The Weaving News
“Where are you traveling to?”, asked the Texas Highway Patrol trooper who had pulled us over for doing four miles an hour over the speed limit. “Fort Worth”, I said, discarding some of the more creative “none of your business” responses that jumped into my mind first. I was pretty sure that a dose of…
Tempe, AZ Happy Birthday(!) to one of the most talented, kind and generous people I know: weaver Gilbert Begay. In addition to working full-time at Safeway, Gil is an accomplished weaver who just finished demonstrating twill saddle blanket weaving at the opening of They Wove for Horses: Diné Saddle Blankets. The exhibit contains examples…
Phoenix, AZ I thought that we were doing pretty well in getting you a visit with all of the weavers that I saw at the Heard and then I had to rebuild the hard drive on my laptop. Fortunately, I had backups but it took awhile to get everything back to normal. I’m…
Phoenix, AZ Although the Heard Museum Indian Market is huge, returning artists are often given in the same space year after which makes it easier for visitors like me to find artists. Glancing to my left after I talked Michael Ornelas, I saw the unmistakable work of Jason Harvey. Jason is a master weaver…
Phoenix, AZ Walking out of the F area tent and turning left will bring us to weavers Lola and Melissa Cody and the Ornelas family (Barbara, Michael and Sierra). Michael was the only member of the Ornelas group in the booth when I dropped by, but he had four of his 100+ weft count framed…
Phoenix, AZ The 52nd Annual Heard Museum Guild Indian Market concluded about 90 minutes ago. The Market enjoyed the kind of weather that caused Major League Baseball to locate some of their spring training here and people were really taking advantage of the fabulous sunshine and 80+ degree temperatures. La Niña winters are…
Hover your mouse over the pictures for a closer look Scottsdale, AZ The Scottsdale Native Arts Walk, another event in the run up to this weekend’s Heard Museum Guild Indian Market, took place last night. Galleries all over Old Town Scottsdale were open and many had invited special guests to bring their own expertise…
Tempe, AZ I couldn’t take you to the River Trading Post, so I thought that I should share the other pictures that I took there when I visited on Tuesday. The Ye’i Bi Chei rug that I showed yesterday is a showstopper, but the other rugs in the collection are each remarkable in their…
Tempe, AZ One day about 100 years ago, a Navajo weaver near Shiprock, New Mexico spent the better part of a year weaving the rug that you see above. It’s woven with Navajo Churro yarn and the quality of the weaving and the design symmetry tell us that the weaver must have been a highly…
Tempe, AZ One of my Facebook friends posted what you might call a “message picture” yesterday and it said “Life is about using the whole box of crayons”. I immediately thought of Bessie Littleben’s weaving. Bessie’s using the all the crayons in a lot more ways than one, which of course is the point of…