About the artist

Making rugs is more than a hobby for me. I find it is a means of self-expression. I believe rugs have limitless potential as an art form. Every new rug involves the use of different artistic elements, and I am happy to share my experience with others. A hooked rug can be flat and two-dimensional, or it can be three-dimensional and sculpted. My favorite style of rug hooking is a fine cut (#2 and #3) with sculpting. But I enjoy all the other styles. I most enjoy making bags that match clothes.

 I began rug hooking in 2008. I have made more than 300 pieces, and seven of my rugs have been featured in the “Celebration of Hand-Hooked Rugs” magazine. My article about making ponchos using the rug hooking technique is published in Rug Hooking Magazine in the fall issue of 2018. An article about Chinese New Year animals is published in Rug Hooking Magazine in the winter issue of 2020. The article “Simple Geometric” was published in the winter issue of 2021. The article "Making a Bag to Match the Outfit " was published in Rug Hooking Magazine in the winter issue of 2023. The article "From Wool Strips to Fine Art" was published in the November issue of 2024. 16 of my pieces are featured in Janet Conner’s book “Magnificent Hooked Rugs”, and 9 of my pieces are featured in the second book of Janet Conner's "Masterpiece Hooked Rugs". I am a certified teacher of the Ontario Hooking Craft Guild, and I belong to the rug hooking group “Rugs on the Rocks” in Sudbury, Ontario. (www.rugsontherocks.ca) . I taught at the Ontario Annual Conference and Sauder Village Rug Hooking Week. In 2019, I was selected as an artist in Rug Hooking Week's Feature Exhibit - Hooked on Dimension, where a collection of my ponchos was featured.   

I have been named the Hooked Rug Museum of North America's 2023 Canadian Artist of the Year!

  Our group is composed of several incredibly talented people with a wealth of knowledge, raw beginners, and everything in between. We share information and techniques, and we learn from each other in a non-judgmental and fun environment.

 Rug hooking is not simply about covering floors. Rug hooking is much more than that. Creativity, individuality, beauty, colour, artistry, tactile stimulation, recycling, practicality, and historical tradition come together in a hooked rug.

 Hooked rugs are truly priceless because so much of the lives of their makers go into them. Life is inherent not just in the strips torn from clothing worn by family and friends, but also in the memories these fabrics evoke.