Rachel Leblanc Rug Hooking
Designed and hooked by rachelle leblanc st albert alberta canada 2011.
Rachel leblanc rug hooking. Film introducing textile artist rachelle leblanc and her work filmed by artquest ca corinne and gary funk. 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. Ocean 79 x 64 2020 hand hooked cashmere wool on linen 3 wool binding. Sometimes how we take the criticism can turn if from destructive to constructive criticism.
Rug hooking and fell in love with the medium. Impressionist original at the houston fine. It is too bad that i only got 22 seconds of rachelle leblanc hooking. 2011 and 2014 celebrations winner contemporary design rug hooking magazine stackpole magazines mechanicsburg pennsylvania.
2007 juror s choice award pushing the limits. New concepts in rug hooking newtown rug hooking show newtown ct. Rug hooking and home life in chéticamp nova scotia. 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.
Alberta craft council edmonton. I took some time over the holiday and saw an exhibition by one of my favorite impressionist artists berthe morisot. Handling criticism is one of the situations in life an artist has to handle. 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.
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. By jillferron nov 30 2012 rug hooking. Ocean 79 x 64 2020 hand hooked cashmere wool on linen 3 wool binding. Bed of violets 23 x 27 handcut and hand dyed wool on linen.
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.