Cynthia mcadoo has been photographing hooked rugs for over twenty five years.
Mcadoo hooked rugs.
These richly hooked rugs feature delightfully whimsical designs coastal seascapes fantastical sea creatures and more.
Her rugs have been exhibited throughout new england.
Golden retriever with grapes pattern.
When frances mcadoo pronounced mac uh doo retired he and his wife cynthia both avid sailors set off on a long sailing trip along the coast of maine.
The hooked rug is a traditional north american craft of poverty that developed along the new england seaboard and the canadian maritimes in the mid 19th century.
During their travels they would stop and go ashore to visit different harbor towns.
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Wild thistles abundant in meadows and the ubiquitous black and.
In some aspects mcadoo is patterned after the grenfell mission to labrador in the late 19th century.
Melina white s unique hand hooked rug designs are inspired by the stunning maine coast and its culture.
It was in one of these small villages that cynthia saw local women selling hooked rugs by.
Made with 100 new zealand wool that is hand dyed at melina s own seal harbor rug company.
She has also designed and hooked rugs for her family business mcadoo rugs of north bennington vermont.