Florence Riggs’ Pictorial Sold and Happy Birthday to Florence!

Florence Riggs brought her hogan interior weaving to the Gathering of Weavers at the Heard Museum. It’s woven from Brown Sheep’s finer weight yarn and is set at 10 warps per inch. There are over 50 rows in each inch!  Florence’s weaving didn’t find a buyer at the Heard, so its still for sale directly…

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A Gathering of Weavers: Gerard Begay

Gerard Begay started weaving about six months ago and brought an astonishing five rugs to the Gathering of Weavers.  

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Send in the Clones Part II: The Pueblo Grande Museum Navajo Rug Auction and Gathering of Weavers

If you read yesterday’s article, you understand why I’m going to the Gathering of Weavers: Navajo Weavers Marketplace at the Heard Museum on November 2.  Today, I’m going to extol the virtues of the Pueblo Grand Annual Navajo Rug Auction and then you’ll understand why I can’t pass that event up either.   What’s the…

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Rug of the Day: Two-Sided Burntwater by Lola Cody

Tempe, AZ Lola Cody is noted for her weaving in general, but is particularly famous for her work with weft-faced double weave, which when combined with other Navajo techniques produces a weaving with two sides.   In a conventional Navajo weaving, there are two paths or “sheds” for the weft threads to follow.  A two-sided piece…

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2011 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…

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