Painting With Wool

Awards 2024

Mirror Onto the Open Road
Celebrations 34 adaptations category

Sauder Village 28th Annual Rug Hooking Week Founder's Hall Sauder Village Archibold, Ohio August 13-17, 2024

     

The Mystery of The Sphynx
Basel 3.0 Exhibitor 2024 Show Basel, Switzerland

Where does the project take place? The ARTBOX. PROJECT BASEL 3.0 will take place from June 13 - 16, 2024 at ART EXPO Basel Visit us! ARTEXPO Basel Euroairport Basel-Mulhouse, Switzerland Opening hours Thursday, June 13, 23 / 10h-19h Friday, June 14, 23 / 10h-19h Saturday, June 15, 23 / 10h-21h Sunday, June 16, 23 / 10am-6pm

'57 Chevy Bel Air
Fiber Reimagined II Gravers Lane Gallery

Fiber Reimagined II a juried 2D and 3D art show has selected one of my pieces into their 2024 art show being held at Gravers Lane Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. August 1, 2024 through September 20, 2024

Gravers Lane Gallery

Claudia's Salon

Look At Me Exhibit shows April 18, 2024 through June 18, 2024

Little Boy Fishing
Seasons: Summer 2024 Exhibition

Seasons: Summer 2024 Exhibition, a juried exhibit, has accepted Little Boy Fishing, a piece dedicated to my late son, Zachary, who took his life on June 28, 2022 after suffering from PTSD. This award is particularly special to me. Created from a photograph I took in 2003, Little Boy fishing is made from hand dyed wool and alpaca punched into Monk's with a 14 fine punch needle.

     

Disillusionment
Fire 2024 from Gallerium Art Exhibitions

Disillusionment was selected in a juried competition entitled Fire 2024. This piece demonstrates the many values of red, complementary green melded with a black and white silhouette of the artist. Created from hand dyed wool and alpaca fiber it was punched onto Monk's with a 14 fine punch needle.

     

Portfolio

Ed's Truck - This piece won a place in Celebrations for Handhooked Rugs Magazine Competition 2019. This is rug hooked using a Miller fine and 27 values of hand dyed black wool yardage. Incorporated in the rug is also alpaca and 12 different black and white wool tweeds.
Strawberry Patch Friends 2021 - This piece was punched in Oxford 13 with hand dyed 100% wool rug yarn. It was a study piece for my students to learn fine shading, multi value-multi color gradations.
The Sphynx - This is a piece punched with hand-dyed wool and alpaca. I was waiting for a great photo of my cat Lui, and I finally scored! Examination of this piece will show great detail in his head turn and how the shadow lines up correctly with his head. Notice the almost crystalline lens of his eye as it reflects off the window light.
Little Boy Fishing - This piece is a tribute to my late son, Zachary, who died by suicide on June 28, 2022. In this piece he is at Salt Marsh in Loudon, NH fishing with the family. He is 3 years old. Hand dyed wool and alpaca on New Monk's. 18" x 23".
Lui in Pastel - This portrait is entitled Lui in Pastel. This is my 6 month-old Sphynx kitten punched with Oxford 14 fine using hand dyed wool and alpaca on New Monk's.
Disillusionment - This rug was created to teach different color values in the same hue.
Kable in Painterly - This is a precious little dog punched with Oxford size 11 in a painterly method.
Claudia - This was a fun piece created to teach fair skin flesh gradation in 12 values in my rug school.
Illusion - This little piece was born from a painting I did with a brayer. Hooked with wool strips and bound with 100% wool yarn.
Late September - Hand hooked with wool strips and proddy punched petals give this piece a 3-d feel
Pumpkin Ridge - This rug became the namesake for my punching studio in New Hampshire. Rug hooked with hand dyed wool yardage.
Ocean Wave - This cute little picture was inspired by a trip to the beach. Hand hooked in 100% hand dyed wool yardage with metallic and acrylic accents.
Companion Fruit - This piece was made during my classes at McGown Rug Hookcrafter's Teachers Workshop. Rug hooked with a Miller fine and hand dyed rug wool yardage. I gifted this portrait to a very good friend.
September is For Sunflowers 24" x 48" 2019 - Hand punched with 100% hand dyed wool using Oxford 9, 10, and Craftsman variable regular weight punch. This piece was my certification show piece for my Oxford Teacher's Certification.
Rose 2018 - This is another certification piece required by McGown Rug Hookrafters Teachers Workshop. This was chosen as a winner in the Celebration of Handhooked Rugs Publication 2019.

