Jazz for the Night Owls

Dimensions: 53" x 43"
Materials: #3- and 4-cut wool on linen
Designed and hooked by Susan M. Cunningham, Laramie, Wyoming, 2010. Photo by Laramie Digital Photo Center.
Featured in: Celebration XXI

"My husband suggested a rug like a large wooden folk art alligator piece in our collection. The alligator acquired buddies playing drums and bass fiddle, and the trio ended up at night around a campfire with owls in trees looking down on the merriment. Hence the rug name. The animals were all fun to hook in bright colors, a batch of blue swatches made a good sky, a dip-dyed wool was used for fire and a plaid worked for trees. The hills had to be rehooked in many places to get colors which had enough contrast but still looked distant."
- Susan M. Cunningham, Celebration Hall of Fame 2018