Colour Values Miranda Auckland

This month’s project did not immediately appeal to me as the word ‘value’ put me off! but, once I started to draw a variety of designs and chose some colours, I looked forward to starting. I finally chose a spiral pattern.

I did this work on a piece of quite stiff, cream- coloured hessian that I found. I tacked a 1” hem around and the finished piece measures 12” by 24”. I used mostly wool fabric and some fleece, I cut it into ¼” strips and I hooked it. I cut very thin strips of the fabrics and did a running stitch around the hessian to finish it off.

I sewed buttons onto the beginning of each spiral.

The Circus comes to town Miranda Auckland

I drew a number of pictures about the circus before deciding on a clown’s face.

I drew this freehand on 12”x12” hessian and at an angle. I wanted to use bright colours so I decided to use yarn and, because I wanted some detail, I hooked the wool. I started with the clown’s face and hat and then I used a thin-cut, patterned fleece for the background to try to represent an audience watching the clown.

I did not plan the border until I had finished the piece but left an inch all round. I did the border in small triangles using the colours in the clown. I made a pom pom for his hat and gathered up a piece of fabric to make his collar.

Bette Collins

I live in Carmarthenshire, W. Wales and have been a rug maker for over 20 years. Hook, Prod and Punch, using recycled materials. Have not dyed, and don’t really wish too. (I would knock everything over!)  I enjoy the hunt for a colour or a type of material.

The Circus comes to Town Jane Rushworth

I decided to make a small picture and researched circus images on the internet.  I originally intended to hook a clown with balloons, but when I sketched it out I realised the picture would need to be bigger. So I choose a picture of colourful balloons. (This now doubles up as a birthday card!)

A template was made for the balloons and this was drawn around directly onto the canvas. To complete the image a border was added making the final piece 6 by 8 inches. New hand dyed and recycled woolens were used and the finished piece is backed with fabric.

I hope the birthday recipient likes their card.

Jane Rushworth

My name is Jane Rushworth from Settle in North Yorkshire. I have been making rugs since 2008 and looking forward to some new challenges. (Although I made a sewn rug and a redicut rug in my teens!) I hope to use membership of the group to try new things. The list includes lettering, more dying, incorporating rag rugging with other media and perhaps even a large scale project. I look forward to seeing the work the group produces.

Rhapsody in Red Jan Haines

At the beginning of this project I thought I would struggle with the colour red.  While I like  the color red I have always found it hard to work with.  However, my design came from lichens and as you can see, as lichen grows, so did the rug.  It is 99.9% wool fabric and yarn on a Monks Cloth base with a wool blanket backing.  The size of the rug is 17½” x 24”.  Now it is finished I really am pleased with it.

Colour Wheel Proddy Sample Miranda Auckland

I decided to do a spiral on the hessian and blend the colours into each other. I used fleece fabric and cut the tabs about 3/4” by 2”.

I drew the pattern onto the right side of the hessian and used a spring hook. I did a row around the edge first and then did various rows of the different colours to see how they looked. I got to the stage when I could not see the lines so I had to start on the reverse side. It was not easy working on the wrong side as I could not see how the colours were blending.
It was so thick when I finished that the edges curled up so I have sown some hessian tape around the edge at the back.
I am pleased with the result.

 

Rapsody in Red Debbie Marias

I wanted to experiment with needle felting and rag rugging in this piece after seeing a piece in Rug hooking magazine.  I used a combination of cotton printed fabric, old tights and t-shirts basing the design on crazy patchwork.  I thought I would try a different shape this time so chose the heart design.

A Splash of colour Mary Jane Peabody

I started with the idea of doing a hit or miss landscape, and went from there...I did like Hundertwasser's work, and if it influenced me directly, it was in the design of the river, and the style of the trees

A Splash of Colour Janet Hull

My Splash of colour is a Beach Hut scene they have always caught my imagination and I wanted to make something that would go onto my grand childrens bedroom wall. The picture is done on fine linen backing I hand dyed the wool for the deep colouring. It measures 14"x9". I bound the edges with carpet wool and lined the back with light weight wool material

A Splash of Colour Jenny Johns

Hot Gossip Great burst of colour.Currently working on 2 word themes,so seemed ideal for hot gossip. 2 pieces both 10.5" x 14.5"...mixed materials,hooked and prodded on hessian.Unfinished at present.

A Splash of Colour Jan Haines

THE TOADSTOOL RUG

Absolutely loved Friedensreich Hundertwasser, and wondered why I had'nt come across him before. The colours and repetition were what inspired this rug.  I have always wanted to use toadstools in a rug design and this gave me the opening I needed.  Thanks Fred!  The design came easily for once and the decision to use lots of different shaped toadstools made sense to me as I wanted repetition without too much uniformity.The rug is entirely punch needled using handspun Jacob wool on the borders, handspun and hand dyed wools in the toadstools and Axminster rug yarn for the green background.  The whole rug is made on Monks Cloth with a woven wool backing fabric.  The size is 21 1/2” by 15 1/2”.

A splash of colour Jenny Bealing

 

I must admit my heart sank when I saw the subject for this challenge, my opinion of Hundertwasser’s work was very low infact I disliked it quite intensely, however I started to look at the Google images and found a link to his architecture. A real eye opener and I was amazed by how much I liked some of his ideas. At first I tried collage to see if this would aid my design process but eventually worked out a picture with oil pastels which was then transferred to a piece of embroidery linen.

