Posts Tagged ‘Lola Cody’
Visiting with Lola Cody and Michael Ornelas: Heard Museum Guild Indian Market Chapter 2
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…
Read MoreRug 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…
Read More2009 Gathering of Weavers Continued
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…
Read MoreArizona State Museum Southwest Indian Art Fair
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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