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by Suzi Ballenger\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"soliloquy-image soliloquy-no-js-image\" src=\"https:\/\/realfibers.com\/rf\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/ss6.png\" alt=\"ss6\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"soliloquy-image soliloquy-no-js-image\" src=\"https:\/\/realfibers.com\/rf\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Ballenger_At_the_Back_of-Sunset_detail_small-1024x794-2.jpg\" alt=\"Ballenger_At_the_Back_of-Sunset_detail_small-1024&#215;794\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"soliloquy-image soliloquy-no-js-image\" src=\"https:\/\/realfibers.com\/rf\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/ss2.png\" alt=\"ss2\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"soliloquy-image soliloquy-no-js-image\" src=\"https:\/\/realfibers.com\/rf\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/ss1.png\" alt=\"ss1\" \/><\/div><\/noscript><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:84px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-center is-image-fill-element has-background\" style=\"background-color:#f3f2ec;grid-template-columns:36% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1015\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/realfibers.com\/rf\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_5275-scaled-1-1015x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"Fiber Arts by Suzi Ballenger\" class=\"wp-image-2705 size-full\" style=\"object-position:78% 68%\" srcset=\"https:\/\/realfibers.com\/rf\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_5275-scaled-1-1015x1024.jpeg 1015w, https:\/\/realfibers.com\/rf\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_5275-scaled-1-297x300.jpeg 297w, https:\/\/realfibers.com\/rf\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_5275-scaled-1-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/realfibers.com\/rf\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_5275-scaled-1-768x775.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/realfibers.com\/rf\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_5275-scaled-1-1523x1536.jpeg 1523w, https:\/\/realfibers.com\/rf\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_5275-scaled-1-2030x2048.jpeg 2030w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1015px) 100vw, 1015px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\" style=\"padding-top:2em;padding-right:2em;padding-bottom:2em;padding-left:2em\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\" style=\"line-height:1.2\">There is a delicacy from patterns in nature that I build between edges \u2013 selvedges and deckle edges. In order to communicate this, I use a language that balances between freedom and structure. Handcraft mimics the slow growth of ideas, opportunities, decisions, responsibilities, and paths of my life that abruptly end and then continue. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\" style=\"font-size:17px\"><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:62px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Portfolios<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-rounded\"><a href=\"https:\/\/realfibers.com\/rf\/disrupted-order\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"794\" src=\"https:\/\/realfibers.com\/rf\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Ballenger_At-the-Back-of-Sunset_detail-1024x794-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2809\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1;object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/realfibers.com\/rf\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Ballenger_At-the-Back-of-Sunset_detail-1024x794-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/realfibers.com\/rf\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Ballenger_At-the-Back-of-Sunset_detail-1024x794-1-300x233.jpg 300w, https:\/\/realfibers.com\/rf\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Ballenger_At-the-Back-of-Sunset_detail-1024x794-1-768x596.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:52px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Disrupted Order<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-rounded\"><a href=\"https:\/\/realfibers.com\/rf\/fragments\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"964\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/realfibers.com\/rf\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Ballenger_Fragments_1-964x1024-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2835\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1;object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/realfibers.com\/rf\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Ballenger_Fragments_1-964x1024-2.jpg 964w, https:\/\/realfibers.com\/rf\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Ballenger_Fragments_1-964x1024-2-282x300.jpg 282w, https:\/\/realfibers.com\/rf\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Ballenger_Fragments_1-964x1024-2-768x816.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 964px) 100vw, 964px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:53px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Fragments<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-rounded\"><a href=\"https:\/\/realfibers.com\/rf\/threads-of-influence\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/realfibers.com\/rf\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/cropped-Atlantic-Algae-Bloom.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2851\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1;object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/realfibers.com\/rf\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/cropped-Atlantic-Algae-Bloom.jpeg 512w, https:\/\/realfibers.com\/rf\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/cropped-Atlantic-Algae-Bloom-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/realfibers.com\/rf\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/cropped-Atlantic-Algae-Bloom-150x150.jpeg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:53px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Threads of Influence<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div style=\"height:59px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">About<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMy materials are personified as I work with them. The individual characteristics are enhanced through hand manipulation techniques and conversations between each other. The architecture of form, order\/dis-order, movement, substance, and tension are all part of this subjective dialogue. Density contrasts with transparency to create meandering, linear pathways of rhythm. Every fiber has a personality \u2013 it is up to us to listen to it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:14px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/realfibers.com\/rf\/about\/\" style=\"border-radius:21px;background-color:#ca9d4a\">More Info<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/realfibers.com\/rf\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/website-resume-092025.pdf\" style=\"border-radius:21px;background-color:#1f4661\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CV<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:26px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div 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