October 16, 2010

A New Hooked Rug: "Purple Points"



Purple Points, hand-dyed wool on linen, 9 1/2 x 15 inches


I've completed the second in a series of ruglets, after Pointed, in which one form moves out from another, entering the plane of the wall. The first two are of triangles, a third will be a circle. I had a little technical trouble while working on this because of the acute inner angle between triangle and rectangle: the narrow space required that I cut the linen backing close to the inside point; if I didn't do so, the backing would show on the finished piece. My mistake was not to stitch the backing around the loops before cutting so it wouldn't start to unravel. I stitched afterwards, so have a bit of a messy edge, as you can see below. I won't make this mistake again.




Here are the two completed pieces, hanging together. I like the way the jutting forms engage the wall space, becoming almost sculptural. It makes me want to explore more ideas similar to this in future.



5 comments:

  1. Wow, these look so superb together Altoon!

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  2. These two really work well together. I can't wait to see them together with the circle one :-)

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  3. thanks, Mona and Claire. I'm almost done with the circle ruglet and think it might not go well with these two, which have such a nice rhythm with each other, but we'll soon see.

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  4. Like these two together AND the messy edges!

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  5. thanks, Julie; it's nice to know that what I think of as glaring mistakes don't always come across as such.

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