Posts by Mary Walker
The Best and the Brightest (Natural Dyes, That Is)
Mesa, AZ It’s April and the thermometer in the Valley of the Sun is in the 90 degree range. It’s indigo weather! Add some cochineal bugs, munjeet (a type of madder) and osage orange sawdust and you’ve got a rainbow in the making. Cochineal and indigo color some of the yarns used by Navajo…
Read MoreNew Online Class Sessions: The Teach High Touch with High Tech Adventure Continues
Tempe, AZ There are a lot of people stopping by here on a regular basis who are interested in learning to weave Navajo style. Back in December, one of the more avid students and I engaged in some conjecture about whether it would be effective to do an online class, and we came to the…
Read MoreKeeping My Resolutions: Attend The Crownpoint Rug Auction
Tempe, AZ One of my New Year’s resolutions is to attend the Crownpoint Rug Auction every month if at all possible. So far, I’ve been able to make the trip and I’ve been rewarded by the opportunity to get to know some weavers better and to make new friends. When I went to the auction…
Read MoreLearn to Weave! May Weaving in Beauty Class Has An Opening, Natural Dye Retreat Update
Tempe, AZ One of the students scheduled to attend our May 2-9 class in Window Rock has had to cancel because of a serious illness in her family, leaving us with an open seat for the class. This session is particularly good for people interested in the auction scene because it includes field trips to…
Read MoreRoy Kady to Show Work at Exhibit of Navajo Culture and Cuisine in Denver
Denver, CO Navajo master weaver Roy Kady will show his work from April 2nd -22nd in an exhibit titled Na’ashjé’ii Biką’ Biyiin (Chant of the Male Spider). Roy is co-curating the exhibit with Teresa Montoya (Diné), a graduate student in the University of Denver’s Department of Anthropology. Set within the context of Navajo weaving, Roy…
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