I am Edwina Prinster, and I am a certified original hookrug teacher. Instructional classes are held in my country home in Auxvasse, Missouri.

I have been hooking rugs for over fifteen years, and over the course of that time have realized that art is the product of self-discovery. People are shaped by the extension of themselves in a chosen art form. Erick Booth once said, "Artists are in the yearning business. We all have the birthright to yearn to create."

Hooking with overdyed wool is called "painting with wool." The dyed stripes of wool are hooked into your work just as one would brush paints onto a canvass. It is still amazing to me how wool can be dyed and manipulated like paints to produce such a work of art.

The discovery comes from within yourself when you select a subject you love and the colors that bring that subject to life. You start with your chosen subject, a hook, your many colors of wool and begin the miracle of producing your art.

The art of rug hooking is an opportunity to work within a group. For me sharing and learning together is the most exciting part of life: in a bible study, a quilting group or hooking group, its all about sharing life and art.

Edwina Prinster
2406 St. Rd. A
Auxvasse, MO 65231
573-254-3542
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