The Weaving News
Window Rock, AZ Two more of our first October class session students finished their rugs yesterday and our new class completed their loom warping and then went on a field trip to examine the rug styles (and jewelry) at Richardson’s Trading and Perry Null’s Tobe Turpen Trading Post. First, have a look at the fabulous…
Window Rock, AZ A record three students have completed their pieces at our class and two others are in the final stages of weaving. First finished was Diane Craig, who completed her piece yesterday morning. Mary Falzone finished yesterday afternoon. You can see them both posing with Jennie and their finished pieces in the picture…
Today, our Window Rock class took a field trip to Two Grey Hills and Toadlena. These areas are noted for finely woven rugs woven in natural colors. There are two trading posts in this area, so we had a busy afternoon. We stopped at first at the Toadlena Trading Post and Rug Museum to visit…
Today, six members of our class went to Canyon de Chelly for a half-day tour. The weather was perfect and we had a great time guided by David Benally, who has been taking people through the canyon for 29 years. You can see David pointing out some of the features of the canyon below. The…
Our students are continuing to make great progress with their weaving with many of them approaching the half way point. Each student is working on a unique design and some may even finish by the time our class ends on Saturday morning. Mary Falzone is working on a design inspired by the Teec Nos Pos…
Our class is making great progress on their weaving and today we made our way to R.B. Burnham and Company Trading Post in Sanders, Arizona and then went on the Gallup, New Mexico for a visit to Richardson’s Trading, which is home to the world’s largest Navajo rug room. At Burnham’s, we enjoyed talking about…
Jennie Slick and I are teaching back to back sessions of our weaving class and tour over the next two weeks, so we’ll try to post our activities each day. Yesterday, we went to the Friends of Hubbell Native Arts Auction. It was a very rainy day, unusual for October, but the R.B. Burnham auctioneers…
Albuquerque, NM Weaver and silversmith Morris Muskett will be showing his work this weekend at the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta Indian Market. Morris’ work is a provocative melding of traditional and contemporary designs. You can see a sample of his work below and at his web site. The market hours are 9 to 5 each…
I hope you’ll enjoy hearing Mark Winter talk about a recent trading experience that he had with 94 year old weaver Clara Sherman. Mark was at the the recent Southwest Traders Rendezvous in Cortez, Colorado and was participating in the show and tell portion of the program when he told this story on September 27,…
When I revamped the Weaving in Beauty website earlier this year, I set it up so that only site members could comment on the articles and pages. Although we receive 1500+ visits per month there aren’t that many comments, so I’ve eliminated the need to register and anyone can post a comment subject to moderation. …