Can Candace Fix It? Yes, She Can!

Candace Can!

Candace is one of our continuing weaving students and had set up her third weaving, hoping to work on it during the holiday break of 2022.  She wanted to challenge herself, so she selected an ambitious Eyedazzler pattern.  It would demand that she pay attention to the weft position on each and every row.  … Read about Candace’s persistence in fixing and finishing her project.

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Heard Museum Indian Fair 2023

Heard Museum Indian Fair and Market 2023

One of the year’s highlights is the Heard Museum Fair and Indian Market.  Presenting a gallery of pictures from 2023 and looking forward to 2024.  Wonderful work, wonderful friends, wonderful time.  See you next year!

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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…

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Cheryl 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…

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More 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…

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