{"id":9089,"date":"2022-02-07T08:23:30","date_gmt":"2022-02-07T13:23:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rvf.ca\/?post_type=nouvelles&p=9089"},"modified":"2022-02-07T08:23:30","modified_gmt":"2022-02-07T13:23:30","slug":"yvette-muise-and-the-cheticamp-tradition-of-rug-hooking","status":"publish","type":"nouvelles","link":"https:\/\/rvf.ca\/en\/news\/yvette-muise-and-the-cheticamp-tradition-of-rug-hooking\/","title":{"rendered":"Yvette Muise and the Ch\u00e9ticamp tradition of rug hooking"},"content":{"rendered":"

The RVF\u2019s 2022 <\/span>visual theme<\/span><\/a> was created by Ch\u00e9ticamp artist Yvette Muise.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Muise\u2019s design shows six hands touching a round golden disc with six objects on it, representing our collective traditions and the rich possibilities that exist when we share and adapt them in community.<\/span><\/p>\n

The piece has an amazing texture; it took me a minute to realise that this is because it is a rug. I wanted to find out more about this artist and this art form.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Ch\u00e9ticamp, Nova Scotia is an Acadian fishing village. Hooked rugs have decorated Ch\u00e9ticamp\u2019s homes for more than 150 years. At one time, visitors to the village were greeted by a sign that read \u201cCh\u00e9ticamp: Rug Hooking Capital of the World\u201d.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Yvette Muise learned the art of rug hooking from her mother when she was just six years old, and she has been hand-hooking rugs and helping to preserve Ch\u00e9ticamp\u2019s rug hooking tradition ever since.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

A history of the craft<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

At first, Ch\u00e9ticamp rugs were made for household use, using worn-out clothing cut into long strips, hooked into burlap grain and feed bags. In the 1920s, Washington-born artist Lilian Burke came for a visit and saw an economic opportunity. She began to commission locals to weave rugs for sale in her posh New York art gallery.<\/span><\/p>\n

The rugs were a hit, creating a cottage industry in Ch\u00e9ticamp. It is believed at one point that 250 local rug hookers worked to meet the international demand for hooked rugs.<\/span> The largest of these commissions covered an entire wall and required the collaboration of a dozen people. Realising the economic value of their labour, the Ch\u00e9ticamp rug hookers organised cooperatives and opened their own shops to sell rugs and mats to tourists.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Buckingham Palace, the White House, the Vatican, and the Museum of Civilization in Ottawa all have Ch\u00e9ticamp rugs.<\/span> In 1998, a group of rug hookers from Ch\u00e9ticamp created a 15 ft x 10ft rug for the Canadian Room at Rideau Hall, the residence of Canada\u2019s Governor-General. This rug includes the wildflowers of the ten Provinces and two Territories adorned with a leafy scroll border on a natural wool background.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Today, artisans like Yvette Muise and groups like the <\/span>Trois Pignons Museum<\/span><\/a>, run by the Society Saint-Pierre, continue this great Ch\u00e9ticamp tradition.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Listen to Yvette Muise speak about her RVF creation on <\/span>Ch\u00e9ticamp\u2019s community radio station, CKJM.<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Catherine Fisher, blogger<\/em><\/p>\n

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