Special Assignment: Spider Rock Girl Graduation Pictures

Chinle, AZ Spider Rock Girl Laramie Blake will be graduating from Chinle High School on May 22nd and I was honored to be asked to take her graduation pictures.  We spent about two hours at the Spider Rock overlook at Canyon de Chelly today, taking about 125 pictures that we browsed through over dinner at…

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Canyon de Chelly: At Spider Rock with the Spider Rock Girls

Window Rock, AZ We had a wonderful day at Canyon de Chelly.  We took the half day tour and then met Spider Rock Girls Emily Malone, Alyssa Malone and Laramie Blake at the Thunderbird Lodge for lunch.  Emily brought along some of the rugs she and the other girls had just finished abd several are…

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Updates! Spider Rock Girls Back to School Sale

Tempe, AZ The Spider Rock Girls Back to School Sale was a big success, with Lavera Blake selling her large Burntwater Double Diamond rug on Ebay at the asking price and the other girls selling some smaller pieces in various patterns on Ebay and directly to clients.  Lavera passed her Certified Nursing Assistant examination and…

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Spider Rock Girls Back to School Sale

Tempe, AZ The Spider Rock Girls are raising money for their back to school expenses and auctions and sales to traders are slow for them right now.  They have two items on Ebay at the moment.   Under normal circumstances, the only way to get one of their weavings is through competitive bidding or by being…

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Weaving in Beauty Spring Class: Exhibit Openings and Visitors

Window Rock, AZ Lula and Herman Brown came by this morning to show us one of the small looms that they use to produce the Navajo miniatures that they’re famous for.  The small Tree of Life rug on the loom has an astounding 60 birds.  Lula also brought some of her newly finished rugs to…

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