Archive for 2008
A Weaving Completed, A Weaving Begun
One of the participants in our seminar completed her first rug today. Barbara Spelman is an accomplished fiber artist and a partner in Crone Craft Studios in Tucson, Arizona, which makes her a busy person. Once a year, Barbara comes to Window Rock to study Navajo techniques and has applied many of them to her…
Read MoreA Grandmother’s Visit
Late this evening as we were finishing a discussion of the Teec Nos Pos rug style, our class was honored with a visit by 98 year old weaver Helen Yazzie and her granddaughter Lynelle Begay who happened to be having dinner at the Diné Restaurant next to the meeting room we are using for class. …
Read MoreAdvanced Weaving Seminar Visits and Projects
This was day two of our weaving seminar in Window Rock and we were pleased to have a visit with Morris Muskett who is an accomplished weaver and silversmith as well as a civil engineer with the New Mexico Department of Transportation. (Full disclosure: I also do Morris’s web site). Morris’s work encompasses an incredible…
Read MoreAdvanced Weaving Seminar-Gallup Inter-tribal Ceremonial
Today was the first day of the advanced weaving seminar that I’m coordinating for my best friend, master weaver Jennie Slick. We’re using a meeting room at the Quality Inn in Window Rock and everyone is off to a great start with the their projects. The idea behind the class is provide participants with concentrated…
Read MoreJennie Slick’s Weaving a Winner at Inter-tribal Ceremonial
I’ve just learned from a reliable source (the owner of the rug) that Jennie Slick’s Third Phase Chief Blanket weaving has won a second prize ribbon at the 87th Inter-tribal Ceremonial currently underway in Gallup, NM. I’ll be attending the Ceremonial this weekend, so I hope to have more reports on the weavers and weavings…
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