Dates: Dates: Tuesdays, January 12, 19, 26 & February 2

Time: 11:00am-1:00pm

Instructor: Linda Raether

In this four-part workshop, students will learn how to paint with wool through the use of traditional rug-hooking techniques to create a landscape from their own image. Each class session will explore a different aspect of the process, from designing a pattern and choosing custom colors to creating the foreground, midground and background of the composition. The final class will be focused on finishing methods.

Wool fibers will be offered in a wide range of colors best suited to your chosen landscape and creative intentions. Students are invited to stop by Linda's home studio in-between sessions to look through her fiber stock in search of specific colors they may need.

Participants are encouraged to bring their own photo to draw inspiration from, but Linda will have supplemental images if needed.

Makeup sessions and flexible class hours are also available on a case-by-case basis*

Instructor Bio: Linda Raether – Fiber Artist

Although a biologist by training, Linda has always dabbled in fiber: sewing, embroidery, quilting, cross-stitch, knitting, crochet are all a part of her life and her family history. When she stumbled onto rug hooking over a decade ago, she was instantly smitten. Currently, she teaches rug hooking classes, designs rug hooking kits and patterns, and hand-dyes most of the wool fibers she uses in her work. Her hand-hooked landscapes have been exhibited at the Wisconsin Museum of Quilts and Fiber Arts, the Museum of Wisconsin Art, and the Center for Visual Arts.