cay henecker rag rugs - Cathy Hetznecker Rag Rugs

cay henecker rag rugs - Cathy Hetznecker Rag Rugs

ca!y he"necker rag rugs
26
Decatur Road
Havertown, PA 19083
610-283-2984
cathyhetzneckerrugs@verizon.net
www.cathyhetznecker.com
PROFILE
I have developed an entire business devoted to crocheted rag rugs and
crocheted home accessories, many of them requested as custom
commissions. My rugs are entirely handmade, usually in the shapes typical
of area rugs: rounds, ovals, squares, and rectangles. I choose fabrics as a
painter would chose her paints. After collecting fabrics and remnants from
upholsterers and interior decorators, I cut them carefully into uniform
strips. Using a hand tooled wooden crochet hook, I then knot and crochet
the fabric strips into a tapestry of complex color and texture. Made with
traditional crochet techniques, each rug is unique and reversible. I also
makes pillows, upholstered furniture, and crocheted fabric baskets.
WORKSHOPS
I teach beginning and advanced workshops in oval crocheted rag rugs,
circular, square and rectangular rag rugs, t- shirt rag rugs, and crocheted
fabric baskets. Workshops are typically 3 to 4 hours in duration and can be
taught in one or two sessions. Below are the organizations or businesses
where I have taught.
• 2010 - present
Center for American Craft, Pennsylvania Guild Of
Craftsmen, Lancaster, PA
•2009 - present
Cloth & Bobbin, independent fabric store, Narberth,
PA
•2012 - present
Main Line School Night, Creutzberg Center,
Radnor, PA
•2013 - present
Haverford Township Adult School, Havertown, PA,
2013- present
•2012 - present
Mennonite Heritage Center, Harleysville, PA
•2011 - present
Summer Studio, Avalon, NJ
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
•2009 - present
Member of the Pennsylvania Guild Of Craftsmen,
Lancaster PA
•2009 - present
Member, Haverford Guild Of Craftsmen
•2009 - present
Co-Founder and President of Haverford Guild Of
Craftsmen, a local chapter of the Pennsylvania
Guild Of Craftsmen
•2014
Member, Crochet Guild Of America
•2012 - 2013
Artist Member, Main Line Art Center, 2012 - 2013
VISITING ARTIST OPPORTUNITIES
2010
Chestnutwold Elementary School, Ardmore, PA lead an
after school class on crocheted rag rugs for students.
•2012, 2013
Main Line Art Center Kid’s Camp
Presented my work and the tradition of crocheted rag rug
making to campers and with hands on demonstrations with
campers
GALLERIES
•2011 - Present
Summer Studio, Avalon NJ
•2012 - Present
Merchant Of Menace Re-Imaginer’s Gallery,
Marshallton, PA
•December 2013
Merchant Of Menace Pop-Up Gallery West Chester,
PA
•2012 - 2013
Earth, Wood and Fiber, Newtown Square, PA
•2012-2013
Pennsylvania Guild Of Craftsmen, Lancaster PA
•SHOWS
•2014, 2013
Haverford Guild Of Craftsmen Spring Show,
Ardmore, PA
•2014
Designer Craftsmen Historic Home Show, Valley
Forge, PA
•2009 - present
Haverford Guild Of Craftsmen 5th Annual Studio
Tour, Havertown, PA
•2011-2013
Mennonite Heritage Center Folk Art Sale,
Harleysvillle, PA
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•December 2012
Main Line Art Center Fine Craft Sale, Haverford,
PA
•April 2012
Tyme Gallery/Haverford Guild Of Craftsmen Fine
Craft Show, Villanova PA
EDUCATION
•1992-1999
Post-Graduate work with ceramic artist
Paula Winokur,
Arcadia University, Glenside, PA
•1986-1989
BA, Magna Cum Laude, Studio Art,
University of New Hampshire,
Durham, New Hampshire
•1985- 1985
Foundation Year, Tyler School of Art,
Temple University,
Cheltenham, PA
PUBLICATIONS
• Fall 2012
Interweave Magazine
Craftivism
Rag Rugs : The Art of the Home, Betsy Greer
•Winter 2014
Designer Craftsmen & Historic Homes
Artist Profile
Cathy Hetznecker Rag Rugs
REFERENCES
Mackenzie Snader
Program Manager, Pennsylvania Guild Of Craftsmen
335 North Queen Street
Lancaster, PA 17603
717-431-8706
mackenzie@pacrafts.org
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Johanna Hertz
Owner, Cloth & Bobbin
235 Haverford Ave.
Narberth, PA 19072
610.667.5366
johanna@clothandbobbin.com
Sarah Heffner
Director, Mennonite Heritage Center
565 Yoder Road,
Harleysville, Pa 19438
Email:heffners@mhep.org
Phone: 215-256-3020, ext.112
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