About

207 Creatives is a partnership of two fiber artists, Ellen Skea Marshall and Elizabeth Miller, bringing  you unique fiber events and experiences. We are slow makers- our craft takes time to produce. Planning, drawing, hand dyeing wool, color planning a piece, cutting the wool strips (worms), hooking it all by hand and finally the binding. Take a look at our work by clicking on the gallery in the sidebar! 

Two Cats And Dog Hooking

Ellen Marshall of Two Cats And Dog Hooking

Ellen Skea Marshall, a fiber artist based in Maine, is best known for her rug-hooking artistry. 

Her work predominantly utilizes hand-dyed wool fabric, which she dyes in her studio in Maine. Her rugs can be categorized as heritage rug-hooking with a contemporary whimsical aesthetic.

Marshall’s work encompasses a diverse range of sizes, from small to larger-scale rugs, often inspired by her surroundings. She divides her time between the western mountains and southern coastal regions of Maine, drawing inspiration from both landscapes. Notably, she has created political rugs as a means of comprehending or addressing the current political climate in the United States.

Marshall participates in workshops and retreats with a diverse range of instructors, drawing upon their expertise to develop her own distinctive designs. Her creations are all original, encompassing both loose representative designs and abstract and geometric styles.

As the sole owner, designer, and creator of Two Cats and Dog Hooking, Marshall has gained respect and recognition for her work. In 2022, a personal  rug and article were featured in Karen Miller’s book, The Art of Mothering. Additionally, she has exhibited and demonstrated her work at the Bethel Historical Society in Bethel, Maine. Her trips on Get Hooked at Sea have proven to be very inspirational.

Throughout her time as a rug hooker, Marshall has consistently carried on her grandmothers’ tradition of rug-hooking, ensuring that her creations are a testament to this enduring legacy.

She lives in Albany Township, Maine with her husband and their Labrador, Gracie.

North Atlantic Fiber Arts/Parris House Wool Works

Elizabeth Miller of North Atlantic Fiber Arts & Parris House Wool Works

Elizabeth Miller is a Maine fiber artist, writer, and teacher. Her sources of inspiration are North Atlantic landscapes and matters of being human, including love, motherhood, trauma, and grief. North Atlantic Fiber Arts is a container for her love for Maine and Nova Scotia and the artistic themes she revisits as a result of her ties to both places. 

She is the author of Heritage Skills for Contemporary Life: Seasons at the Parris House, published by Down East Books in 2021. Her work has appeared in Making magazine and Rug Hooking Magazine. She has also appeared on the Magnolia Network show, Maine Cabin Masters, and her art has been exhibited at Rug Hooking Week at Sauder Village and the Munka Studio in Lewiston, Maine. She is a contributing artist to the collaborative book, The Art of Mothering: Our Lives in Colour and Shadow, by Karen D. Miller, published by Rug Hooking Magazine. Her work was on view through 2024 at a variety of Mid Atlantic venues in the Susan L. Feller curated show, Stories are Made Loop by Loop. She now shows and sells her work at the Saltwater Artists Gallery in New Harbor, Maine.

Elizabeth teaches rug hooking and fiber art in a variety of venues which have included Fiber College, the Farnsworth Art Museum, Squam Art Workshops, Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village, Pleasant Mountain Fiber Arts Workshops, and more. She also has studios in Rockland and Paris, Maine. She lives in Rockland, Maine with her husband and her two dogs, Wyeth (Rough Collie) and Coconut (American Eskimo). She hopes to add a cat or two in the coming year. 

Working together as 207 Creatives

We love fiber arts and creating beautiful works of art, along with the camaraderie of meeting, teaching, and working with other fiber artists from all over North America.

Events by 207 Creatives

Get Hooked at Sea adventure on the 1927 Schooner J & E Riggin

We hope that you will follow 207 Creatives through our 207 Creatives Facebook page and our Instagram page @207creatives. You can learn what we have been up to or what we might be planning next.