Wednesday, July 5, 2017 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
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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,
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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. No such
thing.”
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PHOTO BY JIM CORNELIUS
Sarah Peery demonstrated nuno felting.
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