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Old Dorm on Vermont Technical College
Campus, Randolph Center, Vermont
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31st Annual
Green
Mountain Rug School
June 6 - 15, 2012
VT Technical College, Randolph
Center, VT
1 Three-Day & 1 Five-Day Session
16 Classes
Plus a Rest & Rug Hooking Retreat
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Rug School registration form
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Rug School program details
THREE-DAY
SESSIONS -
Wednesday - Saturday, June 6-9, 2012
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Creative Hooked Purses
with Rose Raymond, NH |
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Enhancing Your Hooking
with Historic Techniques with Rose Ann Hunter,
MA |
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Explore the Elements &
Principles of Design with Susan Feller, WV |
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Florals, Leaves &
Scrolls with Diane Moore, VT FULL |
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Let’s Face It…
with
Michele Micarelli, CT |
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Mixed Textures &
Proddy with Heather Ritchie, England FULL |
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Open Class- Beginners
Welcome with Sarah Guiliani, ME |
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Picture This… Animals
& Pictorials with Jon Ciemiewicz, NH |
R
& R ... Rest and Rug Hooking Retreat for the
Weekend - June 6-9
THE
FIVE-DAY SESSION
- Sunday - Friday, June 10-15,
2012
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All Styles & Patterns
with Georgia Hall & Marnie Cormack, Ontario |
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Fine Hooking of All
Types with Nancy Claflin Blood, NY
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Open Class- Beginners
Welcome with Norma McElhenny, MA |
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People & Places with
Roslyn Logsdon, MD FULL |
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Primitives, Your Way
with Jule Marie Smith, NY FULL |
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Repeat & Triangulated
Design with Maddy Fraioli, OH |
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Running with Braiding
with Kris McDermet, VT |
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Whimsical Primitives
with Beverly Conway, VT |
TUITION
THREE-DAY SESSION:
Single $475, Double $425,
Commuter $285
Includes 3 full days of hooking instruction (Thurs, Fri,
Sat.), 3 nights of dormitory accommodations, and meals
(Wed. Welcome Dinner Through Sat. lunch). Commuter fee
includes Wed. Welcome Dinner and lunches.
THREE-DAY R&R RETREAT: Single $365, Double $295,
Commuter $30/day.
Includes 3 nights of dormitory accommodations and meals
(Wed. Welcome Dinner through Sat. lunch) Commuter fee
includes lunch only.
FIVE-DAY SESSION: Single $695,
Double $595, Commuter $350.
Includes 5 days of hooking instruction, 5 nights of
dormitory accommodations, and meals (Sun. Welcome dinner
through Fri. Lunch). Commuter fee includes Sunday dinner
and lunches.
An additional night’s stay is $50, meals
not included. Accommodations for spouse/partner: $250
(Three-Day), $350 (Five-Day) includes room and meals.
TO REGISTER:
Send $100 deposit,
registration form, and
self-addressed, stamped envelope to Green Mountain Rug
School, 2838 County Rd, Montpelier, VT 05602.
CLASS
DETAILS…
THREE-DAY SESSION– Wednesday - Saturday, June 6 - 9,
2012
Creative
Hooked Purses with Rose Raymond,
Nashua, New Hampshire
Awaken your creative instincts and enjoy the fun of
designing and making your own distinctive, hooked purse.
Students have a choice of making smaller coin purses,
which are designed and hooked during the class or a
standard-sized purse, which require some hooking prior
to class. Rose shares techniques and tips through
hands-on learning, illustrations, and in-depth
discussions of the process of designing, hooking and
assembling hooked purses. Topics include design flow;
choice of materials; the use of purse frames and purse
hardware; purse construction; and the sequence of purse
assembly. Rose offers patterns for sale or students may
design their own. Prior to class, students will be
contacted with a supply list and further details. Rose
has been hooking for more than 20 years and is best
known for designing and making unique, one-of-a-kind
hooked purses and experimenting with mixed media. To see
her work, visit
etsy.com/people/WooleyIncarnations
Enhancing Your Hooking with Historic Techniques
with Rose Ann Hunter, Newburyport,
Massachusetts
Rose Ann has been a textile structuralist for the last
thirty years, and in 2005 she was chosen as craftperson-in-residence
at Old Sturbridge Village for traditional rug making.
She’s adapted and developed over 30 techniques of rug
making by recycling fabrics that are sewn, knitted or
crocheted into folk art. Join Rose Ann in this class as
she shares her knowledge and expertise of historic
rug-making techniques from the 18th and 19th centuries,
and practice yarn sewing; patch and button shirring;
center shirring; faux shirring; caterpillar braid; and
knotting of different textures to make a unique piece.
