How to rug hook faces

Subway art in NYC is a lot like rughooking

Tile art NYC subway closeup of man holding child

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

People enjoying the Sauder Village rug hooking exhibit

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.