Rachelle LeBlanc

Hooked Rug Studio


Under Watchfull Eyes, Rachelle LeBlanc Hooked Rug

The Artistry of Hooking People Workshop

This workshop is designed around the processes that I use to create my rugs.  Have you ever wanted to design and hook a rug using a childhood memory, old family photograph or a story from your family history, this workshop will give you everything you will need to transform your ideas into beautiful rugs.

We will cover the following; basic design, proportions, faces, composition, framing your subject, backgrounds ( how to create perspective) , color plan      ( using watercolor), dyeing ( how to dye your fabric to create a painted effect) and creating movement while hooking and a finishing a technique I developed a few years ago.

April 26-29, 2012, Hosted by the group Gone Hooking in at Maple Ridge BC, Canada.  Contact Freda Jackson at 604-463-0043 or email at  freda33@telus.net  (full)

May 3-6, 2012, in the city of, Renton, Washington, USA.  Contact Bridget Toddeud at 425-442-5609 or email at bridget@todderud.com                       Hurry there is only one space left!

If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact me at 780-651-8819 or by email at hookedrugs@hotmail.com  (please write in subject space Rug Hooking Workshop) to avoid email going into junk mail and include your telephone number.


 

Alberta Craft Council presents
Prairie Excellence (traveling exhibition)

Please visit: www.prairie-excellence.ca or the Alberta Craft Council at http://www.albertacraft.ab.ca/

Prairie Excellence is a unique project jointly organized by the Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba Craft Councils. The exhibition highlights a cross-selection of the best in fine craft in the prairie provinces. The exhibition will appear in multiple locations in all three prairie provinces and then tour nationally and internationally for several years. Catalogues will be available at each host gallery and through the 3 partner Craft Councils.

Prairie Excellence will open at the Alberta Craft Council Gallery in Edmonton on October 2, 2010 and run through December 18, 2010. The Saskatchewan unveiling will be at the Saskatchewan Craft Council's Affinity Gallery on January 14th. Negotiations for future locations are underway with galleries across Canada and in the United States.

2011     - "Prairie Excellence" Triangle Gallery, Calgary, AB (multi-                          province  juried show) November- December, 2011

2012    - "Prairie Excellence" Sam Walter Museum, The Pas, MB (multi-                          province juried show) February- March, 2012

               - "Prairie Excellence" Deer Museum & Art Gallery, Red Deer,                           AB (multi-province juried show) Summer 2012

2013   -"Prairie Excellence" Art Gallery of Regina, Regina, SK (multi-                            province juried show) September- October, 2013



No Floor Required Hooked Rug Exhibition


Alberta Craft Council presents
Off The Floor – Solo Hooked Rug Exhibit

" When I sat down to design the show, I found myself flooded with memories from childhood and of moments spent with my own children. My thoughts kept falling on how fast life goes by and how little time is spent just being still. Off the Floor focuses on children spending a day picking apples, daydreaming in the sun and finding oneself in love. I wanted to express how important it is to find time in my daily life to observe the simple truths that evoke feelings, provoke memories and even transport me to a time of innocence".                     

July 16 - August 27, 2011

Exhibition Reception: Saturday, July 16, 2 - 4 pm

Alberta Craft Council Discovery Gallery

10186 - 106 Street, Edmonton AB

www.albertacraft.ab.ca l 780-488-5900

Monday thru Saturday 10 - 5pm

Rachelle LeBlanc Alberta Craft Council

Click here to read a show review

Rachelle LeBlanc Alberta Craft Council