Artist aiming to revitalize Métis rug hooking in a year-long project

Artist aiming to revitalize Métis rug hooking in a year-long project

The little-known, seldom practiced Métis tradition of making hooked rugs is being revitalized in a major way at the Royal Saskatchewan Museum (RSM) in Regina Over the next many months, Métis Elder and artist Margaret Harrison will lead a community hooked rug project at the RSM, entitled ‘The Basin of Little Things.’ The plan is to create a large, 6 x 10 foot rug in three separate pieces. But master rug-maker Harrison wont’ be doing it on her own…