How to rug hook faces

Subway art in NYC is a lot like rughooking

View some subway art I saw in the subway tunnels. There is a rug design brewing in those images. Now I just have to get rughooking.

Sauder Village Rug Hooking Workshop 2009

2009 Rug Camp at Sauder Village was very inspiring. My class was with Diane Phillips.

How to Hook a Face Workshop

This entry is part 1 of 7 in the series How to Hook Faces

Explanation of the faces workshop I taught at Southern Teachers’ Workshop in 2009. See a finished student’s piece by Maddy Frioli.

Rug Hooking a Face: The Background

This entry is part 7 of 7 in the series How to Hook Faces

The background of my portrait piece gets hooked. I’ve extended the neck into the sashing that will become the finishing.

Rug Hooking a Face: Added the Neck

This entry is part 6 of 7 in the series How to Hook Faces

See how adding a neck and some hair make a huge difference. I overlaid a photo of the face from prior posts over this one to prove that nothing has change. A good lesson for NOT ripping out too soon.

Rug Hooking a face: Adding Hair

This entry is part 5 of 7 in the series How to Hook Faces

Adding hair to a wide cut rug hooked face makes all the difference. A small adjustment in the hairline can make big changes in the face.

Rughooking a face: Adjusting the Forehead Shading

This entry is part 4 of 7 in the series How to Hook Faces

The rug hooking on the textured wide cut face continues. A slight adjustment to the forehead and a bright highlight on the lower lip help to refine the face.