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With 370 detailed photos and insightful text, readers are introduced to the internationally renowned hooked rug artist, Heather Ritchie, and her creations. Bringing her unique style to this traditional craft, this book explains how she created each rug and provides valuable insights into her techniques. Heather has transformed a basic handicraft into an art form of great subtlety. Stories told in this book relate to over twenty of Heather''s favorite memory rugs that reflect her experience in intimate style. These include anecdotes about Guiding Light, which tells how she, at five years old, would walk with her newly-blind father, helping him learn to navigate his home town; Paradise Garden, based on the last photo of her mother; and Origins and Identity, with details of Heather''s work in The Gambia teaching blind people to make rugs. This is an inspirational book for anyone entranced by the rug hooker''s art.

Hooked Rug Storytelling

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      Publisher Schiffer Publishing Ltd
      Published 28 April 2011
      ISBN-13 9780764336959
      978-0764336959
      ISBN-10 764336959
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      Handicrafts, decorative arts and crafts

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      Book Synopsis
      With 370 detailed photos and insightful text, readers are introduced to the internationally renowned hooked rug artist, Heather Ritchie, and her creations. Bringing her unique style to this traditional craft, this book explains how she created each rug and provides valuable insights into her techniques. Heather has transformed a basic handicraft into an art form of great subtlety. Stories told in this book relate to over twenty of Heather''s favorite memory rugs that reflect her experience in intimate style. These include anecdotes about Guiding Light, which tells how she, at five years old, would walk with her newly-blind father, helping him learn to navigate his home town; Paradise Garden, based on the last photo of her mother; and Origins and Identity, with details of Heather''s work in The Gambia teaching blind people to make rugs. This is an inspirational book for anyone entranced by the rug hooker''s art.

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