The Art of Hooked Rug Landscapes
Author | : Molly Colegrove |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 2021-11 |
ISBN-10 | : 1945550562 |
ISBN-13 | : 9781945550560 |
Rating | : 4/5 (62 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: Artist Molly Colegrove has a love affair with barns and the landscapes that surround them. Take a walk with her through her beloved New York state and learn many of her tricks and techniques for depicting a rural landscape in wool. Molly uses wool strips, wool yarn along with many alternative fibers and techniques to hook her lovely pieces and she shares her hard-earned knowledge with you. Molly incorporates quilting, roving, felting, beads, embroidery, and more. Capturing clouds and skies, water and fields, trees and fields-Molly has her own approach to translating a landscape into textile art.