Fall 2010 Courses continued …Hooked HandbagsIntermediate to Advanced LevelPurses, pocketbooks, handbags. Whatever you call them, they're quick to hook. They're fun. And they're a great way to try something new. You don't need to be a master rug hooker or a professional seamstress to create a beautiful purse. You just need patience and a few special tricks. Over the past 5 years, Jennifer has hooked more than 20 purses and she'll share all her best tips and tricks with you.
Along with a few hooking and colour-planning tips, you'll go through all the steps required to create a one-of-a-kind handmade bag, including: pre-hooking preparations, choosing and sewing lining, trim, handles, attaching closures and final assembly. Hook one of Jennifer's original designs. Add you own motifs to one of her patterns. Or be truly adventurous and create your very own unique shape and design. Then, with Jennifer's help, learn how to put it all together.
Biography - Jennifer Manuell, Muskoka, ON Jennifer lives in beautiful Muskoka, Ontario, where she has been hooking for almost 10 years. She is a fourth-generation rug hooker, taught by her aunt, Jean Armstrong. She has taught purse workshops across Ontario, Nova Scotia and the United States. Her youthful enthusiasm makes her workshops fun, as well as educational. Visit her blog at www.fisheyerugs.blogspot.com.
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Chinese Oriental RugsIntermediate to Advanced Level
Rich in culture, history and folklore, Chinese carpets incorporate designs almost never seen in any other type of rug. look like no other rug. There is a quietness in these rugs and, in some, a simpliDragons, phoenixes, peonies, local art, ornamental objects and building structures are often a trade mark of these productions. They are widely appreciated for their uniqueness for they truly city that will not intimidate those new to orientals. The design elements will float on fields of colour with soft outlines to add emphasis. These designs will be hooked in #3 or #4. Some may wish to sculpt the edges to mimic the shaved outlines of knotted rugs. The culture and origins of rugs in China will be explored.
Biography- Doug Rankin, Halifax, NS Doug derives as much pleasure from teaching as from hooking rugs An accredited teacher by the Nova Scotia Rug Hooking Guild since 1998, and the McGown Guild since 2002, he has been teaching weekly open classes since 1997. He has taught workshops in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, P.E.I and Ontario. He has taught at the Truro and Cornwallis schools of RHGNS. Subjects have included: Maud Lewis pictorials, large flowers, all leaf rugs and mandalas. He attends yearly teachers' workshops where he has been an instructor as well as a student. While aspiring to be a “generalist”, he particularly enjoys colour-planning rugs of all types. He considers the rugs by his students to be fine testimonials of his teaching. ̀̀̀̀̀̀ Land and Sea—The Sky’s the LimitIntermediate to Advanced LevelThis class is intended to get your creative juices flowing. Our study will be on the sea and land, with emphasis on the sky. Your piece can be hooked in wool strips or yarn. The choice is yours! You choose the scene or the subject matter. You choose the material (wool, yarn, - new or recycled wool). You choose the method on how you approach your pictorial/seascape. Wide cut, fine cut, realistic, impressionistic, primitive. The choice is yours.
Special attention will be given to the SKY. Creating a beautiful sky using new, recycled wool, or pre dyed yarns; then using a mix of yarns, wools, or creative stitches to complete your project. 1. Sky – Paint on wool (with dye) and hook into the scene. 2. Sky – Create a beautiful sky using recycled wool, or pre dyed yarns; using a mix of yarns, wools, or creative stitches to complete your project. 3. Sky & complete background of your project (eg: water/sky) painted; then the hooking is done on the dyed wool piece with a #3 cut or with yarn. Please note: If you decide to do it using #3 method, NO foundation (burlap, linen required) - your foundation will be your natural wool. This will give a 3-D effect. You may also choose to do one or two miniatures in this class, rather than a large mat. Wow, a variety of techniques, a learning experience, and plenty of fun throughout the week, for you to enjoy! If this sounds interesting to you, please register for fall school. I look forward for the opportunity to work with you in the class - "THE SKY'S THE LIMIT"!
Biography - Barb Leduc (accredited - N.S. & Pearl McGown teacher) Wilmot, Nova Scotia Barbara is a skilled artist, craftsperson, and teacher and has been involved in rug hooking since 1992. Over the years she has taken a variety of courses that have been offered in her area and has attended many rug schools. In 2001 she became an accredited teacher with the RHGNS and has been teaching at either the spring or fall Rug School or throughout the Maritimes. In July of 2008, after attending and teaching several courses in Dudley, Mass. U.S.A., she received her teachers' certification from the Pearl McGown school.
̀̀̀̀̀̀ It’s All About Wool—Start to FinishBeginner to Intermediate LevelIn this class you will be having hands on learning with the skirting of the wool, scouring, dyeing and this will be done with some natural and acid dyes. You will be learning how to spin from a spinning rod then a drop spindle then there will be a spinning wheel there so you will have some individual time on that. Our goal is for everyone to learn how the wool can be made and used. Then how to add into our hooking and give us the look that we want, the texture and technique that we have to use for hooking with curls sluby or yarn. I will be giving mini lectures in the mornings and you will be given handouts. Patterns can be of your choice or I will have some available. Any type will do {but remember you are playing with textures}.
Plan for a lot of laughter, fun and a great learning experience! There is a story to be told when we get started and it is a beautiful one I hope that you will enjoy this class and go away with a feeling of going back in time, but also of learning something old and adding a new twist to rug hooking! Biography – Vicki Graham, Brier Island N.S. I am currently an Associate Teacher of the RHGNS; I am also a member of the NSRHG Teacher Branch. I have taken many courses to enhance my style of rug hooking. I used to paint and work in with other crafts such as designing my own sweaters and also other mediums but when I was introduced to rug hooking it was like I had found my soul mate fiber became my way of letting my creative side out. I own the business Hooking by the Sea Retreats, which specializes in experiential tourism and helping people learn about the history of hooking and also the process of making yarn. My specialty is about the processing and use of wool that comes from Cotswold Sheep. I love many styles of hooking but the one that I really enjoy the most is teaching how to add textures and different techniques. That is were the roving, yarn and loose curls come into play. I have been teaching many workshops over the last 3 yrs. You will find me at my home studio creating or dyeing wool or having a hook-in.
̀̀̀̀̀̀ On Your Own with no InstructorSuitable for any hookerThis class is best suited for the rug hooker who wishes to experience the camaraderie of Rug School without taking a formal class. |
