Become a Hooker: Punch Needle Fibre Art for Beginners
Registration
Alison Mitchell
Saturday & Sunday, October 26 – October 27, 2024
10:00am – 3:00pm
In this relaxed two day workshop we’ll learn how to use a simple wooden punch needle and yarn from Canada’s oldest woolen mill to create anything from rugs to pillows to wall hangings. Rug hooking has a rich history in Atlantic Canada and using a punch needle is one of the easiest and most satisfying ways to go about it.
We’ll explore the most common backing fabrics, frames, and types of fibre to enable you to find a system that works for you. Participants will complete either a trivet or a wall hanging to take home so your friends and family can see that you’ve become a hooker!
Materials provided.
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Alison Mitchell
Alison Mitchell is a multi-disciplinary Lunenburg-based artist. Her paintings, fibre art, and collages feature simplified, stylized subjects in vibrant but limited colour palettes. Most of Alison’s most recent work are “yarn paintings” that she makes with wool and a wooden rug hooking tool called a punch needle. The daughter of a devoted rug hooker, Alison is endlessly fascinated by Nova Scotia’s rich rug hooking tradition and loves exploring new ways put her own modern spin on this sustainable Atlantic Canadian craft. She loves teaching students of all ages about the creative possibilities of the materials around them – especially if that material is hot pink yarn.
When not making or teaching art, you can find Alison leading historic walking tours of Lunenburg and teaching international law at Queen’s University.
www.alisonmitchell.ca
Bookings
Registrations for this workshop are now closed.