Posts Tagged ‘R.B. Burnham Trading’
Designing on the Edge: Exploring the Design Limits of Navajo Weaving
I really enjoy seeing weaving that pushes out the boundaries of design and helps to extend the audience of Navajo weaving. One of the weavers who does this consistently is Mae Clark of the New Lands area near Sanders, AZ. Mae’s work is seen exclusively at R.B. Burnham and Comany and I have the privilege…
Read MoreOn the Subject of Spirit Lines
I’ve got a meeting to get to tonight, so I’ll just do a brief follow up to the end of yesterday’s post on the Spiderwoman hole and its relationship to the spirit line. There’s a school of thought that runs along the line that most aspects of Navajo weaving, including the use of a spirit…
Read MoreNatural Dye Retreat Samples and Weaving Class Begins
Our Natural Dye Retreat participants left Window Rock today and we put together a look at the samples that we dyed yesterday. The retreat is a time to reflect on knowledge that is slipping away today and to appreciate the bounty of the Navajo homeland. Today was also the beginning of the first August session…
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