Archive for April 2011
Rug of the Day: A Burntwater in Progress
Tempe, AZ Earlier today, Jennie Slick and I had a nice talk and I happened to run across a picture of a rug in progress on her loom. The rug pattern is Jennie’s favorite, a Burntwater. Burntwater is an area near Jennie’s home and it’s her father’s birthplace. Burntwater got it’s distinctive name after…
Read MoreRug of the Day: Burnham Pictorial by Ursula Begay
Tempe, AZ Today’s entry is more a tapestry grade weaving than a rug. The weaver, Ursula Begay is still in her twenties and her 60 plus weft count weaving’s theme could be described as “Love: Navajo Style”. Young love is beginning between the couples at the right and left of the design and seems to…
Read MoreRug of the Day: Room Sized Klagetoh Red by Louise M. Cly
Tempe, AZ Because of the economics of large rugs woven in parts of the world with low wages, very few large Navajo rugs are woven today. This 8’x12′ rug was one of those consigned to the Friends of Hubbell Native American Arts Auction last September and carried an asking price of $19,000, which it did…
Read MoreRug of the Day: Esther Etcitty Two Gray Hills Pictorial
Tempe, AZ I’m starting a feature that’s imaginatively called The Rug of the Day. In teaching the online classes and doing this site for 15 years, I’ve found that people like to see pictures of the rugs. Through the miracle of digital photography and a two terabyte hard drive, I now have a catalog of…
Read More2011 Sarah Natani Workshops Added to Learn to Weave Listings
Tempe, AZ The listings for Sarah Natani’s 2011 weaving workshops have just been added to the Where to Learn Indigenous Techniques page. Sarah will be offering classes in Mendocino, California (June 13-17), at the Taos Wool Festival (September 26-30), at her home in Table Mesa, New Mexico (September 19-23) and at the Hill Creek Fiber…
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