Rughooking Australia
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The Australian Rugmakers Guild invites you to their website to learn more about the revival of traditional rugcrafting in Australia and meet the growing community of innovative contemporary fibre artists in Australia / New Zealand who are quietly moving this traditional craft into a number of exciting directions.
Rughooking Australia
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From the Editor – Jo Franco: It’s exciting when you know your piece shipped from Australia has arrived safely in Canada. My 3D hooked Australian Witchetty Grub is to be included in the Magnificent Bugs in Rugs exhibition. Magnificent Bugs in Rugs will be a travelling exhibit of artistic, hand-hooked rugs and ..read more
Rughooking Australia
1y ago
ISSN 2207-001X January 1, 2023 Without fail, on the 1st day of the month “Connecting Us” Miriam Miller’s newsletter arrives in my INBOX. Today, the first day of January 2023, was no different. Images in this issue, No. 84, reminded me of visitors to Miriam’s Narrawilly Rug Room shared five years ago… RUG HOOKING VISITORS ..read more
Rughooking Australia
2y ago
ISSN 2207-100X April 2022 Australia joins the Rug Hooking Road Trip… a geographical directory of all things rug hooking! How can that be when the developer of the Road Trip website, Barb Ackemann starts her journeys in Brattleboro, Vermont, USA? and no matter where you come from to Australia, there’s an ocean to cross? Well ..read more
Rughooking Australia
2y ago
ISSN 2207-100X 30th March 2022 Arts Connect Open Studios (Hinterland) was held last weekend. Artists from the Hinterland area of the Queensland Sunshine Coast opened their studios so the public could see “how art happens”. This was a first time for Judi to open her studio Palimpsest to the public. ..read more
Rughooking Australia
2y ago
Bobby Melia along with members of Yarra Valley Rugmakers Group had a successful weekend at the Lost Trades Fair, Bendigo, Victoria, on 19th/20th March, 2022. They demonstrated rug making techniques, displayed their work, answered many questions about rug making tools and frames and attracted new members to their group. The demonstrations appealed to all ages ..read more
Rughooking Australia
2y ago
ISSN 2207-100X March 2022 A question often asked… “Where can you buy cut wool fabric for rug hooking in Australia ?” In North America, many rug hooking instructors sell wool fabric from their studios or online; by the metre, as swatches, or strips cut to the size required. You can find online ..read more
Rughooking Australia
2y ago
ISSN 2207-100X February 2022 SAVE the DATES – Here’s to a good start to the New Year! updating calendars, networking, coming together to source and share materials… don’t miss sharing “worms” at the end of this Blog. Did you know ..read more
Rughooking Australia
2y ago
ISSN 2207-100X 31st December 2021 Here we are at the end of 2021, still separated across the country and around the world by lockdowns. The forced separation has encouraged many to accept technology as a way of socializing and taking workshops – the personal touch is missed, but surprisingly these Zoom, Facetime, Google Chats etc ..read more
Rughooking Australia
2y ago
ISSN 2207-100X September 2021 Lockdowns continue in New South Wales & Victoria and threaten Queensland. The Western Australian state border remains shut to NSW & VIC, and WA residents headed home from Queensland, must quarantine at home for 2 weeks upon their return. The Team from the Global Textile Hub have not been affected, as ..read more
Rughooking Australia
3y ago
ISSN 2207-100X May 2021 It’s been almost a year since the last post on this Blog, when the COVID19 restrictions began to ease, and groups could meet again in person even though in many places in Australia more lockdowns have occurred. We’re still not back to “normal”, as those of us who live in Western ..read more