Crownpoint 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…

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Weaving 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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Jennie Slick, Mark Winter Featured in New York Times Travel Article

The travel section of today’s New York Times has an article by Keith Mulvihill which features travel on the Navajo Nation and focuses on weaving, the Crownpoint Rug Auction and interviews with master weaver and Weaving in Beauty instructor Jennie Slick and the Toadlena Trading Post’s Mark Winter.  Keith even tried his hand at  weaving,…

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