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On-the-go Studio
I spend hours sitting on my living room floor working on hooked rugs. But I also put in lots of hours building rugs in many other places. In fact, travelling with my work might be one of my favourite aspects of my rug hooking practice. Beginning on a frame, most of my larger work in this configuration is best suited to home. I can lay it on the living room floor, move it around, sit on the couch and rest it on my lap, and even hang it on the wall to see when it is not being b
james girouard
Aug 8


AI in My Art - a Retrospective
I use ai as a subject of my art, but the creation process is entirely human. I think, I plan, I draw my ideas on paper before stretching any burlap, but I have been using the alien technology of ai as my muse. I say alien - not as a spoof - for it truly is alien to us, and I don't think that it is necessarily going to be helpful for humanity. In working on ai themes, some specific ideas have emerged; I have investigated ethics, animation, power and math, sustainability, and h
james girouard
Apr 11


Farewell 2025
Summing up 2025 has been a challenge for me, hence this late post. Is it already a week and a half into 2026 and I still haven’t “wrapped” it up? As the new year begins, it feels as though political dysfunction is at an all-time high. I’m repeatedly saddened by murders, totalitarianism, ongoing wars and conflicts—and by the emergence of new ones. At this edge of monumental technological advancement, I can’t help but ask: why can't we stop killing each other? It’s increasingly
james girouard
Jan 11
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