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Posts Tagged ‘Navajo rug’

Florence Riggs’ Pictorial Sold and Happy Birthday to Florence!

November 4, 2013 | 1

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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Back to the Heard: Spinning and Design Lessons with Martha and Marilou Schultz

March 19, 2012

 Phoenix, AZ    I thought that we were doing pretty well in getting you a visit with all of the weavers that I saw at the Heard and then I had to rebuild the hard drive on my laptop.   Fortunately, I had backups but it took awhile to get everything back to normal.  I’m…

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Rug of the Day: Mae Clark and Her Weaving Life Story

December 4, 2011

Tempe, AZ  Sometimes I see a weaving that just stays with me.  The rug above, by Mae Clark of the New Lands area, near Sanders, Arizona has been an inspiration to me ever since I first saw it in 2005.  Mae is a true artist, carefully composing her work, always pushing her design skills and…

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Rug of the Day: A New Storm by Marlowe Katoney

July 30, 2011 | 3

Prescott, AZ  I love my job.  I get to help people care for their Navajo textiles.  I get to coordinate classes so that people can learn to weave the Navajo way.  I get to meet weavers.  Last Saturday, I met an exciting young weaver at the Smoki Museum rug auction and I’d like you to…

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Rug of the Day: Spring Pictorial by Sarah Tso

May 27, 2011 | 3

Tempe, AZ If you’re around  Diné Bikeyah, the Navajo homeland,  in the Spring of the year, you’re sure to see young animals and scenes aren’t too different from the one captured in this woven tribute to the Navajo lifeway by weaver Sarah Tso.  Sarah has been weaving for the collectors market since about 1980 and…

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