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![["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/"]%](/image/4224FellerSusanPhoto00162015/0.jpg)
- Identifier:
- 4224.FellerSusan.Photo.001.6.20.15
- Title:
- Mrs. Page's rug with birds and flowers
- Date:
- 2015-06-20
- Creator:
- Feller, Susan L.
- Subject:
- Rugs, Hooked--Exhibitions, Textile crafts, Rugs, Hooked, 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/"]%](/image/4224FellerSusanPhoto00182016/0.jpg)
- Identifier:
- 4224.FellerSusan.Photo.001.8.20.16
- Title:
- Susan Feller at the McDonald Sisters exhibit at Sauder Village
- Date:
- 2016-08-20
- Creator:
- Feller, Susan L.
- Subject:
- Rugs, Hooked, Embroidery, Rugs, Hooked--Exhibitions, Fiberwork, Folk art, Textile crafts
- Location:
- Sauder Museum, Farm, and Craft Village
![["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/"]%](/image/4224FellerSusanPhoto0018516/0.jpg)
- Identifier:
- 4224.FellerSusan.Photo.001.8.5.16
- Title:
- Susan Feller holds her footstool Turquoise and Orange hassock
- Date:
- 2016-08-05
- Creator:
- Feller, Susan L.
- Subject:
- Fiberwork, Textile crafts, Rugs, Hooked, Embroidery
- 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/"]%](/image/4224FellerSusanPhoto00232718/0.jpg)
- Identifier:
- 4224.FellerSusan.Photo.002.3.27.18
- Title:
- Photo of Travel Series #3 Seneca Rocks hooked rug piece by Susan Feller, 2 of 2
- Date:
- 2018-03-27
- Creator:
- Hilliard, Emily
- Subject:
- Textile crafts, Rugs, Hooked, Spruce Knob-Seneca Rocks National Recreation Area (W. Va.), 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/"]%](/image/4224FellerSusanPhoto00332718/0.jpg)
- Identifier:
- 4224.FellerSusan.Photo.003.3.27.18
- Title:
- Photo of cityscape hooked rug piece by Susan Feller
- Date:
- 2018-03-27
- Creator:
- Hilliard, Emily
- Subject:
- 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/"]%](/image/4224FellerSusanPhoto00432718tif/0.jpg)
- Identifier:
- 4224.FellerSusan.Photo.004.3.27.18.tif
- Title:
- Photo of sketch for bridge hooked rug piece by Susan Feller
- Date:
- 2018-03-27
- Creator:
- Hilliard, Emily
- 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/"]%](/image/4224FellerSusanPhoto00532718tif/0.jpg)
- Identifier:
- 4224.FellerSusan.Photo.005.3.27.18.tif
- Title:
- Photo of "Equality and Work for Women" hooked rug piece by Susan Feller
- Date:
- 2018-03-27
- Creator:
- Hilliard, Emily
- Subject:
- Rugs, Hooked, Textile crafts, Women's rights, 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/"]%](/image/4224FellerSusanPhoto00632718tif/0.jpg)
- Identifier:
- 4224.FellerSusan.Photo.006.3.27.18.tif
- Title:
- Portrait of Susan Feller in her studio
- Date:
- 2018-03-27
- Creator:
- Hilliard, Emily
- Subject:
- Fiberwork, Textile crafts, 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/"]%](/image/4224FellerSusanPhoto00732718/0.jpg)
- Identifier:
- 4224.FellerSusan.Photo.007.3.27.18
- Title:
- Susan Feller stands in front of her hooked rug pieces in her studio
- Date:
- 2018-03-27
- Creator:
- Hilliard, Emily
- Subject:
- 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/"]%](/image/4224FellerSusanPhoto00832718tif/0.jpg)
- Identifier:
- 4224.FellerSusan.Photo.008.3.27.18.tif
- Title:
- Photo of Susan Feller's Equal Rights Amendment hooked rug piece
- Date:
- 2018-03-27
- Creator:
- Hilliard, Emily
- Subject:
- Equal rights amendments--United States, Rugs, Hooked, Textile crafts, 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/"]%](/image/4224FellerSusanPhoto00932718/0.jpg)
- Identifier:
- 4224.FellerSusan.Photo.009.3.27.18
- Title:
- "Local is global" detail on Susan Feller's embroidered jeans
- Date:
- 2018-03-27
- Creator:
- Hilliard, Emily
- Subject:
- Textile crafts, Fiberwork, Embroidery, Jeans (Clothing)
- 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/"]%](/image/4224FellerSusanPhoto01032718/0.jpg)
- Identifier:
- 4224.FellerSusan.Photo.010.3.27.18
- Title:
- "Rights for women are human rights" detail on Susan Feller's embroidered jeans
- Date:
- 2018-03-27
- Creator:
- Hilliard, Emily
- Subject:
- Fiberwork, Embroidery, Women's rights, Textile crafts, Jeans (Clothing)
- Location:
- Hampshire County (W. Va.)
