Carol Orlove just sent me a photo of her finished Domestic Zoo, even the bound edge was done. This was completed in record time as the delivery date of her pattern wasn't to be until March 1st and Carol sent me the photo on April 13th.
Well done Carol and thanks for sending me the photo; what's on your frame next?
Below is a horse rug I recently found on an auction site. I don't think it is an antique in spite of and because of the dramatic color changes. Yeah I know antique rugs do have odd colors hooked in animals and I have hooked some. But think this may have been someone's personal challenge of using values.
Let me show you other examples of using value because it was the 'new thing' as a challenge for some hookers. Here is a horse rug being hooked using values in 2009 by Pat M. It is representative of her granddaughter's Appaloosa. Wish I had a completed photo of it. This is a face purse hooked in values by friend Deb. She hooked many of these over the years and colors may change according to the values in her stash.
I wouldn't be able to pull off hooking a project using the values theory. My wool would have to be more close to a natural color of the subject matter. Yet I've heard rug teachers say, "color gets all the credit but value does all the work". Think about that for a minute and it is true.
Happy hooking and think I'll go back to working on my horse.
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