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susanbytheriver.bsky.social
Susan 🍁
@susanbytheriver.bsky.social
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Fibre and mixed media artist
https://www.susanbytheriver.com

Living on the traditional territory of the Audenosaunee (Iroquois), Mohawk, Haudenosaunee (St. Lawrence Iroquois), and Huron-Wendat.

Cats, every day magical stuff, resting
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That little bird was so tiny to needle felt! I used black paint on a bit of wool for the beak. I especially like the contented expression on this snow person ☃️

#needlefelting #feltedsculpture #woolfelting #feltart #fibrearts #fiberarts #art #artist #snowfolk
Needle felted snow person with green hat and blue scarf. There’s a small brown, golden yellow, and pink bird sitting on the hat.
December 2, 2025 at 5:11 AM
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One more snow person, very joyful! ⛄️

#needlefelting #feltedsculpture #woolfelting #feltart #fibrearts #fiberarts #art #artist #snowfolk
Needle felted snow person with red hat and green cape. Smiling upward!
December 2, 2025 at 5:06 AM
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Cosy sweaters 🥰

#needlefelting #woolfelting #fibrearts #fiberarts #feltart #art #artist #cozy
Five 4” felt covered canvases, each carrying a needle felted sweater with a design on it. There’s a mushroom, a bird, a ladybug, a blue butterfly, and a snail.
December 2, 2025 at 5:03 AM
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More snow folk! ⛄️

#woolfelting #needlefelting #needlefelt #feltedsculpture #felting #fibrearts #fiberarts #art #artist
Four needle felted snow people and one snow cat! All wearing scarves. Four with hats and one with ear muffs.
November 29, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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#needlefelted snow folk to brighten up this grey day ♥️

#fibrearts #fiberarts #needlefelting #woolfelting #art #needlefelting
Three needle felted snow people: one with a blue toque and rainbow scarf, one with a red tasseled hood and teal scarf, and on just plain. All have carrot noses and little hearts.
November 12, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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A new magical critter to join the family of #felted folk. Henry the #gingercat served as nose model for this little #needlefelted guy. I think he may be a sort that lives inside tree trunks and sleeps a lot.

#needlefelting #woolfelting #feltart #art #artist
Needle felted critter: grey with a pink nose and sparkly white belly. Longish pointed grey ears with pink inside. Four needle felted critters: Simple cone shapes with ears, horns, tufts, tails, and expressive faces. One has haunches and a pouch holding a heart. Colours are blue, grey, orange, and pink. Henry the ginger cat laying on a wool felting pad with a little grey needle felted critter in progress. Felting needles and a window in the background.
October 3, 2025 at 2:49 AM
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Before and after #wetfelted mushroom 🍄

#woolfelting #wetfelting #wetfelt #feltart #feltartist #artist #art
Colourful, fluffy wool roving laid out on an off white background: an amanita muscaria mushroom (red cap with white spots) surrounded by blue, yellow, and pink bits up top, and green, yellow, pink, and brown grasses down below. Ready for wet felting! Same wool layout as previous photo, but now wet felted. The fluffy fibres have merged together to make a firm, flat piece of felt with the colourful mushroom image.
September 19, 2025 at 12:44 PM
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This little charm pin holds a #needlefelted mushroom heart and beaded bits with a dragonfly, gnome, and deer. I’ve had a bunch of kilt pins in my supplies for a while, meaning to give this a try.

#charmpins #needlefelt #needlefelting #feltart #art
Kilt pin with five charms hanging from it: needle felted heart with a red spotted mushroom, dragonfly bead, metal gnome, assorted beads, and metal deer.
September 6, 2025 at 11:52 PM
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Finished my #painting project! Hurray! I’m really happy with how it turned out. Thanks everyone for your encouragement along the way ♥️

#upcycling #art #artist #paint #frontporchart
Three painted cans hanging vertically on a string of beads and bells on a front porch Six painted cans hanging vertically on two strings of beads and bells Six painted cans hanging vertically on two strings of beads and bells
September 4, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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Finished all six cans! Now to assemble them into two beaded strings for hanging. I did rabbit silhouettes for the last one because I was running out of detail energy and wanted to finish today 😄

#paint #painting #art #artist #upcycling
Can painted with a deer and grasses Can painted with two rabbit silhouettes in front of a big full moon Susan smiling with all six painted cans: blue jay, toadstools, bee, deer, rabbits, and chickadee
September 2, 2025 at 11:16 PM
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4 of 6 cans complete…The blue jay was tough. First time I’ve tried painting, drawing, or felting one!

