Author: donnah

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Owl is a commission and Steampunk is just for me!

This is my rug about Alzheimers. I hope to finish it soon, but I’ve been teaching rug hooking workshops and haven’t had time to sit and work on it.

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I also have a new book about rughooking, which I’m very excited about. It’s at Amazon, under Rug Hookers Companion. It’s coming out in November of this year.

Busy!

In spite of the time spent preparing for Thanksgiving, I was still able to spend a couple of days on hooking the dog rug. I am very pleased with it and wish I had more time, but I’m doing my best.

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I keep reading other creative diaries and I love seeing the work others are doing here. I have been an artist all my life and I think it’s important to spread the word about the work we artists do. In tough financial times, when schools are cutting the arts and the music classes, we have to make sure that art can survive. An environment without beauty is stark and hopeless, indeed.

Here is a sample of the rug hooking I do:

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I drew it up from an historic photo taken of a Native American child in 1905. I wanted to capture that expression and the beauty of the image in my medium. I love rug hooking. It’s like painting, but with the wonderful textures and depth of color of fabric.