Workshops
Learning to Weave in Window Rock: Stripes are Good
Tempe, AZ One of the things that people come to terms with when they’re learning to weave Navajo style is something that I learned from Pearl Sunrise at a class I took a long time ago (shortly after the Monster-Slayer Twins rid the Fourth World of nasty creatures). With great authority and wisdom, Pearl said…
Read MoreWeaving in Beauty October 2009: Starting to Weave
Tempe, AZ Navajo visitors to our classroom often ask the students if they have done their own warps and are surprised to learn that they have. If our class were running in the traditional Navajo way of teaching weaving, Jennie and I would have done the warps before the class started we would have begun…
Read MoreAbout Ten Days Ago in Gallup
Tempe, AZ We’re all home now, so I’ll catch you up on some pictures that I took of our students during our latest class. Although I do an entry on our general activities during the class, I wait until after the session is over to post pictures of the students. Day one of the class…
Read MoreThe Autumn Dyepot
Window Rock, AZ We took advantage a break in the windy weather of the last few days to do some natural dye work with Rose Dedman. Tomorrow will be the last full day of class and we were in the classroom just a little late tonight, so this will be brief. Below is a picture…
Read MoreWeaving in Beauty October Class: A Field Trip to R.B. Burnham and Company
Window Rock, AZ After a quiet morning of weaving with instructor Jennie Slick (pictured above), we spent the afternoon at R.B. Burnham and Company Trading Post in Sanders, AZ. Burnham’s has wool that is custom-spun for Navajo weaving and all of our classes really enjoy browsing through the vegetally dyed colors that hang from ceiling…
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