#paint #painting #art #artist #upcycling
Can painted with a bee, flowers, and leaves. Turquoise to lavender background. Can painted with blue jay and evergreen branches Four cans painted with blue jay, toadstools, bee, and chickadee Four cans of rainbow colours with stenciled patterns
September 2, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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2 of 6 pieces complete in my painting project! At first, I imagined something that would take a couple of days with simple patterns and designs. Then, this little bird came along, and it turns out I’m in for a more detailed experience. Going with the inspiration! #art #artist #painting #upcycling
Can painted with a large and small amanita muscaria pair Two painted cans, one with a pair of amanita muscaria and one with a chickadee
September 1, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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Working on a painting project with recycled cans…they’re going to become two vertically hanging strings of cans, beads, and bells. I’m loving playing with colours 🥰

#art #artist #paint #painting #upcycling #colour
Swirling copper metallic paint and water as I rinse my brush Paint smeared across a white background - yellow, green, red, orange, pink, turquoise Cans painted with blended rainbow colours. Copper metallic paint on tops and rims. Hand holding a can painted red to orange with a chickadee and some blue background.
August 29, 2025 at 11:30 PM
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Henry in the window with curtains 😻

#caturday #catsofbluesky #gingercats
Dilute ginger cat on window sill, pawing lace curtains aside Dilute ginger cat on window sill, peeking out from lace curtains and rubbing his face on the window frame Dilute ginger cat on window sill, peeking out from lace curtains and rubbing his head on the window frame
August 16, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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Another #needlefelted magical critter has joined the herd. They carry powerful love magic in their pouch!

#needlefelting #felting #woolfelting #feltart #feltsculpture #art #artist
Needle-felted pink and yellow creature with pink ears, a light yellow and pink beard and head tuft, large haunches, and a tummy pouch holding a yellow heart with copper stitching. Three needle felted creatures: the pink and yellow one from the previous photo, with striped and tufted tail visible, along with a smaller blue and purple creature and a similar height yellow and orange creature with a long horn.
August 14, 2025 at 2:40 AM
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Bathing blue jay 🛀

#bluejay #birdsofbluesky #summerdays
August 2, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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Enjoying Michiko Aoyama’s book so much that I #needlefelted my imagining of the free gifts made & given out by the insightful reference librarian therein! Looking forward to offering a combined #felting class & book chat at our local library this fall!

#whatyouarelookingforisinthelibrary #feltart
Michiko Aoyama’s “What you are looking for is in the library” on an orange and burgundy patterned cloth, surrounded by five needle felted objects: airplane, globe, cat, frying pan (holding a castella), and crab.
August 1, 2025 at 11:50 PM
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A #needlefelted critter nestled among my scraps of wool roving.

When I showed this one to my partner, he said, “Oh my! I didn’t know there would be cake!” Seems a very likely thing for this little fellow to exclaim.

#needlefelting #needlefelt #woolfelting #feltart #feltartist #art #artist
Needle felted creature in orange and yellow tones. Tufty ears and striped horn. Green eyes with a surprised looking expression.
July 31, 2025 at 1:35 AM
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This critter took shape last night. I love their little tufty bits.

#needlefelting #needlefelt #needlefelted #woolfelting #feltart #feltartist #art
Needle felted creature in turquoise and violet with blue eyes, black nose, pointed ears with pink inside, and violet tufty beard, hair, and tail.
July 30, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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Making a bed with a cat 🐈‍⬛

#cats #catsofbluesky #calicocats #cosycats
Double bed with multicoloured floral duvet and pillows. Red blanket at the end of the bed with a lump under it. Little calico cat face peering out from under red blanket on bed.
July 19, 2025 at 1:02 AM
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Felted heart string complete! I’ve made many hearts, but never a string to keep. I love this one for our front door ♥️

#needlefelting #feltart #art #feltartist #artist
A string of multi coloured and sized needle felted hearts on a stainless steel table top Entry way of 1870’s house with string of hearts on the inside of the door.
July 15, 2025 at 11:55 PM
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Making friends with my new art room. Easing in with some needle felted hearts (and Henry‘s good company).

#newhome #art #artist #creativeprocess #needlefelting #woolfelting #cats #catsofbluesky
Stainless steel covered table in front of a window with dilute ginger cat sitting on window sill. On the table, there’s a lamp, green and purple wool roving, a green cutting mat, a wool felting pad, heart shaped cookie cutters, felting needles, felted hearts, an empty water glass, and a wooden box with a heart shape on top.
June 30, 2025 at 3:27 AM
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Here’s the firefly in action. They look like very unassuming little bugs…until they LIGHT UP THEIR BODIES! Amazing.

#firefly #insectsofbluesky #bugs #summerevenings
June 29, 2025 at 1:31 AM
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I met a firefly up close tonight and it was a pretty big deal.

#firefly #insectsofbluesky #bugs
Glowing firefly on porch rail
June 29, 2025 at 1:27 AM
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Move and unpacking complete. Art room set up. Now it’s time to make some art…ready for a gentle renaissance ♥️
#art #artist #artistsofbluesky #woolfelting #felting #feltart
Part of Susan’s art room: window, table, rolling cart, desk, filing cabinet…and lots of multicoloured wool roving in pockets on the walls.
June 28, 2025 at 2:43 PM