Posts by Mary Walker
Spider Rock Girls Boarding School Students Weave Where It All Began
Chinle, AZ We have just returned from a wonderful and unforgettable day of weaving at Spider Rock. Emily Malone and her daughter Larissa Blake graciously opened their home at the base of Spider Rock to our students and even taught us how to make frybread and Navajo tortillas. It turns out that making a good…
Read MoreSpider Rock Girls Boarding School: Day 1
Chinle, AZ This is day one of our new class, the Spider Rock Girls Boarding School and I wanted to post a couple of pictures before I turn in for the night. We’ve gotten the looms warped and Emily Malone and her daughter Larissa Blake are getting the students busy with weaving patterns. Tomorrow, we…
Read MoreGilbert Begay Handwoven Bag Wins First Place at New Mexico State Fair
Albuquerque, NM One of Gilbert Begay’s handwoven bags, probably similar in design to the one above has taken top honors at the New Mexico State Fair. An ecstatic Gilbert posted on Facebook tonight “I won First Place on my Handwoven bag and Second Place on my Navajo Sash Belt….. Bah Hozho Shi Dine’e!!!! For those…
Read MoreA Round Sandpainting Rug by Marie H. Yazzie and An Encounter with Hastiin Klah
Tempe, AZ I always spend longer than I plan to in the Toadlena/Two Grey Hills area and I came across the picture above when I was scouting out the Evelyn George picture in the previous entry. To weave a round rug using Navajo techniques is to be initiated into some closely guarded secrets for both…
Read MoreEvelyn George’s Rug of the Day and Mark Winter’s Magnum Opus
Tempe, AZ The Two Grey Hills design is one of the patterns that leap immediately into people’s minds when they think of Navajo weaving. The browns, beiges, blacks and grays that form the Two Grey Hills palette harmonize with many different decorating schemes and the color limitations seem to spark the creativity of…
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