and breaking as well as obeying the rules! Textured fabrics, soft colors, bold and brassy colors will be explored. “To Border or Not to Border” will apply to everyone. We will experiment with multi-cuts and your will be encouraged to try using #6 through to #10 and even hand-cutting. This class is about creating and embracing the style of primitive rug hooking using the wide variety of materials available today. Bring lots of energy, ideas, and enthusiasm into class and together we will start a rug you’ll feel passionate about!
Biography—Beverley Mulcahy, Paxton, MA Beverley, a native of Moncton, New Brunswick, resides in a small New England town where she works as a seamstress and costume designer. In 1997 Beverely was introduced to rug hooking and pursued it with great passion. She started attending rug schools and has taken workshops and classes all around New England, Nova Scotia and California. Taking her enthusiasm and commitment to the next level,she achieved Pearl McGown Teacher Certification and is working on her Nova Scotia Certification. Beverely is president of the Pearl McGown teacher's workshop board and is the past president of the ATHA Quabbin Guild. Beverley teaches classes in her home weekly and continues to study regularly with Betty McClentic. She is also the proud owner of the Barbara Sleeper Dye Books. .
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GeometricsBeginner to Advanced LevelNo need to spend the summer worrying about what to hook at fall school... in this course you will design your own geometric rug in class and learn how to properly apply it to the backing. Still having trouble colour planning your rugs?
You'll learn all about colour in this class... how to choose it and how to use it. The focus will be on fun. Geometric rugs are all about colour play and you will learn everything you need to know to hook a geometric rug that makes a statement. Looking for a colourful adventure? Choose this class.
Biography - Celia Charlton, Hammons Plains, NS Celia has been a member of the Teacher's Branch of RHGNS since 1999. She has taught at the RHGNS schools in Cornwallis, NS; NLRHG schools in Gander NL’ and Reeth Rug school in the Yorkshire Dales, England. She has taught week long courses in Wild Women, Folk Art, Underwater World and Mixed Cut Pictorials, and does workshops in geometrics, dyeing, proddy, hooking with yarn, hooking with roving, and using alternate fibers. She has a keen interest in hooking as an art form. She is also a member of TIGHR.
̀̀̀̀̀̀ Pictorials with PunchBeginner to Advanced LevelFind out all about punch needle rug hooking, trying it first in a small sampler and then applying it to a larger pictorial combined with traditional hooking. Using the Oxford punch needle hook we will investigate the possibilities, advantages and disadvantages of this technique trying single yarn, multiple yarns, texture, carrier yarns, cloth strips, multiple heights and other fibres. Then we will move on to a pictorial of your choice working with both traditional and punch techniques. You will leave the workshop with a solid background in punch needle rug hooking, ready to use in your next project.
Biography - Sara Judith, Nelson, BC Sara is both a McGown qualified teacher and an Amy Oxford punch needle certified instructor. She loves to explore the possibilities of both techniques, particularly used together in the same piece. Her rugs combining both styles have appeared in Rug Hooking Magazine, Celebrations and also chosen as one of Viewer's choice at Green Mountain Rug Hooking School. She is passionate about hooking, and is keen to share her knowledge of colour, texture, fibre as well as technique with you in the punch hooking workshop.
̀̀̀̀̀̀ Fine ShadingIntermediate to Advanced LevelThis class will focus on making shading easy, enjoyable and take the fear out of shading. Usually shading is done in a fine cut, but the student will also be able to experience shading in a wider cut and getting fantastic results. Many different methods and techniques will be discussed and demonstrated. The student will be able to use different dye techniques such as swatches, dip dye, or spot dyes. The student should know how to hook. Patterns will be available or the student may use a commercial or self designed pattern. This class will be full of information
Biography - Ingrid Hieronimus, Mannheim, ON Ingrid 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 Rug Hooking and is internationally known for her teaching, dyeing and rug hooking. 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.
̀̀̀̀̀̀ Picture This Intermediate to Advanced LevelThe creation of a rug for this course is to be based on a favourite picture I.E. your house, a vacation scene, your grand-child, a favourite pet or animal or a fantastic sunset. The course of instruction is applicable, in any size cut, to anyone that has been hooking for at least two years and that has completed at least 2 or 3 rugs. You may have Jon draw your pattern based on a provided photograph or draw your own. This course of instruction will include lectures on how to create realistic water, rocks and trees, the effective use of the color wheel and incorporation of colors outside of the box, creating fur and feathers, how to hook a realistic human face- the essentials of shading .
Biography - Jon Ciemiewicz, Hudson, NH Jon has been creating hooked wall hangings and rugs for the past 15 years and has been teaching the art of rug hooking for the last 11 years throughout the USA and Canada. His favourite subjects to hook are wild animals and Native Americans. Several of his rugs have been selected for inclusion in the juried annual publication "CELEBRATIONS" of Rug Hooking magazine, others have been displayed in juried museum shows and still others have been honoured by people's choice awards in rug shows and some have been judged best in show at several state fairs.
̀̀̀̀̀̀ Hooka Mola! Beginner to Advanced Level
If you love bright colours and want to have fun, why not hook a "mola". Molas are colourful panels that include various types of appliqué and often have added embroidery. They are traditionally made by the Kuna (sometimes spelled "Cuna") Indians of the San Blas islands off the mainland coast of Panama. Each panel adorns the front and back of a woman's blouse. A mola consists of layers of cotton fabric of bright colours (plus black).
We can bring this concept to rug hooking by using very bright, vibrant hues of wool (especially the primary and secondary colours) and aim for strong contrast. Some molas have almost an "op-art" effect! (Nowadays, some pastel colours are used so the sky's the limit!) Solid colours are mostly used and there is absolutely no shading! This course is ideal for all levels of expertise – beginners to advanced levels.
Biography - Jayne Nevins, Ajax, ON Jayne began hooking in 1996 and became immediately enamored with the art form. In 1999, she became certified as an Ontario Hooking Craft Guild teacher and went on to becoming an accredited McGown teacher. Jayne has also contributed her time in fulfilling positions on the Ontario Teacher's Branch executive, The Ontario Hooking Craft Guild executive and as Director of Southern McGown workshops. Jayne teaches privately, and at one-day and weekly workshops. Although she enjoys all forms of rug hooking, the use of colour in hooked pieces attracts her the most.
̀̀̀̀̀̀ Open Open to All LevelsThis class is "open" as you may use any commercially designed pattern or create one of your own designs. You can choose any subject area and use any cut from # 2 - #9 or hand cut. The variety of students' choices set the stage for "mini-lectures" on different topics, e.g. Primitive, Oriental, Pictorials, Fine Shaded Fruit or Flowers, etc. I hope to be in touch with students well before class time. As well, you will also learn about materials (traditional and "unusual"), technique, design , colour and finishing. Questions and dialogue are encouraged in this class. It is "open" to all levels of rug hookers.
Biography - Iris Simpson, Toronto, ON An educator by trade and a hooker by choice, Iris loves hooking and teaching at schools and workshops in Canada, the U.S. and England. She is an OHCG and McGown certified teacher, holds a Fibre Arts Certificate from St. Lawrence College, and recently became an Oxford punch needle certified teacher. Fall Course Description continued... |
