Posts Tagged ‘Toadlena Trading Post’
A Round Sandpainting Rug by Marie H. Yazzie and An Encounter with Hastiin Klah
Tempe, AZ I always spend longer than I plan to in the Toadlena/Two Grey Hills area and I came across the picture above when I was scouting out the Evelyn George picture in the previous entry. To weave a round rug using Navajo techniques is to be initiated into some closely guarded secrets for both…
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…
Read MoreRug of the Day: Esther Etcitty Two Gray Hills Pictorial
Tempe, AZ I’m starting a feature that’s imaginatively called The Rug of the Day. In teaching the online classes and doing this site for 15 years, I’ve found that people like to see pictures of the rugs. Through the miracle of digital photography and a two terabyte hard drive, I now have a catalog of…
Read MoreToadlena/Two Grey Hills Tradition Comes to Scottsdale (plus Wedding Announcement)
Scottsdale, AZ The century old Toadlena Trading Post is located about 20 miles west of U.S. 491 in the Four Corners area of New Mexico, far enough off the beaten path to be a place that’s not often visited even when snow and cold aren’t a factor. That makes winter a good time of year…
Read MoreThe Natural Color Palette at Toadlena and Two Grey Hills
Window Rock, AZ Today we went to the Two Grey Hills area, about 70 miles northeast of Window Rock. We took a spectacularly beautiful route along Indian Route 12 and crossed Narbona Pass on New Mexico route 134, stopping to visit the abandoned Crystal Trading Post, where J.B. Moore helped to extend the market for…
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