Teachers

Teacher Since

2012

Where do you teach?

I have been teaching at Trent School of Rug Hooking, Small groups in the US, Workshops at public schools, and workshops in public Library. Out of my home workshops. Art classes at Community Centre. I have been teaching some form of fibre arts since 1985. My passion is to educate and keep old traditions alive with knowledge and laughter.

What do you teach?

I love teaching: Fine Shading, Wide Cut Shading, 3D, Pictorial-Landscape, Portraits, Flowers and Leaves, Seascapes, Story Rugs, Shades of Grey, Alternative Fibres, Christmas, Bags, Stained Glass, Fruits and Veggies, Animals, Butterflies and Bugs.

What is your favourite thing to teach?

I love to impart the importance of design, compositions, and balance when creating.

How far are you willing to travel to do a workshop?

I'm willing to travel and Teach from East Coast to West Coast, North and South. Wherever I can spread the Rug Hooking and Fibre Art word.

What do you like best about teaching?

I love seeing the happy faces on students, especially when they are creating their own work. Encouraging creativity.

What is your favourite tip to share with your students?

Enjoy what you do! Do what you enjoy.

Teacher Since

2016

Where do you teach?

Private and group lessons at my home.

What is your favourite thing to teach?

I like to teach beginner classes and help students with their color planning.

How far are you willing to travel to do a workshop?

I can travel as far as North Bay.

What do you like best about teaching?

When I began to teach I realized that I am teaching myself too. It is amazing how much you are learning this way. Teaching is a two way road. You help students realize their potential but the students push you to develop new techniques in order to solve their problems.

What is your favourite tip to share with your students?

“Learn the rules like a pro so you can break them like an artist”. Pablo Picasso

Teacher Since

2012

Where do you teach?

In my home Studio, “LanaEwe Rug Hooking Studio”

What do you teach?

Beginners, Beginners Fine Shading, Purely Primitive, Open Classes on Primitive Rugs, Dye Classes for Beginners

What is your favourite thing to teach?

Beginners and Primitives

How far are you willing to travel to do a workshop?

From Guelph to Oshawa, Greater Toronto Area and north to Collingwood.

What do you like best about teaching?

Seeing the students achieve wonderful rugs, using there talents to the fullest. Meeting and making life- long friends. Sharing my knowledge and receiving knowledge from my students.

What is your favourite tip to share with your students?

“LIVE, LOVE, LAUGH”… Plan your rug well before you pull your first loop.