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Category : Navajo rugs
Languages : en
Pages : 68
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Patterns and Sources of Navajo Weaving
Author: Patterns and Sources of Navajo Weaving
Author: William HarmsenPublisher:
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Category : Indian textile fabrics
Languages : en
Pages : 76
Book Description
Patterns & Sources of Navajo Weaving
Author: Bill HarmsenPublisher: Graphic Arts Center Publishing Company
ISBN: 9780960132294
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
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Patterns of Exchange
Author: Teresa J. WilkinsPublisher: University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN: 0806186623
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
The Navajo rugs and textiles that people admire and buy today are the result of many historical influences, particularly the interaction between Navajo weavers and the traders who guided their production and controlled their sale. John Lorenzo Hubbell and other late-nineteenth-century traders were convinced they knew which patterns and colors would appeal to Anglo-American buyers, and so they heavily encouraged those designs. In Patterns of Exchange, Teresa J. Wilkins traces how the relationships between generations of Navajo weavers and traders affected Navajo weaving. The Navajos valued their relationships with Hubbell and others who operated trading posts on their reservation. As a result, they did not always see themselves as exploited victims of a capitalist system. Rather, because of Navajo cultural traditions of gift-giving and helping others, the artists slowly adapted some of the patterns and colors the traders requested into their own designs. By the 1890s, Hubbell and others commissioned paintings depicting particular weaving styles and encouraged Navajo weavers to copy them, reinforcing public perceptions of traditional Navajo weaving. Even the Navajos came to revere certain designs as “the weaving of the ancestors.” Enhanced by numerous illustrations, including eight color plates, this volume traces the intricate play of cultural and economic pressures and personal relationships between artists and traders that guided Navajo weavers to produce textiles that are today emblems of the Native American Southwest. Winner - Multi-cultural Subject, New Mexico Book Awards
Navaho Weaving
Author: Charles Avery AmsdenPublisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486265374
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 434
Book Description
First in-depth study of the technical aspects of Navaho weaving, plus history of the loom and its prototypes in the prehistoric Southwest, analysis and description of weaves, dyes, and more. Over 230 illustrations, including more than 100 excellent photographs of authentically dated blankets. Indispensable resource for collectors, weavers, ethnologists, more. Foreword by F. W. Hodge. Bibliography.
Working with the Wool
Author: Noël BennettPublisher: Northland Publishing
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Category : Hand weaving
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
CONTAINS ILLUSTRATIONS AND PATTERNS.
Swept Under the Rug
Author: Kathy M'CloskeyPublisher: UNM Press
ISBN: 9780826328328
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
Debunks the romanticist stereotyping of Navajo weavers and Reservation traders and situates weavers within the economic history of the southwest.
Navajo Weaving in the Late Twentieth Century
Author: Ann Lane HedlundPublisher: University of Arizona Press
ISBN: 0816549141
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
According to the Navajos, the holy people Spider Man and Spider Woman first brought the tools for weaving to the People. Over the centuries Navajo artists have used those tools to weave a web of beauty—a rich tradition that continues to the present day. In testimony to this living art form, this book presents 74 dazzling color plates of Navajo rugs and wall hangings woven between 1971 and 1996. Drawn from a private southwestern collection, they represent the work of sixty of the finest native weavers in the American Southwest. The creations depicted here reflect a number of styles—revival, sandpainting, pictorial, miniature, sampler—and a number of major regional variations, from Ganado to Teec Nos Pos. Textile authority Ann Hedlund provides an introductory narrative about the development of Navajo textile collecting—including the shift of attention from artifacts to art—and a brief review of the history of Navajo weaving. She then comments on the shaping of the particular collection represented in the book, offering a rich source of knowledge and insight for other collectors. Explaining themes in Navajo weaving over the quarter-century represented by the Santa Fe Collection, Hedlund focuses on the development of modern rug designs and the influence on weavers of family, community, artistic identity, and the marketplace. She also introduces each section of plates with a description of the representative style, its significance, and the weavers who perpetuate and deviate from it. In addition to the textile plates, Hedlund’s color photographs show the families, landscapes, livestock, hogans, and looms that surround today’s Navajo weavers. Navajo Weaving in the Late Twentieth Century explores many of the important connections that exist today among weavers through their families and neighbors, and the significant role that collectors play in perpetuating this dynamic art form. For all who appreciate American Indian art and culture, this book provides invaluable guidance to the fine points of collecting and a rich visual feast.
Weaving a Navajo Blanket
Author: Gladys Amanda ReichardPublisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486229920
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
Spinning, carding, and dyeing yarns, constructing a loom, tension, and the weaving processes are discussed in this guide to the art of blanket and saddleblanket weaving
Navajo Native Dyes
Author: Nonabah Gorman BryanPublisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 9780486421056
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 66
Book Description
Simply written text, accompanied by detailed line illustrations of plants, explains how to select and mix natural colors of wool and prepare "recipes" for producing specific colors of dye from desert plants, among them single-flowered actinea for yellow, alder bark for a soft brown, the Rocky Mountain bee plant for a pale greenish yellow, more.
