Tag: In the Studio

February 22, 2021

IN THE STUDIO – March 3 with Anastasia Tiller

Join Textile Artist Anastasia Tiller as she discusses

her work and process on ‘In the Studio’!

Poster for Anastasia Tiller event

Anastasia Tiller is a multidisciplinary artist based in Lethbridge, Newfoundland and Labrador. Her work ranges from monochromatic figurative referencing photographic imagery, gestural flat acrylic works on paper, and colourful landscapes. Her textile works move in a different direction altogether. Anastasia is actively involved in the provincial visual arts community as an art teacher, as well as a member of the Visual Artists Newfoundland and Labrador Board of Directors.

You can learn more about Anastasia and see her work at anastasiatiller.wixsite.com/anastasiatiller and on Instagram @frozenpartridgeberry.

Anastasia also has an upcoming exhibit, “Room for Happiness” or “Welcome to my Bubble” at the Craft Council of Newfoundland and Labrador in St. John’s Newfoundland from March-April, 2021.

IMPORTANT – PLEASE READ:

The Zoom link for this presentation will be emailed to you the day before the talk (or after you purchase your ticket, if you purchase on the day of the event). If you don’t receive it, you can contact the organizer at info@karendmillerstudio.com.

Tickets will be on sale until 10:00 am the day of the event. After that time you will no longer be able to purchase tickets.

Please note that the time of the talk is 1:00 pm EASTERN.

Find tickets for this event at Ticketscene.

FAQ’s

* Will this talk be recorded for viewing later?

Unfortunately, no. Due to the logistics involved, we decided some time ago to keep these events live. Hopefully if you can’t make it to this talk, you’ll be able to make it to a future talk.

* It’s the day of the talk and I’m having trouble finding or using the link for the talk. How can I find help?

It is very advisable to LOG INTO THE EVENT A FEW MINUTES EARLY to be sure that you have no trouble with the link, and if you are having trouble the organizer can help you out. You can email or message the event organizer up until 12:30pm Eastern on the day of the talk for help. ONCE THE EVENT STARTS, however, messages and emails are not able to be monitored.

* I’m finding it distracting during the talk seeing all of the other participants on my screen. What can I do?

During the event the organizer will put the screen setting on “spotlight view” so that the presenter is the focus on your screen. Depending on your device, you may still see audience members on your screen and changing your setting from “gallery view” to “speaker view” should help with that.

January 25, 2021

IN THE STUDIO – February 17 with Monika Kinner

Monika Kinner leads us through her art journey.

Monika Kinner event poster

Monika Kinner is a professional artist specializing in freestyle embroidery (since 2009) and soft pastel paintings (since 2018). More recently, she has started experimenting with saori weaving. Her creations are expressions of love for the prairie where she lives and originate from her own personal photographs of and experiences in Saskatchewan, Canada. She is constantly amazed at the texture and intricate beauty that can be achieved by working with threads and other fibres.

About Monika Kinner:

Monika is a juried member of the Saskatchewan Craft Council and a former member of the Embroiderers’ Association of Canada. Her award winning work is cherished in private collections around the world including Canada, the UK, USA, Australia, New Zealand, Western and Eastern Europe and South America.

You can learn more about Monika and see her work at www.mysweetprairie.ca and on Instagram @monika_kinner (her textile work) or @monika_kinner_painting_pastel_ (her pastel work).

IMPORTANT – PLEASE READ:

Tickets will be on sale until 10:00 a.m. the day of the event. After that time you will no longer be able to purchase tickets.

Find tickets for this event at Ticketscene.

FAQ’s

* Will this talk be recorded for viewing later?

Unfortunately, no. Due to the logistics involved, we decided some time ago to keep these events live. Hopefully if you can’t make it to this talk, you’ll be able to make it to a future talk.

* It’s the day of the talk and I’m having trouble finding or using the link for the talk. How can I find help?

