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Archive for December 2010

Weaving in Beauty Local Class in Window Rock

December 13, 2010

Where: Quality Inn Navajo Nation Capital, Window Rock AZ When: Second Thursday of every month, 6 PM to 9 PM Cost: $15 for first class, $10 for subsequent classes Looms, wool and tools available for purchase. Everyone is welcome. Contact Mary Walker to register.  We cannot guarantee you a loom or a seat if you…

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Crownpoint, December 2010

December 13, 2010

Crownpoint, NM This month’s Crownpoint Rug Auction was well attended by buyers and weavers.  While not all of the rugs were sold, an estimated 75% of them did.  The Spider Rock Girls had a booth in the crowded hallway outside the auction and reported that they sold everything that they brought, but most went for…

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It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Keshmish (Christmas)

December 9, 2010 | 2

Window Rock, AZ It’s our last local class in Window Rock for 2010.  One of our students is working on the last half inch of her rug and should be done by the time we quit at 9.  Our next class will be on Thursday, January 13th, 2011 at the Quality Inn in Window Rock. …

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Directly from the Weaver: Dazzling Birds by Caroline Dick

December 6, 2010

Tempe, AZ Joe Newman, who sent us the information on Alice Thompson’s weavings last week, has also sent us a beautiful image of the work of another weaver who is now selling her work directly to collectors.  Above, you can see Caroline Dick, who lives in the Tuba City area of Arizona,  with one of…

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Directly from the Weaver: Rugs by Alice Van Winkle Thompson

December 2, 2010

Tempe, AZ One of the great challenges in the marketing of Navajo textiles is finding exposure for them in the broad market for fine crafts.  The Navajo Nation is about the size of West Virginia, which means that it is larger than nine of the fifty states, but there are fewer than 20 places that…

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Weaving in Beauty is dedicated to expanding the appreciation and knowledge of the textiles of what is now the southwestern United States. We offer cleaning, repair and appraisal of flatwoven textiles and we coordinate classes in fiber techniques to help others learn.

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