I have not just used colour in this piece but a variety of different textures as well following ( I hope ) Hundertwasser’s beliefs and practices. So as well as hooking in the traditional manner with a variety of fabrics I also cut the tops of the loops in some areas specifically to represent trees and grass on roof tops and also used a form of chain stitch done with the rug hook.

At the moment the work is finished as far as the hooking is concerned but I have not yet decided how the piece will be finished, mainly because I think that I will probably try and use it in something.

A Splash of Colour Karen Walker

When I looked at the various pictures by Friedensreich Hundertwasser I can honestly say they did not float my boat! However, what I did like was his choice of colours and the way he distorted shapes. If you look closely some of his pictures contain houses within squares and this became my inspiration for my rug.

The initial colour choice for my rugs came from the artist and I was lucky enough to have the colours I needed in my stock so I had no need to further dye.

The rug is hooked on hessian and the design was drawn on roughly by hand.   I decided on those measurements to allow for the design I wanted and so that I can eventually hang it over a door, also it was a project small enough I could finish quickly.

The material used is a combination of woollen flannel, plaid, blanket and rug wool. I used only hooking as a technique as the size of the rug is small. In my first attempt at the sky I used flannel, unfortunately, as I could not get the effect I wanted in such a small space, I changed to rug wool. In finishing off I am ashamed to say I yet again whipped the edge! I did consider other finishing techniques but, as the hanging space is limited and I like the whipping finish it won the debate.

I enjoyed the whole project and I do like the finished result .... just need a door now!

A Splash of Colour June Gregory

My interpretation of A Splash of Colour, I have always liked to splash in puddles so this idea came to mind,not straight away though, because I was thinking of something really arty, but I am not a very arty person as drawing doesn't come easy to me but I hope that you like it. It is 10ins x10ins on Monks cloth punch hooked in 100 percent wool yarn.

A Splash of Colour Miranda Auckland

When I looked at Friedensreich Hunderwasser's work I did not like it as I found it naive, unbalanced and odd! but I did like the bright colour.

My design came from a photograph of a child's dress that I took in India. I decided to do a similar pattern but to use much brighter colours.
Originally I intended to use yellow-coloured hessian and leave some of it showing and I also intended to both hook and prod but as I started working I decided just to hook and to use wool.I also ended up covering all the hessian!
I drew the design in my book first, then drew it freehand onto the hessian and worked on it quite erratically doing a bit here and a bit there to see how the colours worked together.
I added some Indian braid that I already had and I made the circles out of felt and embroidered them. I intended to sew mirrors in the middle but I was unable to get any large enough so I got some sequined/beaded flowers for the middle.
The finished piece measures 9" by 13".
I have loved doing this piece of work and did it straight away. It took about a week in all

Wild and Beautiful Heather Woodward

Size 9" worked on monks cloth. Second piece worked on monks cloth.

Punch hooked with hand dyed yarn and needle felted edge with hand dyed sheep fleece.
Inspired by the interest I have in the Green Man I have used his face in other peices of art.

A Splash of Colour Debbie Mairas

Here is my Hundertwasser - again using my 13" by 18" frame. hooked onto hessian using T-shirts and all sorts of patterned cotton fabrics and some sparkly ones. I have decided for my Hundertwasser samples to use different backing material samples and to use some different techniques that I learnt from an experimental workshop with Lynne Stein - watch this space!

Wild and Beautiful Debbie Marais

 Snowdrop
It is hooked from all sorts of fabric, mainly old t-shirts onto hessian. I haven't finished the edging yet as I want to do something different to what I normally do which is an overwrap stitch using fabric. The image is 13" by 18". I did try to do it smaller but I really wanted a more voluptuous snowdrop so it got bigger! I have always loved snowdrops and that was the first thing that popped into mine when i saw the brief in January. I just drew the design onto the hessian and then redrew it when I wanted it to be bigger.
One of the reasons that this is so late is that I had by some bizarre coincidence been working on a piece inspired by Hundertwasser. I will finish it and do some more samples by the end of June otherwise I will have nothing to do!! Looking forward to meeting people at the workshop in July.

Wild and Beautiful Linda Bishop

 This is for the January assignment to hook with different materials with a theme of "Wild and Beautiful."  I used a ball of thick and thin yarn for which I had not yet found a purpose.  The colors aren't very exciting but I decided it would make a nice sunset/mountain/desert hooked mat.  [My husband wants this for his office - probably a resting place for his coffee mug.  I guess these colors would conceal a coffee splash!]  The colors also remind us both of the West Texas high plains, where sunsets can be magnificent and the terrain quite harsh.I drew a few curved lines on the backing and started hooking.  The yarn was easy to hook - it was fluffier than it looked.  I had to roll out the yarn in color-phases so that I could get to the colors I wanted. I used what I think is a linen background which was easy to work with except the fibers split sometimes.  The yarn is 100% wool.  I whip-stitched around the edge of the piece with needlepoint yarn and I plan to sew a backing of wool plaid fabric.  The resulting mat is about 6" X 9".