Are you ready to create?  It's time to let your self go and
create whatever takes your fancy.  Fiber art is very flexible,
and we all have our favorite colors, some of us are subtle, some loud, some flashy etc.

 

What is important in fiber art is to express yourself.
Don't try to be like anybody else because you're not like
anybody else.  Even if you don't create your own pattern,

you can still create your own style.  Let's see what I mean.  Here we go:
  
Fiber Art Pictorial & Materials
 
To some folks rug hooking is a traditional craft, to others it is
an artistic form.

 

As soon as you start to dye your own material, draw your design, or personally choose your own color scheme, traditional rug hooking is no longer just a craft.  You become an artist because your creation is unique and an expression of your own creativity, unlike a craft.

 

When you're hooking mats for the floor, it is the general rule
of thumb to hook with the toughest materials available. Today
you use 80 - 100% wool fabric or 100% wool yarn in different
widths or ply's. In this way our mats will endure additional
wear and tear.
 
If you are doing a pictorial as a wall hanging, durability is
not the question and you have a new freedom in "fiber art
pictorials".
 
We are most fortunate that a large range of fibers, hand
spinning and dyeing are now available to us. Raw fleece, alpaca yarns, hand dyed mohair rovings, plus hand carded bats with crystal mylar (sparkles in silver and gold) to name a few.  The hand dyed fiber yarns are simply beautiful and the texture that these  yarns creates can easily help you turn your creativity into a masterpiece.

 

To view a variety of different fibers, click below:
http://www.linartdesigns.com/id13.html
 
Let's don't forget "embellishments" in our pictorials.  Rug
hooking instructor Rita Jenkins, completed a wall hanging welcoming our  ATHA (the Association of Traditional Hooking Artists) guests in Halifax, Nova Scotia in August 2005.  The mermaids (believed to be the first hookers, as her story goes) were well embellished. 

 

She put curly hair of all colors on their heads to represent
different nationalities, beautiful satins and gold embroidered
fabric for their bodies including shiny fish leather.  In their
hair were little pearls. Tiny seed beads led their way through
the water. Plus she hooked with velvets and wools.
 
This very beautiful creative artistic wall hanging now has a
home in Maryland, USA.  You can view the "Welcome to Nova Scotia" pictorial and complete description by clicking below:
http://www.linartdesigns.com/id91.html
 
The object of this lesson was to show you the freedom you have to create anything you can imagine.  I hope this helps you a little further along the path in your creative development.  It's
time to think outside the box and enjoy!

 Happy hooking,

Linda

 

To see more examples of fiber art to help you let your
imagination run wild, I invite you to visit my gallery at:
http://www.linartdesigns.com/id94.html  And as usual, you can
contact me for on-line assistance at: artsy@xplornet.com