Name/Title
Inspired rug-hooking : turning Atlantic Canadian life into artEntry/Object ID
TT850.F58 2010 Description
"Working from twenty years' experience as a rug hooker, studio owner, and teacher, Deanne Fitzpatrick shares her sources of inspiration, work habits, ideas about creativity and design, and helpful guidelines for creating beautiful, expressive rugs. Practical suggestions for hooking houses, landscapes, seasons, stories, and people are accompanied by the artist's insight into tapping creativity and learning how to make art from life. Tips for choosing colours, experimenting with texture, preparing a backing, transferring a design, and achieving realistic depictions are interspersed with passages on artistic inspiration and process." -- PUBLISHERCollection
Elizabeth Sweetheart CollectionLexicon
Search Terms
rugs--canada, rugs--hookedAccessories
Accessory
EphemeraNotes
Contains green card with childhood photo of Elizabeth Sweetheart and brochure from Deanne Fitzpatrick's "Electric Street Knitting Room."Book Details
Author
Deanne FitzpatrickPublisher
Nimbus PublishingDate Published
2010ISBN
9781551097800Notes
Length: 143General Notes
Note Type
ContentsNote
Beauty by Design -- House and Home -- Walking into the Landscape -- Magic and Storytelling -- Creativity and Spirit -- People and Community -- Hooking a Prayer.