How to Weave a Navajo Rug and Other Lessons from Spider Woman
Title | How to Weave a Navajo Rug and Other Lessons from Spider Woman PDF eBook |
Author | Barbara Teller Ornelas |
Publisher | Thrums Books |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2020-10 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN | 9781734421705 |
Navajo blankets, rugs, and tapestries are the best-known, most-admired, and most-collected textiles in North America. There are scores of books about Navajo weaving, but no other book like this one. For the first time, master Navajo weavers themselves share the deep, inside story of how these textiles are created, and how their creation resonates in Navajo culture. Want to weave a high-quality, Navajo-style rug? This book has detailed how-to instructions, meticulously illustrated by a Navajo artist, from warping the loom to important finishing touches. Want to understand the deeper meaning? You'll learn why the fixed parts of the loom are male, and the working parts are female. You'll learn how weaving relates to the earth, the sky, and the sacred directions. You'll learn how the Navajo people were given their weaving tradition (and it wasn't borrowed from the Pueblos!), and how important a weaver's attitude and spirit are to creating successful rugs. You'll learn what it means to live in hózhó, the Beauty Way. Family stories from seven generations of weavers lend charm and special insights. Characteristic Native American humor is not in short supply. Their contribution to cultural understanding and the preservation of their craft is priceless.
Weaving a Navajo Blanket
Title | Weaving a Navajo Blanket PDF eBook |
Author | Gladys Amanda Reichard |
Publisher | Courier Corporation |
Pages | 257 |
Release | 1974-01-01 |
Genre | Crafts & Hobbies |
ISBN | 0486229920 |
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
Blanket Weaving in the Southwest
Title | Blanket Weaving in the Southwest PDF eBook |
Author | Joe Ben Wheat |
Publisher | University of Arizona Press |
Pages | 480 |
Release | 2003-10 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN | 9780816523047 |
A history and description of southwestern textiles along with a catalog of Pueblo, Navajo, Mexican, and Spanish American blankets, ponchos, and sarapes.
Navajo and Hopi Weaving Techniques
Title | Navajo and Hopi Weaving Techniques PDF eBook |
Author | Mary Pendleton |
Publisher | |
Pages | 174 |
Release | 1974 |
Genre | Crafts & Hobbies |
ISBN |
"Provides clear, step-by-step instructions, along with illustrations, for weaving Navajo rugs and Hopi ceremonial sashes in exactly the same way as the craftsmen of these two neighboring tribes have woven them for generations"--Cover.
The Goat in the Rug
Title | The Goat in the Rug PDF eBook |
Author | Charles L. Blood |
Publisher | Turtleback Books |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 1990 |
Genre | Navajo Indians |
ISBN | 9780833559548 |
Geraldine, a goat, describes each step as she and her Navajo friend make a rug, from the hair clipping and carding to the dyeing and actual weaving.
Ray Manley's The Fine Art of Navajo Weaving
Title | Ray Manley's The Fine Art of Navajo Weaving PDF eBook |
Author | Steve Getzwiller |
Publisher | Ray Manley Publishing |
Pages | 52 |
Release | 1984 |
Genre | Crafts & Hobbies |
ISBN | 9780931418082 |
Full-color photographs accompanied by descriptions of styles, locations and histories of Navajo rugs.
How to Weave a Navajo Rug and Other Lessons from Spider Woman
Title | How to Weave a Navajo Rug and Other Lessons from Spider Woman PDF eBook |
Author | Barbara Teller Ornelas |
Publisher | Schiffer + ORM |
Pages | 373 |
Release | 2020-10-01 |
Genre | Crafts & Hobbies |
ISBN | 1507302746 |
Navajo blankets, rugs, and tapestries are the best-known, most-admired, and most-collected textiles in North America. There are scores of books about Navajo weaving, but no other book like this one. For the first time, master Navajo weavers themselves share the deep, inside story of how these textiles are created, and how their creation resonates in Navajo culture. Want to weave a high-quality, Navajo-style rug? This book has detailed how-to instructions, meticulously illustrated by a Navajo artist, from warping the loom to important finishing touches. Want to understand the deeper meaning? You'll learn why the fixed parts of the loom are male, and the working parts are female. You'll learn how weaving relates to the earth, the sky, and the sacred directions. You'll learn how the Navajo people were given their weaving tradition (and it wasn't borrowed from the Pueblos!), and how important a weaver's attitude and spirit are to creating successful rugs. You'll learn what it means to live in hózhó, the Beauty Way. Family stories—told by Lynda Teller Pete and Barbara Teller Ornelas, fifth-generation Navajo weavers who have been weaving since they were young girls—from seven generations of weavers lend charm and special insights. Characteristic Native American humor is not in short supply. Their contribution to cultural understanding and the preservation of their craft is priceless.