Loop by Loop Studio was founded by Hayley Perry in 2013. Hayley grew up surrounded by rug hooking, thanks to her mother Sharon and aunt Deanne, but did not begin making her own rugs and designs until many years later. Hayley holds her education in Fine Arts and after getting her graduate degree in painting in 2011, she started dyeing and selling fabric online, hooking rugs, and making kits, which has blossomed into her full time career.  

https://www.loopbyloopstudio.com/

Amy Oxford has been making punch needle style hooked rugs and teaching the craft since 1985. She is the inventor of The Oxford Punch Needle, has her work in collections nationwide, and has been licensed by The Shelburne Museum in Vermont to make adaptations of their antique rugs. She is the author of seven books on rug hooking including her latest, Intermediate and Advanced Punch Needle Rug Hooking – Techniques, Projects and Inspirations. 

https://amyoxford.com/

Alexandrya Eaton is a contemporary Canadian visual artist whose practice includes painting, textiles, sculpture, and weaving. Eaton’s current research examines how fabric manipulations can be incorporated into painting practice, and how the canvas, a woven material, accepts these folds and stitches, conceptually exploring layers and connections of material and memory. 

https://alexandryaeaton.com/

Rémi Lévesque started hooking when he retired in 2013 after a long career as a public high school teacher. In early 2017, as a volunteer at the Barachois Historic Church, in Barachois, NB, Rémi got the idea of organizing a small exhibit of hooked cushions. Thanks to the rug hooking international community, the idea rapidly developed into what is known today as Barachois International Collection of Hooked Cushions. 320 hooked cushions from various countries around the world including all American states and all provinces and territories of Canada. Invited to exhibit the USA50 hooked cushions portion of the collection, he was awarded the Sauder Award 2023; The collection that best exemplifies the Mission and Spirit of Historic Sauder Village.

Creating art with bold colours and textures makes my heart happy and my soul sing. I am not a “neutral” kind of person – I live my life, and create my art, in a bold and enthusiastic way. Throughout my artistic journey I have grown to learn that I do not always like to follow the rules! I also get bored easily and have resigned myself to the fact that I will always consciously (or unconsciously) seek out new art forms to engage my creative soul. Who knows what will be next!

Carla Middelburg studied at Banff School of Fine Arts, Banff Alberta and Aprerion Workshops, New York.

Exploring various art mediums through the years, most recently working with textiles, she uses wool cloth and yarns for its many textures and unique tactile quality.

Working from her home studio in Baie Verte NB,  she creates imagery from a deep connection to her outdoor adventures exploring the Atlantic coast. She experienced and observed the many coves and bays of Nova Scotia,  Newfoundland and New Brunswick as an avid kayaker.

Her designs are original pieces hand hooked with dyed, over dyed, new and recycled wool cloth, yarns and silk on linen backing.

Greg serendipitously began working at Deanne’s studio in 2019 after retiring from a 30-year career as a hospital Physiotherapist. His main functions at the studio (other than annoying his coworkers with his vast knowledge of copious topics) include production, planning & implementing Kit of the Month, as well as dyeing an array of wool yarns & fabric for special projects and for the studio. Greg was born in Prince Edward Island and went to University at St. FX and Dalhousie. He has, along with his wife Heather, made Amherst his home for 35 years.

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