The Weaving News
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…
Window Rock, AZ Today, we spent the morning with Rose Dedman. Rose’s late mother was a proficient Navajo dye artist and Rose is carrying on her traditional dyeing methods. We went to the Defiance Plateau and picked fragrant spring sage, ground lichen, and rabbitbrush. Rose had been saving Navajo tea and black walnuts, giving us…
Window Rock, Arizona We continued weaving today, and tonight several students were approaching the halfway point in their work. The picture above shows three of the students earlier in the day. We made a switch in our itinerary due to the winds in the area today. We’ll be doing natural dyes with Rose Dedman in…
Window Rock, AZ Our spring weaving class and tour is off to a great start. We went to the Crownpoint Rug Auction on the first evening and we spend the next day at the Friends of Hubbell Native American Arts auction in Ganado. We came back to Window Rock with several rugs (including the…
The Navajo-Tapestry Study Group of the Telerana Weaving Guild meets of the first Saturday of every month at Mesa Community College. All weavers and those interested in the Navajo and Tapestry traditions are welcome to socialize and work on small projects. Please contact Sharie Monsam or Mary Walker for more information.
The Navajo-Tapestry Study Group of the Teleraña Weaving Guild will meet tomorrow, May 2, 2009 at Mesa Community College, room SC29 from 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM. This is a drop-in session for all experience levels, but it is not a beginner class. There is no formal program; the aim of the study group…
I’ve just added two interesting new links to the site and I hope that you’ll enjoy both of them. Weaver William Whitehair of Dinnebito, AZ has a web site link in the weaver’s section. William weaves as part of a traditional Navajo lifeway that includes raising churro sheep, cattle, goats and horses. William also acts…
Learn the basics of weaving in the Navajo way or gain more experience with master weaver Jennie Slick and her assistant, Mary Walker This three day boot camp workshop is taught in a beautiful setting at the Utah State University Training facility on the shores of Bear Lake, near the borders of Utah…
D.Y. Begay’s sisters, Berdina and Berdine are getting serious about their weaving and brought some of their work to this year’s Indian Market. Berdina’s work, seen above in the two pieces in the left of the picture has strong graphic impact and a contemporary focus. Every time I look at the pictures, I find that…
Mesa, AZ Last Saturday, I did the second of two dye classes that I do for the Fiber Factory in Mesa, AZ every spring and autumn. The second class builds on the skills from the first class and we add dyestuffs that are a bit trickier to work with but which offer big payoffs in…