Rug of the Day: The Zoned Diamonds of Verna Smith

Tempe, AZ Verna Smith’s meticulous blending of color and masterful weaving technique would be striking even without her eye-catching use of zones of contrasting design.  With her design sense, her weaving is recognizable as soon as you see it.  In the piece above, photographed last year at Richardson’s Trading Post in Gallup, New Mexico, using…

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2011 Weaving in Beauty Calendar is Now Available

Tempe, AZ The 2011 version of the Weaving in Beauty calendar has just been added to the Publications page in the Weaving in Beauty Mercantile.  The calendar features Navajo weavers, weaving students, traders and trading posts and as many examples of the Navajo weaving art as possible.  This year’s cover features 18 year old weaver…

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