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["Kathy Evans (b. July 8, 1962, Morgantown, WV) of Bruceton Mills and Margaret Bruning of Elkins are participants in the 2020-2021 West Virginia Folklife Apprenticeship Program, in an apprenticeship titled, Sheep to Shawl: The Art of Raising Sheep and Creating Fiber Arts. Evans is a fifth-generation farmer and co-owner with her husband Reid of Evans Knob Farm in Preston County where she cultivates Certified Naturally Grown vegetables and raises sheep and poultry. She teaches and exhibits her fiber arts both in West Virginia and across the country and has been featured in Modern Farmer and Morgantown Magazine. Bruning grew up on a goat farm in upstate New York and has been a lifelong fiber artist. She and her husband David raise sheep at their homestead in Randolph County.Read a profile of Evans and Bruning on the West Virginia Folklife blog:https://wvfolklife.org/2020/11/04/2020-folklife-apprenticeship-feature-kathy-evans-margaret-bruning-sheep-to-shawl/Evans Knob Farm website: https://www.evansknobfarm.com/Poe Run Craft and Provisions: http://www.poerun.org/"]%

37. Margaret Bruning spins wool from her sheep into yarn, 2 of 2

Identifier:
4224.EvansKathyBruningMargaret.Photo.038.11.2.20
Title:
Margaret Bruning spins wool from her sheep into yarn, 2 of 2
Date:
2020-11-02
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Textile crafts, Woolen and worsted spinning, Wool, Fiberwork, Spinning-wheel, Spinning, Apprenticeship programs
Location:
Bruceton Mills (W. Va.)
["Kathy Evans (b. July 8, 1962, Morgantown, WV) of Bruceton Mills and Margaret Bruning of Elkins are participants in the 2020-2021 West Virginia Folklife Apprenticeship Program, in an apprenticeship titled, Sheep to Shawl: The Art of Raising Sheep and Creating Fiber Arts. Evans is a fifth-generation farmer and co-owner with her husband Reid of Evans Knob Farm in Preston County where she cultivates Certified Naturally Grown vegetables and raises sheep and poultry. She teaches and exhibits her fiber arts both in West Virginia and across the country and has been featured in Modern Farmer and Morgantown Magazine. Bruning grew up on a goat farm in upstate New York and has been a lifelong fiber artist. She and her husband David raise sheep at their homestead in Randolph County.Read a profile of Evans and Bruning on the West Virginia Folklife blog:https://wvfolklife.org/2020/11/04/2020-folklife-apprenticeship-feature-kathy-evans-margaret-bruning-sheep-to-shawl/Evans Knob Farm website: https://www.evansknobfarm.com/Poe Run Craft and Provisions: http://www.poerun.org/"]%

38. Master fiber artist Kathy Evans and apprentice Margaret Bruning work in Evans' studio in Bruceton Mills

Identifier:
4224.EvansKathyBruningMargaret.Photo.039.11.2.20
Title:
Master fiber artist Kathy Evans and apprentice Margaret Bruning work in Evans' studio in Bruceton Mills
Date:
2020-11-02
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Sheep farming, Woolen and worsted spinning, Fiberwork, Spinning-wheel, Wool, Spinning, Textile crafts, Apprenticeship programs
Location:
Bruceton Mills (W. Va.)
["Kathy Evans (b. July 8, 1962, Morgantown, WV) of Bruceton Mills and Margaret Bruning of Elkins are participants in the 2020-2021 West Virginia Folklife Apprenticeship Program, in an apprenticeship titled, Sheep to Shawl: The Art of Raising Sheep and Creating Fiber Arts. Evans is a fifth-generation farmer and co-owner with her husband Reid of Evans Knob Farm in Preston County where she cultivates Certified Naturally Grown vegetables and raises sheep and poultry. She teaches and exhibits her fiber arts both in West Virginia and across the country and has been featured in Modern Farmer and Morgantown Magazine. Bruning grew up on a goat farm in upstate New York and has been a lifelong fiber artist. She and her husband David raise sheep at their homestead in Randolph County.Read a profile of Evans and Bruning on the West Virginia Folklife blog:https://wvfolklife.org/2020/11/04/2020-folklife-apprenticeship-feature-kathy-evans-margaret-bruning-sheep-to-shawl/Evans Knob Farm website: https://www.evansknobfarm.com/Poe Run Craft and Provisions: http://www.poerun.org/"]%

