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Fall inventory at Tamarack and MountainMade

Fall is the perfect season to visit the Mountain State of West Virginia. Our foliage colors include rich burgundy, rust, golds from the hardwoods offsetting the evergreen pines and hemlocks. Two destinations which include great gift shopping are Thomas near the highest peak (Spruce Knob) and Canaan Valley in northern West Virginia and Beckley in the south.

Several hooked pins ranging in size from a two inch wide bar to 2 x 3 pictorials have been delivered to MountainMade in downtown Thomas. The notecards are available through this shop only or online at RuckmanMillFarm.com

Tree pins 2 x 3

Sets of 5 inch square and 8 x 10 mats are at Tamarack in Beckley. They will be available as individual items but I do hope some stay together.

Star Flowers

Every piece I have created was a joy and unique experience. Selecting the fabrics in colors and values and deciding the direction to hook affects the final look. I hope the recipients are drawn to look closely and enjoy them for years to come.

Top 15 Tamarack Artists! Thanks

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WVLiving Magazine has just announced on their Facebook page that I am one of the 15 Top Tamarack Artists! Much thanks to my worldwide audience who entered the pole at http://wvlivingmagazine.com

I will be featured in an article in the Summer issue along with the other artists. A new order of my hooked mini-mats will be delivered the first week of May to TAMARACK.

Mini Mats by Susan L. Feller

A stop at “the Best of West Virginia” when traveling on I64/I79 is sure to please all of your senses.

Studio Tour in Hampshire County WV

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The third Hampshire Highlands Studio Tour is over and was another fun way to meet neighbors, travelers and fellow artisans. Although it was cold and very windy the snow we had last year held off allowing travellers to get to all 15 studios.

From the reports by the artists we are going to put together a fourth tour. Put the first weekend in December on your calendar and visit www.HampshireHighlandsStudioTour.com throughout the year to see who is added. We plan to work with the lodging in our county to come up with great packages including tour a day, dinner in Romney, an art event (theatre or concert) at the Bottling Works and lodging in town. This will allow out-of-towners who enjoy meeting artists to visit all of the studios and enjoy our other cultural benefits.

MountainMade new work

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Columbia County Carnation and Hand Carved Frame

A trip to Beckley means making a circle and coming back through Thomas, WV, visiting the MountainMade Gallery. Our work has been juried here since 2004 and we dropped off two of the “perfect” pieces which had been reviewed at Tamarack the day before. (See Fine Craft at Tamarack post)

A visit to the great Mountains of West Virginia this winter should take you to the Canaan Valley wonderland. While there a shopping trip to Thomas, and on the outskirts, the MountainMade Gallery to fill your home with West Virginia art is a must. The presentation of our work is spectacular, floating on clear glass shelves suspended from the previous factory high ceilings is shiny glassware. The pottery sits on hand carved wooden tables and our textiles warm the walls and furniture. Music plays and you can select food products too.

Faces and Friends

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The newest batch of R.A.M.P.S jewelry has been received at TAMARACK, the Best of West Virginia in Beckley, WV. Included are a variety of friendly faces, all hooked with wool strips of fabric through a woven backing and finished off with wool fabric and a pin back.

Face Pins hooked by Susan L. Feller

These join the hooked mats and small rugs which were juried in last November and have been selling very well. Another batch will arrive by early November, please stop on your journey through the southern part of West Virginia along I64 and I79 just outside of Beckley, WV.

ArtWools Studio of Susan Feller

Exploring traditional textile techniques in the 21st Century.

Tag Archives: retail outlets rug hooking

Fall inventory at Tamarack and MountainMade

Top 15 Tamarack Artists! Thanks

Studio Tour in Hampshire County WV

MountainMade new work

Faces and Friends