Wednesday, July 6, 2016 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
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Fiber artists share their craft with Sisters
By Jim cornelius
News Editor
Sisters put on its prettiest
face on Sunday afternoon,
as strollers took advantage
of perfect summer weather
to visit some 25 sites around
town that hosted fiber artists
in the Sisters Fiber Arts Stroll
— the traditional kick-off to
Quilt Show Week in town.
The fiber art stroll is a
free, self-guided walk fea-
turing artist demonstrations
and special exhibits of tex-
tile-related arts and quilting.
Artists demonstrated their
craft and answered questions
from strollers, some of whom
got a little hands-on experi-
ence with a variety of media
ranging from weaving, felt-
ing, hand-knitting, fabric dye-
ing, basketry to quilting.
Quilt Show teacher Kathy
Doughty of Sydney, Australia,
was relaxing in the sun out-
side Sisters Coffee Company,
where Janet Storton was sell-
ing fabric in support of her
“Sisters of the Heart” project
that nurtures a textile indus-
try among the women of
Kapchorwa, Uganda.
Doughty is the fea-
tured artist at Quilt Show
Sunday at FivePine Lodge &
Conference Center.
“This is my last moment
of relaxation till next Monday
(July 11),” she said as Jeff
Omodt purchased a fistful of
fabric from Storton.
It’s no easy haul from
Sydney, Australia, to Sisters,
Oregon, but Doughty has
made the trip four times.
What keeps bringing her
back?
photo by Jim cornelius
helen Brisson’s fabric painting looks like a sketchbook page.
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“Sisters!” she said. “I love
it here. There’s not that many
places you go in the world
where the community bands
together for something like
this.”
Across the street at Paulina
Springs Books, Marieclaire
Van Dam was demonstrat-
ing the creation of handmade
bookmarks that patrons could
take home with them.
Van Dam was born and
raised in Amsterdam and had
a 20-year career as a cou-
ture fashion model for Coco
Chanel, Yves Saint Laurent
and others. At the age of 80
— and despite losing the
vision in her left eye — she
is still going strong, creating
handmade books, miniature
art, calligraphy and more.
Helen Brisson was tucked
into a comfortably shaded
spot on the back deck behind
The Paper Place, where she
demonstrated her watercolor
fabric painting.
“I basically take the
color out of the fabric and
put another back in,” she
explained.
A graphic artist by trade,
Brisson’s work tends to
reflect her skill in drawing.
In fact, one painted quilt is
cleverly designed to look like
a page in a sketchbook.
She learned painting on
fabric through a class at
Stitchin’ Post, but she quickly
decided to add water to the
paints.
“It meant more work, but
you have better control,” she
said.
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Jeff omodt bought a fistful of fabric from Janet Storton’s Sisters of the
heart.
going on is not necessarily express about their medium.
what you’ll end up with, she
Brisson also invited the
told a fascinated visitor. The public to head over to The
color can vary depending on Open Door during the quilt
how the fabric was processed. show, where she has a quilt
Ultimately, Brisson’s work that looks like a car door.
brings her the same kind
“I’m really proud of how
of challenge and satisfac- my chrome came out,” she
tion that most watercolorists said.
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