Rug Of The Day
Rug 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…
Read MoreRug of the Day: Burnham Pictorial by Ursula Begay
Tempe, AZ Today’s entry is more a tapestry grade weaving than a rug. The weaver, Ursula Begay is still in her twenties and her 60 plus weft count weaving’s theme could be described as “Love: Navajo Style”. Young love is beginning between the couples at the right and left of the design and seems to…
Read MoreRug of the Day: Room Sized Klagetoh Red by Louise M. Cly
Tempe, AZ Because of the economics of large rugs woven in parts of the world with low wages, very few large Navajo rugs are woven today. This 8’x12′ rug was one of those consigned to the Friends of Hubbell Native American Arts Auction last September and carried an asking price of $19,000, which it did…
Read MoreRug of the Day: Esther Etcitty Two Gray Hills Pictorial
Tempe, AZ I’m starting a feature that’s imaginatively called The Rug of the Day. In teaching the online classes and doing this site for 15 years, I’ve found that people like to see pictures of the rugs. Through the miracle of digital photography and a two terabyte hard drive, I now have a catalog of…
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