Posts Tagged ‘Old Territorial Shop’
Navajo Blankets from the Late Classic Period: Old Territorial Shop
Navajo Blankets from the Late Classic Period Old Territorial Indian Arts Gallery 03/04/10 – 03/06/10 Meet Tyrone Campbell, author and noted textile authority, who will be bringing a collection of fine historic Navajo, Pueblo and Rio Grande weavings for sale. Learn the colorful history of weaving in the southwest! Curious about your textile? Free casual…
Read MoreA Germantown Contemporary: The Navajo Wedge Weave
Tempe, AZ During the 1870’s, Navajo weavers developed a new way of achieving the lightning bolt designs of their famous eye dazzlers. Called a wedge weave, the technique involves weaving diagonal stripes which distort the vertical orientation of the warp threads, creating a scalloped edge. My friends Liz Munk, who uses wedge weave quite a…
Read MoreThe Brilliance of the Navajo Germantowns
Tempe, AZ The Germantown period, which lasted from 1864 until about 1915, represents one of the most vibrantly creative eras in the history of Navajo weaving. The very existence of these textiles is a testimony to the perseverance and will to survive of the Navajo people. Although commercial yarns had been available to the Navajos…
Read MoreWeaving Appreciation Walk in Scottsdale
Why do we seem to ignore the resources that are close to home? Well, I’m busy and I have a business to run plus um, ah aren’t most of the Native American galleries in Scottsdale dealing mostly in jewelry? I was shaken out of my ignorance last year while I was helping a friend try…
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