Creations In Recycled Wool

Rugs, footstools, seat covers, and more

About Art In Rugs

My creations have two main consistencies: what I make must be useful by being visible and experienced in every day settings, and I always use second hand wool. I find designs for rugs in nature, the imagination, friends and family, and people who want to commission a piece for a particular area of their home or a special someone close to them.

Cynthia Chesna

The first time I really became aware of hooked rugs was playing on a rug my grandmother made for her dining room. Even as a little girl, I was impressed by intricacy and the beauty of the rug. It was lovely! It wasn’t until fifteen years ago that I purchased a kit to make a hooked rug, much less that it would turn into a passion in years to come.

Stories That Hook You

Making a rug or wool creation occurs between two stories: how the piece came to be and where its going. These are the stories of the people who live with my creations and those who inspired them.

History of Hooked Rugs

Hand-hooked rugs hang on the walls of art galleries, museums, office buildings, libraries, and cultural centers. In the past 15 years, the art of hooking has grown in popularity once again.

Galleries

Rugs, footstools, seat covers, Floor Doors, and more creations made from hooked recycled wool

Floor Rugs

Stools & Things

Early Years

Hooked Rugs

noun
a rug made by drawing loops of yarn or cloth through a foundation of burlap or the like, to form a pattern.

Origin: 1875–80, Americanism

Art In Rugs

by Cynthia Chesna