Tangle Art at The Heat Is ON

(This is the first in a series of posts highlighting the workshops available at our Sept 30 event, The Heat Is ON, in Cobourg. Click here for more details. Remember that registration closes June 28!)

Have you heard of zentangle?  It’s an easy-to-learn approach to create beautiful images by drawing structured patterns. 

Through the Zentangle Method of drawing, you can

• Relax
• Focus
• Expand your imagination
• Trust your creativity
• Increase your awareness
• Respond confidently to the unexpected
• Discover the fun and healing in creative expressionemember
• Enter a vibrant and supportive world-wide community
• Feel gratitude and appreciation for this beautiful world and all that you can do
• And perhaps most importantly . . . Have fun!

(from zentangle.com)

It lends itself very well to Rug hooking!  Check out the 3 examples on this page.

Join Janice Daniels on Sept 30  to Learn "Tangle Art"  for rug hooking and transfer a design onto backing. 

TANGLE ART - 9:00am - 4:00pm - $55

"Zentangle" is used as therapy for patients suffering from PTSD, depression, stress and other mental health issues. It is very relaxing. 

In the morning you will practice the art of Tangling and in the afternoon you will be able to transfer a design for rug hooking.  

Handouts and a kit will be available for purchase.  The kit includes: 0.5 Micron drawing pen, pencil, paper, larger paper for design, tracing paper, red dot transfer material, sample designs and detailed instructions.  

Materials Fee  (extra) = $20 kit.  A piece of linen 18”x18” is also available at an additional cost of $15.

Janice Daniels became an O.H.C.G. Teacher in 2003, graduated from St. Lawrence College, Fibre Arts Traditional Rug Hooking in 2006 and became a McGown Teacher in the U.S. in 2016. 

She has been rug hooking for over 30 years. Janice enjoys using multiple fibres in her rug hooking.

To register, download this form, and mail it back with your payment, before June 28.  Alternatively, contact us directly at cobourghookin@gmail.com and we'll get a form to you!

Here's more info on Janice, taken from the OHCG website, teacher bios:

by Janice Daniels, displayed at the Art Gallery of Northumberland in 2017,
"Then & Now - Rug Hooking in Canada"

Where do you teach?

I teach whatever the students want to do. I’ve taught at Trent School of Rug Hooking, Loyalist College and Green Mountain Rug Hooking School and currently teach Wednesday afternoons at And jareena’s Place in Trenton Ontario. I am a member of the Campbellford Rug Hookers. I graduated from St. Lawrence College, Brockville, Ontario in June 2010 with Certification in Fibre Arts – Traditional Rug Hooking. The certificate course requirements are 6 rug hooking courses, art history, photography, basic drawing and crafts as a business. In 2016, I completed my McGown Teacher Training and received my certification .

What do you teach?

Everything in rug hooking. I love teaching and researching each subject.

What is your favourite thing to teach?

I love to have my left over cut wool sorted into colours and values. It is great to hook something from leftovers. I recently hooked a Deer using left over browns, greens and yellows. I also love hooking Cats, realistic or fantasy, Pictorials fine and wide cut; and using multi fibres in all rug hooking.

Do you offer workshops?

Yes I have offered many workshops such as shading with dip dyes, Orientals with a twist, Cats, primitives/wide cut and various beginner projects.

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

Anywhere, and I love meeting new people and seeing different places

What do you like best about teaching?

The enthusiasm of the students. I love helping students in planning their projects and seeing them once they are finished.

What is your favourite tip to share with your students?

Don’t cut your wool in big pieces. Take the time to rip and tear the wool into pieces approx. 2” wide. This stops your wool from going crooked when cutting and you won’t have shredding. Always cut one side, flip, cut other side, then flip again and cut the other side. It is always better to have the odd piece too wide or too narrow than having your wool going off grain. When using recycled wool always rip and tear to get the straight of grain and cut with it.