Allyn Cantor,
continued from Page 6
while to see if it feels
right.”
Cantor still uses the
same machine she used
in high school to make
clothing. It’s an older
model, but she knows
how to adjust the nee-
dles and threads just
so to create the types
of stitches she wants
to see in the piece. The
result is usually more
subtle and natural than
the orderly stitches of a
quilt or T-shirt.
She also occasion-
ally uses scraps from
the fabrics she used to
make clothing from,
though she no longer
sews her own apparel.
“That is something
from the past,” she said.
“But that’s kind of what
started it all. I was look-
ing at all this fabric
and saving my canvas
scraps, and suddenly it
all came together.”
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Kyla Sjogren, continued from Page 6
and a gift shop full of information on
local history, culture and nature. Cos-
tumed presenters share what life was
like for Lewis and Clark and their
crew at the fort during the rainy win-
ter of 1805 to 1806.
Volunteer Doug Packard plays
the role of typical soldier, costumed
in what would have been worn at
the start of the discovery mission: a
linen shirt with puff y sleeves, vest
with buttons and pants. He acknowl-
edges that later into the journey this
clothing would more likely be torn,
and falling apart. The corps would
spend hours hunting elk and tanning
hides to make replacement buckskin
clothes and moccasins.
Park Ranger Susan Rhoads dons
a faceshield to welcome visitors to
the park. She loves her job as a park
ranger for the variety of activities
she gets to participate in, be it giv-
ing interpretative kayaking tours or
answering questions about the fort.
The Geisler family from the
Seattle area came to the park to get
another stamp for their National
Parks Passport book. The couple’s
son, Elliott, says he really likes get-
ting a new stamp for each park they
can be grown then spun into a fi brous
yarn. Occasionally, she grows a crop
of plants for fi bers. She also forages
for ingredients she can use in her dyes,
like the red elderberry, which can be
mixed to create a special shade of
green.
“It makes me feel like I’m living
the life I’m supposed to be living. I’m
in harmony with my surroundings,”
she said.
Sjogren plans to exhibit fi ve pieces
in the Cannon Beach textile show that
represent her work in the last three
years. Two pieces feature a new tech-
nique she uses to create a “sculptural”
tapestry that combines perpendicular
and horizontal tapestries.
Most of her work is inspired by
nature, whether that be horizons, tide-
lines or landscapes.
Sjogren settled on the Oregon Coast
several years ago. She said her home
in Wheeler inspires her art every day,
and she doesn’t foresee that changing
anytime soon.
“I just feel very lucky to be here
and making work and being contin-
ually inspired,” she said. “I’ve never
been to a place in my life that has just
made me want to stay (until now).”
The Geisler family with their National Parks Passport book and junior ranger
booklets.
visit. Junior ranger booklets are avail-
able at the center for young peo-
ple to take with them while walking
through the park. “We love collect-
ing the junior ranger badges,” said
Elliot’s sister, Evelyne.
The Geilsers and many others
gathered by the fort to listen to Matt
Hensley’s presentation about tribula-
tions of the epic journey and demon-
strate the air rifl e used by Capt. Meri-
wether Lewis.
Hensley is an eighth grade teacher
and has been a seasonal park ranger
for 28 years. In addition to giving
scheduled talks and demonstrations,
he answers visitors’ questions and
shares his wealth of expedition sto-
ries in a vivid style all while dressed
in buckskin and old linen like the
characters he describes.
There’s something special about
visiting Fort Clatsop and hiking along
a river path or into a forest where the
native Clatsop tribes and the Corps
of Discovery may well have also
walked.
“It’s such an appealing story,”
Hensley said. “It was wildly success-
ful. They overcame all the obstacles.
They were pushed to their physical
limits.”
JOHN CRAIGIE
Friday, September 3, 2021, 7:30 pm
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