This is a textile original work created by Margaret Blank.
This is a punched or hooked rug featuring a floral design and part of a brick wall. The texture is rich and tactile, composed of tightly packed loops or knots of yarn, giving it a handcrafted, rustic charm.
A small, hand‑made winter scene fills a square frame — it looks like a looped yarn or tufted rug piece, each little tuft building up a plush, tactile surface. In the lower two‑thirds a broad sweep of textured white and pale blue suggests a snow‑covered field, the uneven tufts forming soft ridges and shadows as if the moonlight were picking out the contours of drifts.
To the left, tucked into the snow, is a tiny cottage with a red roof and a thick blanket of snow piled on top. Warm cream and pale yellow yarns mark the cottage walls and a dark doorway, hinting at a cozy interior. A narrow plume of smoke curls up from the chimney in decorative loops and spirals, drawing the eye up into the night sky.
The upper portion of the piece is dominated by deep, mottled blues that form a rich, starless night sky. On the right a large, round moon — a soft buttery yellow made of densely packed tufts — glows against the blue, casting a cool, serene light over the landscape. A band of darker green tufts to the right of the cottage creates a stand of trees or a hillside, adding depth and contrast.
Overall the work feels intimate and comforting: handcrafted texture, simplified shapes and a limited palette combine to evoke a quiet winter night — cold and still outside, with a small, warm refuge under the moon. The composition’s balance between the house, the smoke’s sweep, and the luminous moon gives the scene a gentle narrative motion, as if inviting you to step closer and listen to the hush of snow.
It has been created with the method of rug hooking pieces of yarn or strips of fabric in through a backing material. In this case, the backing material is burlap.
This piece was created in 2024.
The dimensions of the art is 12" x 12".
This picture is part of our "Starry Eyed" temporary exhibit, come and see it through out the months of February and March 2026.