Textile/Fibre Art > By Any Other Name

The series "By Any Other Name" is a sub-series of Public Image. These artworks were created specially for the exhibition Hooking Goes Pop: Contemporary Rug Hooking which is being presented at the Chester Art Centre in Chester, Nova Scotia Feb 25 to March 15 2026, and ArtCan Gallery in Canning, Nova Scotia in August 2026.

The series' name ("By Any Other Name" ) is a riff on my co-artist Rose Wilson's name and the famous lines from William Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet: "What is in a name? A rose by any other name would smell as sweet".

Weirdo
Punch Hook Rug hooking
14.25 x 14.5 inches / 36.19 x 36.83 cm
Wild Child
Punch Hook Rug Hooking
12.75 x 12.5 inches / 32.38 x 31.75 cm
Prickly
Punch Hook Rug Hooking
18.5 X 16.75inches / 46.99 x 42.54 cm
Nasty
Punch Hook Rug Hooking
14.0 X 14.25 inches / 35.56 x 36.19 cm
Mouthy
Punch Hook Rug Hooking
15.5 x 10.5 inches / 39.37 x 26.67 cm
Bonehead
Punch Hook Rug Hooking
34.5 X 10.75 inches / 87.63 x 27.30 cm
Blithely Selfish
Punch Hook Rug Hooking
Irregular (27.5 x 26 inches / 69.85 x 66.04 cm approx.)
Bossy
Punch Hook Rug Hooking
15 x 13 inches / 38.1 x 33.02 cm
Blithely Selfish (Installed )
Punch Hook Rug Hooking
2026
Prickly  and Too Much
Punch Hook Rug Hooking
Various
Punch Hook Rug Hooking
Bossy and Wild Child (Installed)
Punch Hook Rug Hooking
FREAK
Punch Hook Rug Hooking
Irregular (34 x 31 inches / 86.36 x 78.74 cm approx. )
Too Much
Punch Hook Rug Hooking
Irregular Approx. 32 x 31 inches