39. Kathy Evans consults books to guide Margaret Bruning's apprenticeship project

Identifier:
4224.EvansKathyBruningMargaret.Photo.040.11.2.20
Title:
Kathy Evans consults books to guide Margaret Bruning's apprenticeship project
Date:
2020-11-02
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Fiberwork, Woolen and worsted spinning, Spinning, Textile crafts, Wool, Spinning-wheel, Apprenticeship programs
Location:
Bruceton Mills (W. Va.)
["Kathy Evans (b. 1962, Morgantown, WV) of Bruceton Mills and Margaret Bruning of Elkins are participants in the 2020-2021 West Virginia Folklife Apprenticeship Program, in an apprenticeship titled, Sheep to Shawl: The Art of Raising Sheep and Creating Fiber Arts. Evans is a fifth-generation farmer and co-owner with her husband Reid of Evans Knob Farm in Preston County where she cultivates Certified Naturally Grown vegetables and raises sheep and poultry. She teaches and exhibits her fiber arts both in West Virginia and across the country and has been featured in Modern Farmer and Morgantown Magazine. Bruning grew up on a goat farm in upstate New York and has been a lifelong fiber artist. She and her husband David raise sheep at their homestead in Randolph County.Read a profile of Evans and Bruning on the West Virginia Folklife blog:https://wvfolklife.org/2020/11/04/2020-folklife-apprenticeship-feature-kathy-evans-margaret-bruning-sheep-to-shawl/Evans Knob Farm website: https://www.evansknobfarm.com/Poe Run Craft and Provisions: http://www.poerun.org/"]%

40. West Virginia Folklife Apprenticeship Program participants in "Sheep to Shawl: Sheep Husbandry and Fiber Arts", Kathy Evans and Margaret Bruning, 1 of 3

Identifier:
4224.EvansKathyBruningMargaret.Photo.041.11.2.20
Title:
West Virginia Folklife Apprenticeship Program participants in "Sheep to Shawl: Sheep Husbandry and Fiber Arts", Kathy Evans and Margaret Bruning, 1 of 3
Date:
2020-11-02
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Apprenticeship programs, Textile crafts, Weaving, Looms, Fiberwork, Spinning-wheel, Wool, Woolen and worsted spinning, Sheep farming, Spinning
Location:
Bruceton Mills (W. Va.)
["Kathy Evans (b. July 8, 1962, Morgantown, WV) of Bruceton Mills and Margaret Bruning of Elkins are participants in the 2020-2021 West Virginia Folklife Apprenticeship Program, in an apprenticeship titled, Sheep to Shawl: The Art of Raising Sheep and Creating Fiber Arts. Evans is a fifth-generation farmer and co-owner with her husband Reid of Evans Knob Farm in Preston County where she cultivates Certified Naturally Grown vegetables and raises sheep and poultry. She teaches and exhibits her fiber arts both in West Virginia and across the country and has been featured in Modern Farmer and Morgantown Magazine. Bruning grew up on a goat farm in upstate New York and has been a lifelong fiber artist. She and her husband David raise sheep at their homestead in Randolph County.Read a profile of Evans and Bruning on the West Virginia Folklife blog:https://wvfolklife.org/2020/11/04/2020-folklife-apprenticeship-feature-kathy-evans-margaret-bruning-sheep-to-shawl/Evans Knob Farm website: https://www.evansknobfarm.com/Poe Run Craft and Provisions: http://www.poerun.org/"]%

41. West Virginia Folklife Apprenticeship Program participants in "Sheep to Shawl: Sheep Husbandry and Fiber Arts", Kathy Evans and Margaret Bruning, 2 of 3

Identifier:
4224.EvansKathyBruningMargaret.Photo.042.11.2.20
Title:
West Virginia Folklife Apprenticeship Program participants in "Sheep to Shawl: Sheep Husbandry and Fiber Arts", Kathy Evans and Margaret Bruning, 2 of 3
Date:
2020-11-02
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Spinning, Wool, Looms, Sheep farming, Apprenticeship programs, Fiberwork, Textile crafts, Spinning-wheel, Woolen and worsted spinning
Location:
Bruceton Mills (W. Va.)
["Kathy Evans (b. July 8, 1962, Morgantown, WV) of Bruceton Mills and Margaret Bruning of Elkins are participants in the 2020-2021 West Virginia Folklife Apprenticeship Program, in an apprenticeship titled, Sheep to Shawl: The Art of Raising Sheep and Creating Fiber Arts. Evans is a fifth-generation farmer and co-owner with her husband Reid of Evans Knob Farm in Preston County where she cultivates Certified Naturally Grown vegetables and raises sheep and poultry. She teaches and exhibits her fiber arts both in West Virginia and across the country and has been featured in Modern Farmer and Morgantown Magazine. Bruning grew up on a goat farm in upstate New York and has been a lifelong fiber artist. She and her husband David raise sheep at their homestead in Randolph County.Read a profile of Evans and Bruning on the West Virginia Folklife blog:https://wvfolklife.org/2020/11/04/2020-folklife-apprenticeship-feature-kathy-evans-margaret-bruning-sheep-to-shawl/Evans Knob Farm website: https://www.evansknobfarm.com/Poe Run Craft and Provisions: http://www.poerun.org/"]%

