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Posts Tagged ‘Lola Cody’

Visiting with Lola Cody and Michael Ornelas: Heard Museum Guild Indian Market Chapter 2

March 5, 2012

Phoenix, AZ   Walking out of the F area tent and turning left will bring us to weavers Lola and Melissa Cody and the Ornelas family (Barbara, Michael and Sierra).  Michael was the only member of the Ornelas group in the booth when I dropped by, but he had four of his 100+ weft count framed…

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

April 29, 2011

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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2009 Gathering of Weavers Continued

November 9, 2009

Phoenix, AZ Moving down the Heard Museum’s courtyard at the Gathering of Weavers last Saturday, I smelled Navajo tea and then saw D.Y. Begay with her dyepots.  Also called kota or greenthread, the Navajo tea plant is used to make a beverage as well as a dye for wool.  Depending on the type of pot…

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Arizona State Museum Southwest Indian Art Fair

February 28, 2008 | 3

Southern Arizona is blessed with glorious weather right now; the days are in the low 80’s and the nights are cool. It’s perfect weather for outdoor art markets (and spring training too, I guess). The Southwest Indian Art Fair was held last Saturday and Sunday on the grounds of the Arizona State Museum in Tucson.…

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