Hookers, Strippers and Dyers
May 5 - July 3, 2022
Main Street Gallery is delighted to welcome Betty Burbage and Elissa Crouch as guest artists for May and June in a show curated by local artist Lisa Krentel. Betty and Elissa, who call their show “Hookers, Strippers and Dyers”, are artists who engage in the traditional art of rug hooking to create unique handmade rugs. Those who engage in this art are known as hookers and they create their rugs by pulling loops of yarn or fabric through a woven base using a crochet-type hook. The wool, which can be purchased or recycled from clothing, is felted and then dyed to a depth and brilliance that the hooker desires. The wool then goes through a process called stripping that leaves it looking like a colorful linguine which is ready to be hooked into the maker's vision.
watercolor paint on 100% cold pressed paper. 9 x 12 painting, matted in a white mat and framed in a black frame of the side view of the head and neck of a blue heron