Rose Ann lectures at various museums, conferences, and
guilds throughout New England and the US. For more
information, visit
roseannhunter.com/
Explore
the Elements & Principles of Design
with Susan Feller, Augusta, West Virginia
Using the skills and techniques from her new book Design
Basics for Rug Hookers, Susan will guide you in choosing
materials and techniques, and she’ll offer design tips
to help you create your next "Great Rug!" Bring the
pattern of your choice, or choose one from Susan's
catalogs. She can also help you create a unique design
during the first day of class- folk art to abstract. All
skill levels are welcome in her class. Susan teaches all
over the U.S. and Canada, and as past-president for
TIGHR (The International Guild of Handhooking Rugmakers),
and designer and owner of Ruckman Mill Farm, her goal is
to promote rug making. She writes for Rug Hooking
magazine, the ATHA newsletter and recently was selected
as a judge for Celebrations.
shop.ruckmanmillfarm.com/
Florals,
Leaves & Scrolls with Diane Moore,
Morgan Vermont
This class is designed for experienced rug hookers who
wish to improve their skills through a variety of
shading techniques. Fine-cut strips are used to create
realistic-looking flowers and leaves. Explore different
ways of shading scrolls. Students are contacted prior to
the class to discuss pattern and color choices. Diane is
an accredited McGown teacher who teaches all over the
country and Canada. Her has been featured in
Celebrations and Rug Hooking Magazine.
Let’s
Face It… with Michele Micarelli, New
Haven, Connecticut
Do you have a rug pattern in your head or on linen, that
you need help "facing"? Would you like help with
something that is puzzling you? Did you always wish you
had the nerve to tackle a face? Let's do something
wonderful! Let's face our creative, magical selves and
have fun. Michele welcomes any color, cut, pattern
or original design. Michele is McGown certified
and she teaches all over the country.
michelemicarelli.com
Mixed
Textures & Proddy with Heather
Ritchie, Reeth, North Yorkshire, England
Heather Ritchie is one of Britain's most experienced rug
makers. When Heather moved into a house in North
Yorkshire with cold flagstone floors, a neighbor showed
her how to make a rug using burlap and old lisle
stockings, and Heather was immediately inspired. Over
the last 25 years Heather has developed and refined her
rug making skills, and in 1999 she began her teaching
career at Green Mountain Rug School. She now travels
widely, offering workshops on traditional rug hooking
and proddy. In her recent book, Hooked Rug Storytelling:
The Art of Heather Ritchie, Heather shares her unique
style of storytelling through rug making. Join Heather
to learn more about techniques in using ‘as-is’ wool for
traditional rug hooking and proddy. Come with a rug
in-progress or start something new.
www.rugmaker.co.uk
Open Class- Beginners Welcome with
Sarah Guiliani, South Portland, Maine
Sarah is an accredited McGown teacher and director of
the ATHA Region 1 School-South, which meets annually in
May in Litchfield, Connecticut. She’s particularly
skilled at helping beginning rug hookers learn basic
techniques, but she can also help the more experienced
rug hooker with a wide variety of subjects and styles,
including hooking faces and animal portraits. She
welcomes all patterns and styles- primitive, wide-cut,
and fine hooking. E-mail Sarah at
uhookrugs@yahoo.com
Picture
This… Animals & Pictorials with Jon
Ciemiewicz, Hudson, New Hampshire
Would you like to capture a special picture on a hooked
rug? Jon creates patterns from your photos and helps
students with the color planning and hooking techniques.
Receive instruction on creating faces, fur and feathers,
shading, and adding perspective. The picture can be of a
person, your house, your favorite pet, landscape or
seascape. You may also bring a pattern of the
above-mentioned subjects. The instruction is applicable
to wide- and narrow-cut rugs.
anajon-rughooking.com
THE
FIVE-DAY SESSION– Sunday - Friday, June 10-15, 2012
All Styles & Patterns with Georgia
Hall & Marnie Cormack, Ontario
Georgia and Marnie are delighted to assist you with
either fine-cut or wide-cut projects. Bring a commercial
or self-designed pattern, a new project or one you have
stowed away and wish to complete with new enthusiasm.
Focusing on color, texture and technique, they help you
achieve your “vision”. Students are contacted before
class to discuss projects and color choices.
Fine
Hooking of All Types with Nancy
Claflin Blood, Owego, New York
Nancy specializes in #3- and #4-cut fine tapestry work
using an artistic, painterly approach. The class focuses
on in-depth studies of assorted design elements using
different shading techniques and color schemes. All
finely shaded designs are welcome. She is McGown
certified and is the editor of the McGown Newsletter.
E-mail Nancy at
nanset@stny.rr.com
Open Class- Beginners Welcome with
Norma McElhenny, Brewster, Massachusetts
Norma
offers an open class for all levels of experience, with
a special welcome to new rug hookers. She shares her
“back-to-basics” approach to hooking, including
techniques for pulling loops and cutting wool. With 28
years of experience, she helps you sharpen your skills
while sharing her expertise in color planning and
problem-solving. Start a new rug or bring one in
progress. Norma teaches all over the country and is the
owner of ‘With Hook in Hand’, a rug hooking store in
Dennis, MA. E-Mail Norma at
nmcelhenny@comcast.net
People
& Places with Roslyn Logsdon,
Bethesda, Maryland
Capture the essence of an image or a memory, as you work
in a #3- or #4-cut or larger, to create a one-of-a-kind
hooked picture representing people, places, or both. You
may design your own pattern, or for a fee, Roslyn can
design one using your photos. Students are contacted
prior to the class to discuss their project.
