Rug Of The Day
Carletta Hayah’s Talking Blanket
“Wow, do I ever wish this weaving could talk!” When I’m analyzing a rug, there are so many times that I’ve said that to myself or to whoever was in earshot. Well, in May I found one that could talk. OK, it might be more appropriate to say that it had a good interpreter. It…
Read MoreCheryl Yazzie’s Pictorial Weaving: A Clear Signature in Wool
Tempe, AZ There are certain weavers who have a way of formatting their work that makes it instantly recognizable but never repetitive. It’s really kind of a signature. Cheryl Yazzie’s pictorial weaving, for instance, is like a window that she opens to let us see into her view of the Navajo world and…
Read MoreMore Woven Thoughts: Antique Navajo Weaving
Tempe, AZ I couldn’t take you to the River Trading Post, so I thought that I should share the other pictures that I took there when I visited on Tuesday. The Ye’i Bi Chei rug that I showed yesterday is a showstopper, but the other rugs in the collection are each remarkable in their…
Read MoreWhat Would The Weaver Think: Antique Navajo Weaving as Fine Art
Tempe, AZ One day about 100 years ago, a Navajo weaver near Shiprock, New Mexico spent the better part of a year weaving the rug that you see above. It’s woven with Navajo Churro yarn and the quality of the weaving and the design symmetry tell us that the weaver must have been a highly…
Read MoreBessie Littleben: Using All The Crayons In The Box
Tempe, AZ One of my Facebook friends posted what you might call a “message picture” yesterday and it said “Life is about using the whole box of crayons”. I immediately thought of Bessie Littleben’s weaving. Bessie’s using the all the crayons in a lot more ways than one, which of course is the point of…
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