* I’m finding it distracting during the talk seeing all of the other participants on my screen. What can I do?

January 4, 2021

IN THE STUDIO – January 13 with Tracy Jamar

Tracy Jamar gives a peek at several pieces of her most recent works.

Poster for In the Studio with Tracy Jamar

Join Tracy Jamar as she shares what brought her to rug hooking and the trajectory that brought her to the work she’s doing now. She will give a peek at several pieces of her most recent works conceived by current events in her life: from the requirement to stay in place due to Covid to downsizing after the sale of her home.

About Tracy:

Tracy Jamar is familiar with traditional forms of needlework as she has been a restorer specializing in antique textiles, especially quilts and hooked rugs, for over 30 years. She started in 1979, at America Hurrah Antiques in NYC and, in 1985, opened Jamar Textile Restoration Studio, also in NYC.

In 2006, she returned to school to complete an undergraduate degree, an independent/individualized study of American history through women’s handmade textiles at Goddard College in Plainfield, VT. Soon after graduation, Tracy set her restoration business aside to make contemporary fiber works using traditional textile techniques.

Her works have been in juried and invitational exhibits: at the Farnsworth Art Museum; in a traveling exhibit to Japan; in exhibits in South Korea; and in a national tour with the Textile Study Group of NY among other places.

Tracy’s book, Coils, Folds, Twists and Turns: Contemporary Techniques in Fiber (2017) explores many of her techniques. She also contributed to American Sewn Rugs: Their History with Exceptional Examples with Jan Whitlock in 2012. They exhibited some of those rugs at Sauder Village in 2013. She appeared twice on the Martha Stewart Living television program and in Mary Sheppard Burton’s A Passion for the Creative Live: Textiles to Lift the Spirit and other publications.

Tracy was the keynote speaker at the Association of Traditional Hooking Artists (ATHA) Biennial in Denver, 2019. Her most recent award was for Best Sculpture at the Guild Hall Members Art Exhibit 2020 in East Hampton, NY.

You can learn more about Tracy Jamar and see her work at www.tracyjamar.com, and on FB and IG @tracyjamarfiberworks.

Find tickets for this event at Ticketscene.

IMPORTANT PLEASE READ:

Tickets will be on sale until 10am the day of the event. After that time you will no longer be able to purchase tickets.

FAQ’s

* Will this talk be recorded for viewing later?

Unfortunately, no. Due to the logistics involved, we decided some time ago to keep these events live. Hopefully if you can’t make it to this talk, you’ll be able to make it to a future talk.

* It’s the day of the talk and I’m having trouble finding or using the link for the talk. How can I find help?

* I’m finding it distracting during the talk seeing all of the other participants on my screen. What can I do?

December 21, 2020

A very Merry and Tiny Christmas to all!

We here at High on Hooking wish a very Merry Christmas to all who celebrate. Enjoy your holidays with those in your social bubbles. The kid will be down from Colorado tomorrow, so we’ll be celebrating a couple of days early here. Sadly, she has to work on the 24th and 26th, but roast beast and bubbly, here we come!

Before I let you go, though, a few dates in early 2021 to remember. Click on them for more info, and email me if interested or with questions.

Wednesday, January 13, 1:00 p.m. Eastern – IN THE STUDIO WITH TRACY JAMAR. If you haven’t heard Tracy speak, register. She’s terrific. And she does not-so-traditional hooking too!

Saturday, January 16, 1:00 p.m. Eastern – BUILD A BABY BOUCHEROUITE. Spaces are still available. Give yourself the gift of creativity in the New Year.

Dogs under Christmas tree — Bowyn and Tynan, the High on Hooking Dogs, bring you the final “what’s on the frame” for 2021. We all wish you a happy, happy Christmas and New Year!

Sunday, January 31, 1:00 p.m. Eastern – INTRO TO PUNCH NEEDLE RUG HOOKING WORKSHOP. This In the Studio WORKSHOP WEEK 2 class is full, but I’ve decided to open another session on Saturday, February 20, also at 1:00 p.m. Eastern. Give a yell if you’d like to get in on it. You will receive all benefits of WW2, including the bonus sections and coupons.

