It’s All About the Rugs
Weaving in Beauty Spring Class: Exhibit Openings and Visitors
Window Rock, AZ Lula and Herman Brown came by this morning to show us one of the small looms that they use to produce the Navajo miniatures that they’re famous for. The small Tree of Life rug on the loom has an astounding 60 birds. Lula also brought some of her newly finished rugs to…
Read MoreSpring Weaving in Beauty Class: Natural Dyes the Navajo Way
Window Rock, AZ Today, we spent the morning with Rose Dedman. Rose’s late mother was a proficient Navajo dye artist and Rose is carrying on her traditional dyeing methods. We went to the Defiance Plateau and picked fragrant spring sage, ground lichen, and rabbitbrush. Rose had been saving Navajo tea and black walnuts, giving us…
Read MoreSpring Weaving in Beauty Class: Trading Posts of Gallup
Window Rock, Arizona We continued weaving today, and tonight several students were approaching the halfway point in their work. The picture above shows three of the students earlier in the day. We made a switch in our itinerary due to the winds in the area today. We’ll be doing natural dyes with Rose Dedman in…
Read MoreWeaving In Beauty Spring Weaving Class Begins
Window Rock, AZ Our spring weaving class and tour is off to a great start. We went to the Crownpoint Rug Auction on the first evening and we spend the next day at the Friends of Hubbell Native American Arts auction in Ganado. We came back to Window Rock with several rugs (including the…
Read MoreNavajo Weaving Boot Camp at Bear Lake, Utah
Learn the basics of weaving in the Navajo way or gain more experience with master weaver Jennie Slick and her assistant, Mary Walker This three day boot camp workshop is taught in a beautiful setting at the Utah State University Training facility on the shores of Bear Lake, near the borders of Utah…
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