Posts Tagged ‘Navajo weaving’
Scottsdale Native Arts Walk: Showing Off Their Best
Hover your mouse over the pictures for a closer look Scottsdale, AZ The Scottsdale Native Arts Walk, another event in the run up to this weekend’s Heard Museum Guild Indian Market, took place last night. Galleries all over Old Town Scottsdale were open and many had invited special guests to bring their own expertise…
Read MoreNew Year, New Rug Auctions, New Rugs to Admire
Tempe, AZ I attended my first rug auction of the year last Saturday. The Friends of Hubbell teamed with R.B. Burnham Native Auctions for an event benefiting the Arizona State Museum and Friends of Hubbell and held in conjunction with the Southwest Indian Fair. The money raised will help to provide scholarship funds for Native…
Read MoreRug of the Day: Yá’át’ééh Késhmish (Merry Christmas) from Louise Bia
Tempe, AZ The art of pictorial weaving lends itself to this time of year and Louise Bia is one of the top practitioners when it comes to Christmas pictorials. Everything here is beautifully proportioned, and the twin Santa figures have their own personalities that reflect Louise’s weaving skill. This rug was woven at a…
Read MoreBetting the Groceries: Innovation in Design
Chinle, AZ Sometimes when I talk to my serious collector friends, we’ll lament that some of the best weavers are not innovators in design, that they don’t “push the envelope” or “think outside the box” or any of a number of cliched terms that say that we want to see something fresh and new…
Read MoreEvelyn George’s Rug of the Day and Mark Winter’s Magnum Opus
Tempe, AZ The Two Grey Hills design is one of the patterns that leap immediately into people’s minds when they think of Navajo weaving. The browns, beiges, blacks and grays that form the Two Grey Hills palette harmonize with many different decorating schemes and the color limitations seem to spark the creativity of…
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