About Suzan Haeni

	IN 1999, SUZAN BROUGHT BACK SOME BEAUTIFUL VINTAGE KIMONO FABRICS FROM JAPAN. SHE DECIDED TO DESIGN AN OBI TO WEAR FOR NEW YEAR'S EVE 2000.



		ONE OBI LED TO ANOTHER AND SOON THERE WERE COMMISSIONS AND "OBIWORKS" WAS BORN.




Jozie the Black Lab loves to wear an Obi too!

SUZAN A. HAENI is a Long Island Artist and is accomplished in printmaking,
painting, fiber arts, silk wall hangings and Textile/Surface Design. She has owned
Studio Two Fifty One for many years and has created and produced many textile and
wall covering designs for leaders in the home furnishing industry as well as many
museums and historical sites. She taught at the Fashion Institute of Technology in the
Textile/Surface Department for many years. Suzan has also created a family of hand
puppets for classrooms, theater, literacy programs
and play therapy.