42. West Virginia Folklife Apprenticeship Program participants in "Sheep to Shawl: Sheep Husbandry and Fiber Arts", Kathy Evans and Margaret Bruning, 3 of 3

Identifier:
4224.EvansKathyBruningMargaret.Photo.043.11.2.20
Title:
West Virginia Folklife Apprenticeship Program participants in "Sheep to Shawl: Sheep Husbandry and Fiber Arts", Kathy Evans and Margaret Bruning, 3 of 3
Date:
2020-11-02
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Wool, Textile crafts, Spinning, Spinning-wheel, Sheep farming, Apprenticeship programs, Woolen and worsted spinning, Weaving, Looms, Fiberwork
Location:
Bruceton Mills (W. Va.)
["Susan Feller, 63 at the time of this interview, lives in Hampshire County, West Virginia with her partner Jim in the log home they built. With a degree in Art and History from UMass/Boston and a life-long interest in handwork craft, she learned to rug hook in 1994, a medium allowing her to paint with wool. This skill was the entry into the niche market of rug hookingdesigning patterns, selling hand-dyed wool, and teaching as far away as Australia, throughout the US and Canada. These days, Feller works in her studio creating fiber art for the walls. Juried as a Tamarack gallery artist, and a recipient of a purchase award from the WV Division of Culture and History, she serves on the Board of Directors for Tamarack Foundation for the Arts and The River House board in Capon Bridge, networking with and advocating for artists in the state and beyond.Read her piece on the West Virginia Folklife blog about the McDonald sisters: https://wvfolklife.org/2018/05/15/textile-artist-susan-feller-on-the-mcdonald-sisters-of-gilmer-county/Susan Fellers website: https://artwools.com/"]%

43. "Iconic Liberty," hooked, embroidered, and needle felted by Susan Feller from hand dyed wool fabric, cotton thread, and synthetic yarn

Identifier:
4224.FellerSusan.Photo.001.3.10.13
Title:
"Iconic Liberty," hooked, embroidered, and needle felted by Susan Feller from hand dyed wool fabric, cotton thread, and synthetic yarn
Date:
2013-03-10
Creator:
Feller, Susan L.
Subject:
Textile crafts, Rugs, Hooked, Fiberwork
Location:
Hampshire County (W. Va.)
["Susan Feller, 63 at the time of this interview, lives in Hampshire County, West Virginia with her partner Jim in the log home they built. With a degree in Art and History from UMass/Boston and a life-long interest in handwork craft, she learned to rug hook in 1994, a medium allowing her to paint with wool. This skill was the entry into the niche market of rug hookingdesigning patterns, selling hand-dyed wool, and teaching as far away as Australia, throughout the US and Canada. These days, Feller works in her studio creating fiber art for the walls. Juried as a Tamarack gallery artist, and a recipient of a purchase award from the WV Division of Culture and History, she serves on the Board of Directors for Tamarack Foundation for the Arts and The River House board in Capon Bridge, networking with and advocating for artists in the state and beyond.Read her piece on the West Virginia Folklife blog about the McDonald sisters: https://wvfolklife.org/2018/05/15/textile-artist-susan-feller-on-the-mcdonald-sisters-of-gilmer-county/Susan Fellers website: https://artwools.com/"]%

44. Susan with "Progress in the Mountains," purchased for State Museum collection

Identifier:
4224.FellerSusan.Photo.001.3.26.15
Title:
Susan with "Progress in the Mountains," purchased for State Museum collection
Date:
2015-03-26
Creator:
Feller, Susan L.
Subject:
Rugs, Hooked--Exhibitions, Textile crafts, Fiberwork, Rugs, Hooked
Location:
Hampshire County (W. Va.)
["Susan Feller, 63 at the time of this interview, lives in Hampshire County, West Virginia with her partner Jim in the log home they built. With a degree in Art and History from UMass/Boston and a life-long interest in handwork craft, she learned to rug hook in 1994, a medium allowing her to paint with wool. This skill was the entry into the niche market of rug hookingdesigning patterns, selling hand-dyed wool, and teaching as far away as Australia, throughout the US and Canada. These days, Feller works in her studio creating fiber art for the walls. Juried as a Tamarack gallery artist, and a recipient of a purchase award from the WV Division of Culture and History, she serves on the Board of Directors for Tamarack Foundation for the Arts and The River House board in Capon Bridge, networking with and advocating for artists in the state and beyond.Read her piece on the West Virginia Folklife blog about the McDonald sisters: https://wvfolklife.org/2018/05/15/textile-artist-susan-feller-on-the-mcdonald-sisters-of-gilmer-county/Susan Fellers website: https://artwools.com/"]%

