Posts Tagged ‘Bruce Burnham’
Rug 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 MoreCrownpoint Rug Auction, End of Class, Traders Gathering and Welcome Back to Bill Malone
Window Rock, AZ We concluded our October class with a trip to the Crownpoint Rug Auction, about 70 miles east of here. The auction is held each month at the Crownpoint Elementary School and is in it’s 41st year. Last night, approximately 120 bidders vied for about 170 rugs. There were some no sales, and…
Read MoreGallup, Toadlena and Class Conclusion
Tempe, AZ Since I’m getting ready to head back to Window Rock for another class, I wanted to get you caught up on the conclusion of our August classes. I’ll start with the week-long class that ran from August 1st through the 8th. On Thursday, we decided to head into Gallup for some shopping and…
Read MoreListen to a story…
Everyone says that you shouldn’t send people straight to other websites, but I think that you’ll really enjoy listening to Bruce Burnham tell you a short (1 minute and 13 seconds) story about the development of the Storm Pattern rug. I do the Burnham’s web site and this discussion got started when Bruce said the…
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