The glass work Fish Trap, featured in the exhibition, Sharing Honors and Burdens, is based on a piece of fishing equipment used by many Native communities.  While on a visit to the Salish Kootenai Community Center nearly twenty years ago, Feddersen noticed a willow fish trap on the wall. This fish trap was constructed in a slender, conical shape with one end having a radiating circle, or “mouth,” meant to draw the fish inside. The other end is narrow and bound, preventing the fish from escaping. In constructing his glass Fish Trap, Feddersen embellished it with multicolored glass rods, except for the circular opening, which he adorned with blue glass to draw the viewer in. When hanging from the ceiling, the glass fish trap appears to be floating in suspended animation. While based on an ancient basket form and fishing equipment, Feddersen’s Fish Trap celebrates the union between art and technology. 

— Katie Hondorf, Smithsonian American Art Museum