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MANN MADE STUDIOS

Traditionally Hand-hooked Rugs custom-designed
for your cottage, cabin  or home.  Commission an
heirloom-quality "painting" in linen and wool for your
family to enjoy today and for generations of cottagers
to come.

Micheline Mann of Mann Made Studios is a Canadian
fiber artist who has embraced the tradition of rug
hooking.

In North America, hooked rugs were first made in
Maine and the Maritime provinces, and later in New
Hampshire and the eastern areas of Canada. A
utilitarian craft originally and embodying the true
practice of recycling , frugal housewives would cut
pieces of old worn clothing or blankets into narrow
strips and use discarded burlap feedbags for the rug
foundation. Using a whale bone or special metal
hook with a wood handle, the hooker pulled strips of
the torn wool strips up through the backing. The
pulled strips formed loops, creating the nap of the
rugs. First made mainly among the poorer families
as bed-covers, hooking soon became a standard
method to create inexpensive, sturdy and expressive
floor coverings.

Designs for hooked rugs were often borrowed from
quilt patterns, but could frequently immortalize a
family horse, house pet or the homestead itself. Early
carpet designs were bold, naive and primitive
becoming a personal expression of the maker herself.

Check out my collection of existing pillows and rugs
or commission an original work of art.
CONTACT
Micheline Mann
Mann Made Studios
Paisley, Ont
Phone: 519-353-7470

Email:micheline@mannmadestudios.com
Website:www.mannmadestudios.com
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