Maggie's Penny Runner
As a self taught Textile Artist, Susan experienced early on the creative rewards of working with your hands. Mother and Grandmother taught skills of knitting, crochet and hand sewing. During the 1960’s a make-do attitude was acquired through Girl Scouting and rural living in north-western New Jersey.
After college and degrees in Art and History, she owned the Church Door Gallery, in Califon, NJ, representing regional artists, and specializing in custom picture framing. Not until her early 40’s did the medium of rughooking awaken a visual interpretation for designing. Her works of art are created by “painting” with wool, hooking one strip at a time. The journey continues to this day, connecting traditional craft with contemporary experiences.
Viewing examples of Susan’s work, may lead one to wonder how one person could be the creator of abstract scenes of nature and structured folk art patterns. “Spring Energy”,
Spring Energy by Susan Feller
was a simple sketch for months until the right piece of wool came out of the dye pot. “Maggie’s Runner” on the other hand is a balanced design and works up easily using the meditative therapy of repetitive hooking.
An isolationist at heart, Feller reaches out to fellow fiber artists professionally, socially and as a mentor but needs to come back to the studio
and farm to re-energize. With her partner, Jim Lilly, “Bob” the cat and the flock of Dominque chickens to entertain them, a simple living has heightened their senses. Color, shape, patterning and textures are becoming more important as the seasons change.
Susan Feller at home in Kitchen
“Working with fibers, connects me with generations of artisans’ spirits. Due to the slow, repetitive process, there is time to dwell on the natural subjects in my art and the materials selected. Now living in West Virginia, I have come full circle – back to the farm, and rural lifestyle of my youth.”
Susan L. Feller
Ruckman Mill Farm, PO Box 409, Augusta, WV 26704
304-496-8073
email info@RuckmanMillFarm.com or see more Patterns and supplies online at http://www.ruckmanmillfarm.com/
