{"id":150,"date":"2023-11-03T14:37:40","date_gmt":"2023-11-03T18:37:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/teshmiarts.com\/?p=150"},"modified":"2023-11-03T22:00:24","modified_gmt":"2023-11-04T02:00:24","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/teshmiarts.com\/index.php\/2023\/11\/03\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Welcome to Teshmi Eclectic Fiber Arts in the beautiful north Georgia mountains!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’m Sheila, and I play with raw fibers and fleece to design one of a kind creations.  Eclectic says the most about my approach to design work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My adventure started as a child when all critters were my friends, much to the dismay of my family.  My mother insisted that I learn to sew, so by the time I was ten years old, I could make my own clothes.  However, the outdoors continued to call to me.  So many bugs and lizards and cats and dogs!  I started drawing each of my animal friends.  Maybe, I could be an artist? Reality set in, and I became a microbiologist, but the animal lover and artist was still there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After our sons grew up and left home, my husband and I bought a farm and bred Suri alpacas.  We added peacocks, chickens, rheas, ducks, geese, cows and pigs. That little girl who still dreamed of critters was in heaven.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alpacas are fiber animals that produce luxury fleece. After a few years, we had not sold all of our fiber, so then a question: What do we do with all of this fleece?  The answer was found at our first major fiber event.  Weaving!  It appealed to my call to order, so I bought a 72\u201d Cranbrook Countermarche loom.  Go BIG or go home!  Next came two more looms and three spinning wheels.  Spinning is such meditative joy.  Then I learned to felt, and my creativity soared.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My weaving tends to the whimsical and less patterned.  Spinning feeds my weaving and felting addiction with wild created batts.  Felting is more physical and opens a wide world of dimension.  I love wearable art and slow stitch, but especially, the blending of art forms.  There is something magic about taking a whimsy cloth off a loom and approaching a mannequin to create a new piece to wear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So the little girl found a way to join her love of animals and art.  I hope you enjoy my designs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Welcome to Teshmi Eclectic Fiber Arts in the beautiful north Georgia mountains! I’m Sheila, and I play with raw fibers and fleece to design one of a kind creations.  Eclectic says the most about my approach to design work. My adventure started as a child when all critters were my friends, much to the dismay of … <\/p>\n

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