BIO: All things natural and handmade describe Jackie and Mary’s choice of arts. Jackie, retiree from the Department of Defense after 37 years’ service, has 30 years’ experience in decorative painting and enjoys making rag quilts, wool projects, and gourd art. Mary, mother of three, also has 30 years’ experience in painting and enjoys hand sewing, wool appliqué, and basket making.
After learning the feather tree technique, Jackie and Mary transformed the tree into the beautiful Wooly Pine Tree it is today. They have been making trees and teaching classes to hundreds of like-minded people for 4 years and have since started their Wooly Pines business.
SPECIALTIES: The joy of sharing wool trees, painting, and gourd art!
BIO: Susan L. Feller designs patterns for Ruckman Mill Farm and is a juried Fine Craftsman at Tamarack in Beckley, West Virginia. Included in three Celebration of Hand-Hooked Rugs issues and a judge, her work has been juried into several contemporary Hooked Art collections. Author of Design Basics for Rug Hookers, Stackpole Books 2011 her advice has helped many create their own “Great rug.” Her blog provides lessons on process along with product.
Involved in promoting the traditions carried on by artistic contemporaries, Susan teaches and lectures worldwide, and is a member of TIGHR, McGown and Surface Design.
SPECIALTIES: Rug pattern designing and fiber manipulating techniques including hooked, punched, needle felted, and dimensional collage, and picture framer.
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