Page Farm & Home Museum Offers Rug Hooking Lecture April 25
Contact: Patty Henner, 581-4100; George Manlove, 581-3756
ORONO – The Page Farm and Home Museum will host a free brown bag lunch lecture on rug hooking Tuesday, April 25, from 12-1 p.m.
Stacey Van Dyne of Orrington, a rug hooker for 32 years, will speak.
Van Dyne uses rug-hooking techniques to create works including floor coverings, chair seats, pictures, pins, magnets and ornaments. In addition to doing commission work, she exhibits at craft fairs and teaches classes at her Orrington home from September to May.
Van Dyne learned to hook rugs as a teen-ager, and hopes to encourage others, young and old, to learn more about and try their hand at the traditional art of rug hooking.
Patricia Henner, Page Farm and Home Museum director, says she recently has noticed an increase in the number of hand-made hooked rugs for sale, and she suspects people value higher-quality, hand-crafted items more than disposable, inexpensive goods that don’t last.
“We have hooked rugs in our collection that are over 100 years old,” Henner says. “Try getting that kind of life out of products made for big box store sales. You can buy 30 bargain rugs during the course of your life, or one durable, hand-crafted work of art to last a lifetime.”
Participants are invited to bring brown bag lunches. More information is available by calling Henner at 581-4100.