Unhooked

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Artist: Leisa Rich

Title: Unhooked

Attribution: Unhooked, 2024. Leisa Rich

Year: 2024

Materials: Recycled, repurposed rug hooking kits, fabric, vinyl, lucite dome, tulle

Dimensions: 22" X 22" X 10"

Image Statement: Often, I will stumble upon materials that are intriguing. I imagine them in a different form from what they were intended and made for. Sometimes, I sit on those materials for weeks, months, even years. Recently, I started looking at rug hooking kits... many of which are such cheesy designs and meant as a craft! I wanted to elevate the lowly rug hooking kit and have been experimenting with changing the yarn's purpose and form. This pice has the bundles of yarn trapped in rainbow tulle, then I stitched them all together into a unit that is very organic. I trapped the sculpture under a lucite dome and framed the entirety with the rug hooking base as the feature!