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About Susan Feller

Textile artist, educator, author, farmer

Emerging Artists Show at Tamarack

Artists juried into Tamarack’s David L. Dickirson Fine Art Gallery in Beckley, WV in the past 18 months are featured in the exhibit opening with a reception on Sunday, January 22.  The show will be up through February 25.  Photos of … Continue reading

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Studio Tour in new On-Line Magazine

There is a new Rug Hooking media outlet!   A quarterly online magazine published by Rug Hooking Magazine and featuring a tour through our Studio in the premier issue.  Subscriptions are $9.95 per year and available at www.RugHookingMagazine.com or click … Continue reading

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Zodiac Collection Fiber Artists from Around the World

Twelve fiber artists selected by Susan L. Feller for their innovative designs and in some cases young energy, depict the Zodiac signs in hooked works.  The collection is published in Rug Hooking Magazine’s Jan/Feb 2012 issue. Virgo, by Francine Even, … Continue reading

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New magazine focuses on Fiber Art Now

  The premier issue came out this fall for FiberArtNow Magazine and it included two articles featuring RUGHOOKING!  Liz Alpert Fay is introduced to the readership in her studio and the Beyond Rugs! contemporary exhibit at the Farnsworth Museum in … Continue reading

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Book Released to Rave Reviews

The book is out and we are pleased with the responses. Go to our store at www.RuckmanMillFarm.com to order an autographed copy.  Readers have said: ”I will definitely use this as a “go to” guide for my students.” Wendie ScottDavis,Ontario CANADA “Got … Continue reading

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Tis the Season for Cheer

  Holiday Happiness to all!  The angel ornament was created to hang on one of the ARTISTREEs in West Virginia’s Governor’s Mansion in Charleston, WV this year.   Our First Lady, Joanne Jaeger Tomblin invited artists throughout the state to … Continue reading

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Beyond Rugs! Opens at Farnsworth Museum

Contemporary textile artists using traditional forms of rug making are recognized in a major art Museum exhibit.  The Farnsworth Museum in Rockland Maine opened their second collection focusing on rug hooking.  The current show is up until February 5, 2012.  … Continue reading

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Fraktur Designs in Rug Hooking Magazine

  The Sept/Oct 2011 issue of Rug Hooking Magazine includes an article by Susan titled: Frakturs for Designing, Old Pennsylvania German Artwork Finds a New Place.  Using Barbara Ebersol a Lancaster, PA artist of the late 1880′s to introduce Frakturs … Continue reading

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TIGHR Skype to Australian Board

    The first international communications between TIGHR members was conducted at the Sauder Village Rug Hooking Event.  Coordinated by “web savvy” Judi Tompkins, Jo Franco and Susan Feller, five members of the TIGHR Australian Board were conferenced into the … Continue reading

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Making Flowers with Nan at Sauder

    This book is published by Stackpole Books and includes great directions for a wide variety of fabric flower pins. The photographs of completed works inspire the reader to get the materials and begin. Nan signed books and demonstrated … Continue reading

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