January 31 – February 5 – IN THE STUDIO WORKSHOP WEEK 2 – There are six workshops running this time around. Karen Miller, Beth Miller, and Meryl Cook still have openings. Susan Feller is taking names for a possible second session. Nadine Flagel, Donna Mulhollland, and I are offering second sessions. Contact individual teachers for more info. Emails in above WW2 link.

And that takes us into the time of putting work away and lighting candles and enjoying the season. Here’s to a MUCH IMPROVED NEW YEAR and some real peace and good will towards ~~men~~ all people (and dogs).

December 16, 2020

Winter Teaching Schedule

High on Hooking’s Winter Teaching Schedule (thus far)

I thought that, as we close out 2020, perhaps it would be a good thing to summarize our winter teaching schedule as it currently stands. We do plan on adding more workshops. Unfortunately, Covid still requires that classes occur online, but that just means no hotel reservations needed, lower costs, and the ability to take workshops anywhere with all kinds of new people!

Small hooked rug — You too can “Build a Baby Boucherouite” or, as I like to call it, Barbies Magic Carpet. New class coming January 16, 2021. See the winter teaching schedule.

BUILD A BABY BOUCHEROUITE
Saturday, January 16, 1:00 p.m. Eastern

Boucherouites are having their day! They’re so trendy that you can’t look at a Better Home and Gardens magazine or watch an HGTV show without seeing them. The Berber tribe of Morocco has been creating Boucherouites, one-of-a-kind, hand-knotted rugs, since the mid-20th century. Traditionally, they’re made using old clothes and other textile scraps. They’re a pretty freestyle form of expression often looking as if the weaver started with one color scheme and pattern, got bored, and moved onto something else. They’re fun in a colorful, spontaneous way and are easily adaptable to rug hooking.

In this workshop you’ll design your own “Baby Boucherouite” rug and start to hook it with textile scraps you have on hand be they cotton clothing, old bedsheets, and/or leftover wool noodles. The sky’s the limit! We’ll also discuss how to prepare, cut, and hook with non-wool materials. This class is designed for a student proficient at rug hooking basics, particularly the mechanics of pulling loops through a backing. You need not own a cutter to participate (or even to hook rugs!).

Because this is an online workshop, students will supply their own materials. Materials needed:

•Hooks;
•Backing of choice to allow for a rectangular mat at least 12” by 6”;
•A frame;
•A pencil (or “magic” pen) and Sharpie to draw rugs straight onto backing;
•Fibers of choice (wool, yarn,old clothing/textiles, whatever); and
•A mind and spirit open to experimenting and FUN.

Class Fee: $45 US. For more information or to register, please contact me at Laura@highonhooking.com. Class limit of 12 students.

INTRO TO PUNCH NEEDLE RUG HOOKING
Sunday, January 31, 1:00 p.m. Eastern

This class is being taught as part of In the Studio’s WORKSHOP WEEK 2 which I wrote about last week. Find the info HERE. Please take a look there to see not just the punch needle class but all seven (yes, you read that right, 7!) workshops going on that week. Seven different instructors offering seven very different classes all through the week! There are also two bonus sessions – an evening gathering to hook, knit, crochet, chat, or just hang AND a panel discussion.

A caveat, my punch needle class appears to be full now. I am taking names in case of cancellations. And if there are enough interested (by that I mean as few as 2 and up to 10), I will be happy to run the class again later in the winter. Just give me a yell!

Other workshops are filling; if you’re interested, please contact the instructors ASAP. I should know; I’m a student in Nadine’s class!

HOW WILL YOU SPEND YOUR WINTER? IT’S TIME TO TRY SOMETHING NEW WHILE WE WAIT FOR THE VACCINES TO KICK COVID’S BUTT.