Posts Tagged ‘Navajo weaving’
Can Candace Fix It? Yes, She Can!
Candace is one of our continuing weaving students and had set up her third weaving, hoping to work on it during the holiday break of 2022. She wanted to challenge herself, so she selected an ambitious Eyedazzler pattern. It would demand that she pay attention to the weft position on each and every row. … Read about Candace’s persistence in fixing and finishing her project.
Read MoreThe Whole is Greater
I titled Gloria Begay’s latest weaving “The Whole is Greater.” Why? It’s a lot of different parts. It’s a Navajo-Churro wedge weave that has fine detail and natural dyes. Great parts, all of them, but the whole is greater than the sum.
Read MoreJane Hyden’s Navajo Shoe Game Pictorial Rug
A Story of Night and Day: the Navajo Shoe Game Pictorial Rug Jane Hyden’s latest Pictorial rug celebrates the very first Navajo Shoe Game or Késhjéé. This first game was played long, long ago. At that time, the night animals and the day animals did not understand the importance of the cycles of the universe…
Read MoreSend 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…
Read MoreCarletta Hayah’s Talking Blanket
“Wow, do I ever wish this weaving could talk!” When I’m analyzing a rug, there are so many times that I’ve said that to myself or to whoever was in earshot. Well, in May I found one that could talk. OK, it might be more appropriate to say that it had a good interpreter. It…
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