Roslyn’s work has been exhibited all over the country,
including the U.S. Embassy in Ankara, Turkey and Tokyo,
Japan. She is the author of People and Places: Imagery
in Fiber.
roslynlogsdon.com
Primitives, Your Way with Jule Marie
Smith, Balston Spa, New York
This class focuses on one's own art in the primitive rug
form. This includes as many ideas as there are
participants. The work can be self-designed or an
existing patterns with added modifications. Take this
opportunity to make your direction more unique, perhaps
with a new color play or a rug shape, or an eye-catching
border. It’s about your play, your direction, your
palette of wools, and your views. Julie has been
teaching at GMRS for 30 years and specializes in
imaginative designs and beautiful color combinations.
Her work has been exhibited all over the East Coast,
including the American Folk Museum in New York City.
E-mail Jule Marie at
ris4rug@aol.com
Repeat
& Triangulated Design with Maddy
Fraioli, Ohio
Maddy got her start in rug hooking at Green Mountain Rug
School more than 10 years ago and she travels
extensively to expand her knowledge of the craft and the
history. She focuses on wide-cut and primitive designs
and has a keen sense of bright, warm colors. During a
trip to India, Maddy became fascinated with ‘block
printing’ and studied triangulated and repeat designs.
She shares her knowledge through lecture, hands-on
demonstrations and a power-point presentation. Visit her
website to see her designs:
rosehilldesign.com (wide-cut),
rosehilldesign.com (medium-cut patterns)
Running
with Braiding with Kris
McDermet,Dummerston, Vermont
Kris began braiding and hooking in the late 1970’s. She
teaches classes in both braiding and hooking in Vermont
and throughout the country, and recently published a
book, Combining Rug Hooking & Braiding: Basics, Borders
& Beyond. Her interest is in combining the two art/craft
forms to make interesting shapes for the wall or floor.
The colors, designs, and textures of hand dyed and ‘as
is’ wool complement both mediums. She developed a
joining technique to create endless design and textural
possibilities, so that the delicacy of the hooking is
set off by the boldness of the braiding. For this class
students arrive with 3 hooked shapes-1circle and 2
diamonds. Instruction includes basic braiding
techniques, padding and lining the hooked pieces, then
braiding around the joined sections.
krismcdermetrugs.com
Whimsical
Primitives with Beverly Conway,
Middlebury, Vermont
Bev is a well-known designer and a talented, fun teacher
for both beginners and advanced rug hookers. Her slide
show and commentary are insightful in critiquing artwork
and hooked rugs. She shows how to identify color
harmonies, how colors influence each other, and how to
create harmony in your rug. Her catalog and patterns are
available in the GMRS shop. Students will be contacted
before the class.
BeverlyConway.com
Additional Information
STUDENT
RUG EXHIBITS – Friday, June 8 & Thursday, June 14
Free and open to the public. Bring your finished rugs to
display in the student and teacher exhibits, open to the
public.
THE
RUG SCHOOL SHOP – Open daily 8:30 AM–5:30 PM
A well-stocked shop awaits you with more than 200 bolts
of 100-percent wool fabric, a wide selection of
dyed-wool fabric and yarn, traditional rug-hooking
supplies, Vermont-crafted baskets, and patterns and
books provided by GMRS teachers.
FINAL
PAYMENT IS DUE MAY 1, 2012.
CANCELLATION POLICY:
If requested in writing prior to May 1, 2012, $50 will
be refunded. After May 15, no refund will be given for
any reason. The administration reserves the right to
cancel any class that does not draw the minimum number
of registrants. If a class is full, you will be placed
on a waiting list and notified if any vacancies occur.
WELCOME LETTERS:
Additional details, a map,
and a final bill are mailed out beginning April 15,
2012. For this purpose, please include a self-addressed,
stamped envelope with your registration form.
Students view in-progress
rug in the courtyard at the VT Technical College campus.
Photo by Robert Eddy.
Expert instructors from
across the U.S. and Canada provide hands-on instruction
in traditional and contemporary rug hooking in the heart
of Vermont’s Green Mountains. With sixteen classes and
two sessions to choose from, a well-stocked rug supply
shop, good food, student rug exhibits, and a coffeepot
that is always on, Green Mountain Rug School has become
a favorite getaway for rug hookers of all ages and
abilities, who return year after year to renew old
friendships and to make new ones. We invite you to join
us in this relaxed and supportive environment dedicated
to the advancement and enjoyment of the art and craft of
rug hooking.
Happy
Hooking in the Heart of Vermont!
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