Posts by Mary Walker
Rug of the Day: Two-Sided Burntwater by Lola Cody
Tempe, AZ Lola Cody is noted for her weaving in general, but is particularly famous for her work with weft-faced double weave, which when combined with other Navajo techniques produces a weaving with two sides. In a conventional Navajo weaving, there are two paths or “sheds” for the weft threads to follow. A two-sided piece…
Read MoreRug of the Day: A Trip to Red Mesa in a Chrysler Touring Car
Tempe, AZ In 2008, I had the chance to spend a couple of days at the Los Poblanos Inn and Cultural Center in Albuquerque. The property is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and began its history as the home of the Simms family, who helped found the Creamland Dairy business. The…
Read MoreRug of the Day: The Zoned Diamonds of Verna Smith
Tempe, AZ Verna Smith’s meticulous blending of color and masterful weaving technique would be striking even without her eye-catching use of zones of contrasting design. With her design sense, her weaving is recognizable as soon as you see it. In the piece above, photographed last year at Richardson’s Trading Post in Gallup, New Mexico, using…
Read MoreRug of the Day: Happy Easter with the Window Rock Wave
Tempe, AZ We’re going back into the picture library nearly six years today to look at a student weaving that just made me think of Easter when I was picking out the picture for today. Above, you see a piece by student Jean Walbridge as she was weaving it. She had arrived in class with…
Read MoreRug 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…
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