Ed's Truck - This piece won a place in Celebrations for Handhooked Rugs Magazine Competition 2019. This is rug hooked using a Miller fine and 27 values of hand dyed black wool yardage. Incorporated in the rug is also alpaca and 12 different black and white wool tweeds.
Strawberry Patch Friends 2021 - This piece was punched in Oxford 13 with hand dyed 100% wool rug yarn. It was a study piece for my students to learn fine shading, multi value-multi color gradations.
The Sphynx - This is a piece punched with hand-dyed wool and alpaca. I was waiting for a great photo of my cat Lui, and I finally scored! Examination of this piece will show great detail in his head turn and how the shadow lines up correctly with his head. Notice the almost crystalline lens of his eye as it reflects off the window light.
Little Boy Fishing - This piece is a tribute to my late son, Zachary, who died by suicide on June 28, 2022. In this piece he is at Salt Marsh in Loudon, NH fishing with the family. He is 3 years old. Hand dyed wool and alpaca on New Monk's. 18" x 23".
Lui in Pastel - This portrait is entitled Lui in Pastel. This is my 6 month-old Sphynx kitten punched with Oxford 14 fine using hand dyed wool and alpaca on New Monk's.
Disillusionment - This rug was created to teach different color values in the same hue.
Kable in Painterly - This is a precious little dog punched with Oxford size 11 in a painterly method.
Claudia - This was a fun piece created to teach fair skin flesh gradation in 12 values in my rug school.
Illusion - This little piece was born from a painting I did with a brayer. Hooked with wool strips and bound with 100% wool yarn.
Late September - Hand hooked with wool strips and proddy punched petals give this piece a 3-d feel
Pumpkin Ridge - This rug became the namesake for my punching studio in New Hampshire. Rug hooked with hand dyed wool yardage.
Ocean Wave - This cute little picture was inspired by a trip to the beach. Hand hooked in 100% hand dyed wool yardage with metallic and acrylic accents.
Companion Fruit - This piece was made during my classes at McGown Rug Hookcrafter's Teachers Workshop. Rug hooked with a Miller fine and hand dyed rug wool yardage. I gifted this portrait to a very good friend.
September is For Sunflowers 24" x 48" 2019 - Hand punched with 100% hand dyed wool using Oxford 9, 10, and Craftsman variable regular weight punch. This piece was my certification show piece for my Oxford Teacher's Certification.
Rose 2018 - This is another certification piece required by McGown Rug Hookrafters Teachers Workshop. This was chosen as a winner in the Celebration of Handhooked Rugs Publication 2019.

ABOUT
A second-generation fiber artist and rug hooking instructor, Heidi Martin has been immersed in yarn and fiber for over 30 years. She has studied Textile Design and Colour under Master Design artists, Linda and Laura Kemshall at City & Guilds Institute in London, attended McGown Rug Hooking Teacher Certification and is an Oxford Certified Punching Instructor. Fine shading techniques and yarn color manipulation are of particular interest to Heidi who has had her winning pieces showcased in British Patchwork & Quilting magazine, The Rug Hooking Guild of Nova Scotia's The Loop magazine, Celebration of Handhooked Rugs, and Association of Traditional Hooking Artists (ATHA) Art of Rug Hooking magazine. She has been a contributor to National Guild of Pearl K. McGown Rughookrafters Newsletter, Celebration of Hand-Hooked Rugs and to the ATHA Art of Rug Hooking magazine.
Style
"My artistic style has evolved over the last 30 years from pre-printed, simple primitive designs into a realistic, Neo-Impressionist form of Divisionism. Sometimes mistakenly referred to as Pointisllism, Divisionism utilizes small individual points and patches of color to create the subject, its highlights, and detail. Shadow and light are integrated within the piece by employing Modernist techniques of light and dark. Georges Seurat and Paul Signac together championed the union of pointillism and divisionism. Using my vast knowledge of color theory and fiber dyeing, I am able to create an individual palette specifically to match the attitude I assign to my piece. I have trademarked the phrase, Painting With Wool, as it is novel in this art form and defines my body of work."
Heidi Martin

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  • Melbourne, Florida, United States

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Perspective- How to place things in a rug that appear to be in front of or behind.

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Hearts and Tulips- Color planning tips to please.

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Dyeing fiber for a gradation series

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