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Courtney Cosgriff is the artist behind Deerloom
While on Instagram one day, Courtney Cosgriff, the artist behind Deerloom, saw woven wall art and was immediately drawn to the textures.
“I just saw a piece online that I really liked and I was like, ‘I just kind of want to try this,’ ” Cosgriff says.
She looked at materials and bought her first loom, which first sat in her home for about six months as she just stared, unsure what to do with it. She finally picked it up two years ago and has been hooked ever since.
Before her first project, she had never really woven before. She’d only made simple pot holders on a plastic pin loom when she was younger. Now there was something about the craft that spoke to her and pushed her to pursue it.
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