To learn more about how to purchase one of a kind artwork, including my piece Compassionate Woman with Beaded Bodice~

Compassionate Woman With Beaded Bodice

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Fiddler on the Couch

“Fiddler On the Couch” is one of the 60 quilts included in this exciting new book. I am honored to be included among so many talented artists and cannot wait to hold and see the book!
Currently “Fiddler on the Couch” is part of an beautiful new exhibition Reflections: Familiar Stories/New Forms at the Lazarus Gallery of United Hebrew of New Rochelle. The artists in this exhibit include: Carole Alter, Claire Fishman, Randy Frost, Susan Hoeltzel, Katherine Knauer, GG Kopilak, Moira O’Grady, Marlene Ferrell Parillo, Jill Parry, Luis Perelman, Barbara Sfraga, Sandra Sider, Jody Silver, Arle Sklar-Weinstein and B. Avery Syrig.
Arle Sklar-Weinstein is the Guest Curator and Jodi Moise is the Gallery Director.

The Lazarus Gallery is located at 391 Pelham Road in New Rochelle, NY.
This movin exhibition runs through December 12, 2011
On the web: www.uhgc.org

During the Hurricane, my husband and I watched a private screening of my younger brother Paul Ben-Victor’s new movie Should’ve Been Romeo which he produced and stars in. It is also co-written by my mother Leah Kornfeld Friedman and features many marvelous actors including Ed Asner, Carol Kane and the young and delightful English actress Kelly Osborne to name of few. Run, run. run to catch it when it opens this fall. You will laugh at loud, tear up and feel good all over.

Not one to keep my hands still, I completed a cropped jacket with beautiful wool I purchased while in Lenox, Massachusetts during my yoga teacher training last winter. There is a stunning store run by fabulous women who were kind, creative and supportive. The name of the knitting store is Colorful Stitches and if you are ever in the area, it is worth a visit.

Knitted cropped jacket

Up in my studio I pulled out paints and white cotton fabric and without much thought, began to play with found objects and did some surface design. Not much to say except it was fun. I used some of the wooden printing blocks my older daughter brought me back from her trip to India earlier this year and was actually very pleased with the quality of the print. The elephants and flowers are crisp, clear and clean. I am already thinking of ways to use these new fabrics for my Ruchel series. I also experimented with stamping and rubbings.

Printed fabric

Printed fabric

Stamped fabrics

Surface Designed Fabric

Although the sky was dark, it was still safe to venture out to the mailbox where I was thrilled to see that postcards arrived for the upcoming group exhibition at the Lazarus Gallery in New Rochelle and saw that they selected my piece “Fiddler on the Couch” as the postcard image. This is a first for me and I am most honored. I am looking forward to the opening reception, meeting the other artists (some who I already know and admire) and seeing the the exhibition hung. The Exhibition is at the Lazarus Gallery and the title is : Reflections: Familiar Stories/New Forms. It runs from September 19th-December 12th 2011 at: United Hebrew The Lazarus Gallery, 391 Pelham Road, New Rochelle, NY. Opening Reception is Sunday September 25th from 3-4:30 PM.

Postcard Reflections:Familar Stories/New Forum ~ Fiddler on the Couch

When it rains it pours….oy vey, not the best pun to use following Hurricane Irene… I also learned that my piece “Tree of Life” is one of five that make up the cover of the soon to be published “Jewish Threads”  which is filled with many, many beauitful Jewish themed projects. You can find my “Tree of Life” pattern in chapter one! It is published by Diana Drew and It will be available in October of this year and I can’t wait to see it and to try out many of the other projects in the book. There is a book signing this fall in Peekskill, NY and I look forward to being there. Here is a sneak preview of the cover:

Jewish Threads Cover

As the day wore on and the sun set, my husband offered me a lovely glass of white wine and after getting dizzy  from ripping out way too many rows,  I completed this lace patterned infinity scarf for my younger daughter. It was rough going, but worth it. Now that I the pattern and rhythm down, I just may make another one!

Infinity Scarf

I am heading back to Kripalu to faculty assist Jurian Hughes and Jovinn Chan this weekend and am counting the days until I get back to my home away from home: Kripalu!! Then off I head to Utah to lecture and teach Yoga to folks there about the benefits of Yoga ~ the mainstay and foundation of all my work. Looking forward to sharing news about my upcoming Yoga website and business in the coming weeks. Namaste, Susan

I am happy to announce that my pattern and artwork Tree of Life and pattern with instructions is included in the upcoming publication JEWISH THREADS to be released in the Fall of October 2011.

Jewish Threads Cover

My Tree of Life is also included among five other contributors on the cover of the book.

Cover for "the Studio Quilt, no. 6 State of the Art

I am looking forward to my artwork being included with so many talented artists in Sandra Sider’s new book, the Studio Quilt no. 6, State of the Art, will be available from Amazon in October! Here is the cover of the book which features Melisse Laing, Seeing the Light (2009, photo by Bill Bachhuber).

My piece, Fiddler on the Couch was selected to be part of this exciting edition.

Fiddler on the Couch