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Wednesday, July 5, 2017 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon 33 Sisters celebrates the fiber arts By Jim Cornelius News Editor “Gahndi recommended that everybody spin for an hour a day,” Teresa Simons said as her feet rhythmically worked a treadle on a small spinning wheel set up in MacKenzie Creek Mercantile on Sunday. “Not just for wool production, but for meditation.” Simons, who hails from Mountain Shadow Ranch in Cottage Grove, was spinning wool from a Cotswold Sheep. Simply watching the pro- cess had a calming effect on spectators. “It’s relaxing, she said. “You can fall asleep doing it. I’m serious. I have.” Simons dyes some of her wool and leaves some of it natural. She used to raise sheep, but as they succumbed to old age, she let that end of her work go so that she would be free to travel. And this weekend she traveled to Sisters at the invitation of the Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show, which was launching Quilt Week in Sisters with the annual Fiber Arts Stroll. The stroll features a wide range of artists and media, 170 W. Cascade Ave., Sisters (In Barclay Square, behind BJ’s Ice Cream) Offi ces also located in Bend and Redmond To view all our listings go to: central-oregon.kw.com 16179 S. Foothill Loop, p, Sisters • $1,287,000 • 3-bedroom, 4-bath, 4,255 sq. ft. home • Built in 2000 • 4-plus-acre lot • His/hers offi ce • Huge barn • Greatroom with stone fi replace • Fully fenced • #201705060 PHOTO BY JIM CORNELIUS Teresa Simons spins wool into yarn at MacKenzie Creek Mercantile dur- ing the Sisters Fiber Arts Stroll on Sunday. all associated in one way or extremely lightweight (two another with the endless vari- to four ounces) garment that ety of crafts that can be asso- is exceptionally warm — and ciated with fiber arts — from colorful. knitting to felting. Peery uses a variety of dif- Sarah Peery, originally ferent types of wool, which from Hong Kong and now a she dyes herself. resident of Bend, held forth Peery has pursued a vari- at a table on Cascade Avenue ety of fiber arts, starting with where she demonstrated her crotchet. felting work. “I find that every craft Her silk garments are her is cross-training,” she said. canvas, where she creates “They all intersect with each using a process called nuno other. My paint is my wool.” felting, from the Japanese Peery also creates very word meaning cloth. The popular blocks of felted soap. t e c h n i q u e b o n d s w o o l She uses them to experiment fiber and silk, creating an with colors (she calls it doo- dling) and they provide a beautiful decorative item for a bathroom. Her philosophy might serve as a manifesto for any artist: “I’m always experi- menting,” she said. “You’re never going to reach the final destination. 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