FOFA – Foocus On Fiber Art @ Room, Frenchtown NJ, near Bucks County, PA

about

I’m Elena, owner and resident artist focusing on fiber art @ Room. But originally I opened as a home décor store called Room in June of 2008.  Yes, I said 2008 and I know what you’re thinking and you would be right.  Perfect timing.  But for me it was.  Starting my own business was and is a continuing journey of self exploration.  

In June of 2008, I opened and was off and running my own business.  Unfortunately, the economy didn’t cooperate.  I’ll admit I came close to throwing in the towel.  But rather than retreat, I decided to reinvent and return to my long lost love of quilt and fiber art.  While business was slow, I filled my time by setting up a small studio area in the store and let my creative juices flow.  Something clicked, within me and within my customers.  I went crazy painting and dyeing silk scarves and people went crazy over them.  I pulled out old projects half started and started all new ones.  Before the end of the year, I found myself in a textile art show in New Hope and that did it.  Something inside me was calling and I had to answer back.  Yes.

As of 2010 the final transition from home décor to a destination for fiber art began.   Fiber and textile art is very diverse.  It’s artwork and artwear.  Ranging from art quilts, felted art, sculpture, luminaries to jackets, purses, jewelry and scarves.  I’ll also have some mixed media, pottery, metal art and paintings in the mix.  Either made here by me in my studio or by local artists.  Since the focus will be on fiber art, the new name came easily:  Focus On Fiber Art @ Room (we like the nickname FOFA.)

 Sadly, Room the home décor store is no longer.  But Room is still here and so am I.  And we’re both focusing on fiber art.  You’ll find us here, tucked down the old stone path that leads back to the annex of the historic Gem building on Bridge Street.

Stop in sometime, say hello and enjoy . . .

FOFA @ ROOM  is located on bridge street in frenchtown, new jersey, on the scenic delaware river.  centrally situated, frenchtown lies just up river from new hope and lambertville, a few minutes west of flemington, south of historic clinton and just across the delaware from beautiful bucks county, pa.