45. Photo of Travel Series #3 Seneca Rocks hooked rug piece by Susan Feller, 1 of 2

Identifier:
4224.FellerSusan.Photo.001.3.27.18
Title:
Photo of Travel Series #3 Seneca Rocks hooked rug piece by Susan Feller, 1 of 2
Date:
2018-03-27
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Spruce Knob-Seneca Rocks National Recreation Area (W. Va.), Fiberwork, Rugs, Hooked, Textile crafts
Location:
Hampshire County (W. Va.)
["Susan Feller, 63 at the time of this interview, lives in Hampshire County, West Virginia with her partner Jim in the log home they built. With a degree in Art and History from UMass/Boston and a life-long interest in handwork craft, she learned to rug hook in 1994, a medium allowing her to paint with wool. This skill was the entry into the niche market of rug hookingdesigning patterns, selling hand-dyed wool, and teaching as far away as Australia, throughout the US and Canada. These days, Feller works in her studio creating fiber art for the walls. Juried as a Tamarack gallery artist, and a recipient of a purchase award from the WV Division of Culture and History, she serves on the Board of Directors for Tamarack Foundation for the Arts and The River House board in Capon Bridge, networking with and advocating for artists in the state and beyond.Read her piece on the West Virginia Folklife blog about the McDonald sisters: https://wvfolklife.org/2018/05/15/textile-artist-susan-feller-on-the-mcdonald-sisters-of-gilmer-county/Susan Fellers website: https://artwools.com/"]%

46. Blanche McDonald on cover of first Hearth and Fair, the precursor to Goldenseal Magazine

Identifier:
4224.FellerSusan.Photo.001.4.12.18
Title:
Blanche McDonald on cover of first Hearth and Fair, the precursor to Goldenseal Magazine
Date:
2018-04-12
Creator:
Feller, Susan L.
Subject:
Fiberwork, Gilmer County (W. Va.), Embroidery, Rugs, Hooked, Textile crafts
Location:
Gilmer County (W. Va.)
["Susan Feller, 63 at the time of this interview, lives in Hampshire County, West Virginia with her partner Jim in the log home they built. With a degree in Art and History from UMass/Boston and a life-long interest in handwork craft, she learned to rug hook in 1994, a medium allowing her to paint with wool. This skill was the entry into the niche market of rug hookingdesigning patterns, selling hand-dyed wool, and teaching as far away as Australia, throughout the US and Canada. These days, Feller works in her studio creating fiber art for the walls. Juried as a Tamarack gallery artist, and a recipient of a purchase award from the WV Division of Culture and History, she serves on the Board of Directors for Tamarack Foundation for the Arts and The River House board in Capon Bridge, networking with and advocating for artists in the state and beyond.Read her piece on the West Virginia Folklife blog about the McDonald sisters: https://wvfolklife.org/2018/05/15/textile-artist-susan-feller-on-the-mcdonald-sisters-of-gilmer-county/Susan Fellers website: https://artwools.com/"]%

47. The McDonald Sisters’ tapestry in the West Virginia State Museum

Identifier:
4224.FellerSusan.Photo.001.5.17.12
Title:
The McDonald Sisters’ tapestry in the West Virginia State Museum
Date:
2012-05-17
Creator:
Feller, Susan L.
Subject:
Rugs, Hooked--Exhibitions, Rugs, Hooked, Gilmer County (W. Va.), Textile crafts, Embroidery, Fiberwork
Location:
Charleston (W. Va.)
["Susan Feller, 63 at the time of this interview, lives in Hampshire County, West Virginia with her partner Jim in the log home they built. With a degree in Art and History from UMass/Boston and a life-long interest in handwork craft, she learned to rug hook in 1994, a medium allowing her to paint with wool. This skill was the entry into the niche market of rug hookingdesigning patterns, selling hand-dyed wool, and teaching as far away as Australia, throughout the US and Canada. These days, Feller works in her studio creating fiber art for the walls. Juried as a Tamarack gallery artist, and a recipient of a purchase award from the WV Division of Culture and History, she serves on the Board of Directors for Tamarack Foundation for the Arts and The River House board in Capon Bridge, networking with and advocating for artists in the state and beyond.Read her piece on the West Virginia Folklife blog about the McDonald sisters: https://wvfolklife.org/2018/05/15/textile-artist-susan-feller-on-the-mcdonald-sisters-of-gilmer-county/Susan Fellers website: https://artwools.com/"]%

48. Susan Feller at the McDonald sisters’ grave in Gilmer County

Identifier:
4224.FellerSusan.Photo.001.5.17.13
Title:
Susan Feller at the McDonald sisters’ grave in Gilmer County
Date:
2013-05-17
Creator:
Feller, Susan L.
Subject:
Gilmer County (W. Va.), Textile crafts, Embroidery, Fiberwork, Rugs, Hooked
Location:
Gilmer County (W. Va.)