Red, White, and Blue: Covid America Triptych © Susan Ball Faeder
Concentric Lines Series 3-3: Squares © Susan Ball Faeder
White Butterfly © Susan Ball Faeder
Triflora 1 © Susan Ball Faeder
Triflora 2 © Susan Ball Faeder
Cosmic Travel 1: Round © Susan Ball Faeder
Cosmic Travel 2: Elliptical Passage © Susan Ball Faeder
Cosmic Travel 3: Buddha Vessel © Susan Ball Faeder
Descent © Susan Ball Faeder
Ode to Miro © Susan Ball Faeder
Flight of the Fireflies © Susan Ball Faeder
Wind & Rain © Susan Ball Faeder
Gameboard © Susan Ball Faeder
Log Cabin © Susan Ball Faeder
Heart Blossom © Susan Ball Faeder
Boxwood Sashiko Wreath © Susan Ball Faeder
Dots and Dashes © Susan Ball FaederBall-Faeder-188_web_port
Bless this Home © Susan Ball Faeder
What the Tide Brings 1 @Susan Ball Faeder
The two pieces in “What the Tide Brings” series were completed in the same week but in different rooms. Tide #1 began with traditional -but also playful- log cabin blocks that build outward until the traditional grid disappears. Tide #2 uses many of the same fabrics, but block structure drops off and gives way to overlapping raw-edges, reflective of the ever-returning shoreline waves. The collaged shell cluster embellishments (on both pieces) represent the treasure remaining on the beach after the tide goes back out. The rose and orange-toned fabrics are actually vintage traditional blue and white hand-stenciled Japanese summer yukata kimono remnants that had yellowed greatly with age, but given a 2nd life by over-dying. Tide #1 has machine-pieced top and employs both hand-quilting (with batting) and Japanese Sashiko decorative work.
(35 1/2 “Ht. x 19.5 ” W.) 2005