"Fiber Food is HOT," according to my fiber friend Laurie, one of 5 arty/crafty women with whom I recently completed a round robbin fiber project. Suanne Summers dreamed up the idea for a progressive dinner party and the project evolved from there. In August 2006 we each made a plate or tray of some sort and sent it along with suggestions for what we'd like served on it. This week, after 7 months, I received my lush bento box full of sushi and other goodies and practically swooned. It came complete with felted wasabi and velvet ginger...true to the Japanese custom offering different colors and textures on one plate. Collaborative art is a lot of fun. You receive a project in varying degrees of completion and must work with existing shapes, colors, and patterns; then you must add to it without duplicating or straying too far from the established theme. At the same time you get to suggest the beginnings of an idea and enjoy the gift of discovering how others transport your original creation to its final result. I loved the limits AND the freedom involved in this type of project, and will most definitely participate in something like this again.