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In the past 200 years Navajo weaving has gone from the shoulders to the floor and now to a place of distinction on the gallery wall. One of a new generation of Native American weavers, Brenda ...
Two of the rugs in Leroux’s studio are still attached to Navajo looms. His mentor began a small, mostly brown piece, now perched on a high shelf. The other rug in progress sits on a loom about ...
Prior to the Navajo's production of goods for sale, they made items for their own use. Blanket-weight weavings were used as garments, wraps, saddle blankets and door coverings, among other things.
Ruby Hubbard creates works of art in the form of Navajo rugs at Hubbell Trading Post in Arizona. There's still time to see her at work. Here's how.
Shepherd's Cross in Claremore is handing down the art of Navajo weaving. As students learn how to weave a Navajo rug, they also learn the history behind it. "We're losing a lot of these older ...
An 800-foot pillar of red sandstone looms at the east end of Arizona’s Canyon de Chelly in the heart of the Navajo Nation. It is called Spider Rock, for Spider Woman, who taught the Navajo to… ...
Navajo weavers today are carrying on a 300-year-old tradition of weaving blankets and rugs. Their unique upright loom uses a traditional weaving technique that cannot be mechanized.
The rug is so large it needed a custom-built loom in a custom-built house. The exhibit is officially opened Saturday at the Affeldt Mion Museum Winslow Arizona.
Ruby Hubbard, a Navajo weaver at Hubbell Trading Post in Ganado, Arizona, started this Two Grey Hills rug in early July 2022. She plans to retire when it is complete, a process which usually takes ...
Ursula Stilley makes repairs to a damaged Navajo rug at Oriental Rug Repair Co. Ursula Stilley and her husband, Jim Stilley, are closing their business after 38 years of repairing, cleaning and ...
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