Weavers and Their Stories
Happy Birthday, Roy Kady!
Teec Nos Pos, AZ Master weaver Roy Kady is celebrating his birthday today. Although it’s a little late in the day, I wanted to wish him a happy day and a great year to come. As you can see above, Roy is a fantastic weaver. He also maintains a large flock of Navajo-Churro sheep and…
Read More2011 Heard Museum Indian Market, A Walk in the Sunshine: Part I
Click on any picture for a closer view Phoenix, AZ The Phoenix Chamber of Commerce cranked up some of the best weather in memory for the 52nd Heard Museum Indian Market, which concluded yesterday. It was warm, but not too warm, there were breezes but it was not windy and it was blessedly free of…
Read MoreHappy Birthday Sue Dalton!
Tempe, AZ Back in the days when Weaving in Beauty was just starting, Sue Dalton contacted me about taking a class in Navajo techniques. She ended up coming out to Arizona for several classes and put up with me taking her pretty much all over the Navajo Nation. As we were driving through the muddy…
Read MoreDirectly from the Weaver: Dazzling Birds by Caroline Dick
Tempe, AZ Joe Newman, who sent us the information on Alice Thompson’s weavings last week, has also sent us a beautiful image of the work of another weaver who is now selling her work directly to collectors. Above, you can see Caroline Dick, who lives in the Tuba City area of Arizona, with one of…
Read MoreDirectly from the Weaver: Rugs by Alice Van Winkle Thompson
Tempe, AZ One of the great challenges in the marketing of Navajo textiles is finding exposure for them in the broad market for fine crafts. The Navajo Nation is about the size of West Virginia, which means that it is larger than nine of the fifty states, but there are fewer than 20 places that…
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