Morris: Thank you also! It was so wonderful to meet more weaving students! I hope you are having a great time with Jennie and [...]
Ana Pavlovic: Morris! I loved meeting you today and I'm so glad I got to buy the dragonfly heart earrings and necklace. I'm thrilled to be taking [...]
Mary Walker: Morris, your new work is wonderful! Will you be bringing some to Convergence in Albuquerque?
Betti: Hi Morris- I recently attended a Navajo Weaving workshop with Mary Walker and Jennie Slick. Mary wore a beautiful Corn Maiden pendant that you [...]
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This the first my offering for Fall. I created modern, abstract scarf pins with silver wire, turquoise and red coral. The scarf pins are brushed finished. They are perfect for embellishing your fall and winter scarf.
Please contact me if you have any questions or comments. I do accept commissions on a first come basis.
Scarf Pin #1
Hand-shaped and hammered. Hand-fabricated. Sterling silver and a piece of natural turquoise.
Price: $125 plus $7 shipping in U.S.
Scarf Pin #2
Hand-shaped and hammered. Hand-fabricated. Sterling silver and a piece of natural red coral.
Price: $125 plus $7 shipping in U.S.
Scarf Pin #3
Hand-shaped and hammered. Hand-fabricated. Sterling silver.
SOLD
Scarf Pin #4
Hand-shaped and hammered. Hand-fabricated. Sterling silver and a piece of natural Pilot Mountain turquoise.
I went on another shopping trip on the Navajo Reservation this past weekend. I was looking for the elusive green turquoise jacla for my vintage green turquoise tab necklace. I found wonderful treasures on this trip. I am only posting a few of my treasures that you may find interesting.
I found some authentic, REALLY handmade vintage Navajo weaving tools made from either juniper wood or oak. I want to give you the opportunity to purchase these rare items. These items are quite rare to find and even more rare to purchase. These Navajo weaving tools show signs of wear and tear weaving wearing blankets, regional style rugs, and being accidentally dropped by the original unknown owners.
Please contact me if you have any questions about these weaving tools or my shopping trips. I will be advertising my shopping trips for next year.
Vintage Navajo Weaving Battens
Handmade. Natural wood. Both battens show file marks as a result of being hand-worked using files and no electronic sanders, etc. The top batten is a rug weaving batten and the one below is a sash weaving batten. L=24″ (top); L=20″ (bottom)Price: $ 150 each plus $25 shipping in U.S.
Vintage Navajo Weaving Comb #1
This is an unsual vintage weaving comb. The wood is naturally colored with these black streaks. I thought it was a burnt comb, but it’s not charred nor does it smell. The comb is structurally intact except for the the outer broken comb teeth. “RUBY” is written in red marker on both sides of this comb. L=8″, W=1.75″.
Price: $135 plus $8 shipping in U.S.
Vintage Navajo Weaving Comb #2
Handmade Navajo weaving comb. Natural wood. L=11″, W=2.25″. The weaving comb teeth on this comb are just perfect! It’s quite charming and would a great addition to any weaving tool collection.
Price: $165 plus $8 shipping in U.S.
Vintage Navajo Weaving Comb #3
This is another charming old style Navajo weaving comb. Natural wood. L=10.5″, W=1.25″.I knew this weaving comb will sell immediately and it did!
I am posting more of my jewelry inventory. I am no longer producing this style of jewelry. Please take a look and perhaps something will strike your fancy.
Here are my latest creations. I am continuing my Changing Woman and Flying Critter Series. My Changing Woman Series is directly related to Navajo weaving, the Beauty and Navajo Girls’ Puberty Ceremonies, and being a role model for women everywhere. My Flying Critter Series came about to honor my Dine’ Creation Story where the Dine’ were insects, bugs, and other critters before we took the human form.
My goal in offering these pieces to you is share with you my culture and have the opportunity to own these handmade treasures. These handmade pieces comes from a spiritual place in my life and I share that with the people everywhere.
Here are three new pieces. Please contact me if you have any questions. Thank you.
Flying Critter No. 3 Pendant
Hand-fabricated from sterling silver and set with natural Pilot Mountain turquoise. This pendant comes with an 18″ oxidized silver chain.
Price: $365 plus $8 shipping in the U.S.
Flying Critter No. 4 Pendant
Hand-fabricated from sterling silver and set with high grade natural Morenci turquoise (body) and a red spiny oyster shell face. This pendant comes with an 18″ oxidized silver chain.
I wanted to announce tomorrow is the last day to sign for my traditional Navajo weaving class for Ocotober. See the blog info further down if you are interested. It’s $650 for 5 days and students are responsible for their own hotel and food. If you are interested in siging up, please go to click on the paypal link on my blog below that discusses making down payment. My fees will increase for next year as I gain more experience working with students.
I will be participating in the activities at the Wheelwright Museum during the week of the infamous Santa Fe Indian Market. How exciting, huh? I will be participating in the roundtable discussion about Native art collecting on Thursday, August 19 and I’ll be demonstrating Navajo weaving on Friday morning from 8:30 to 10:30, August 20.
Last year my dear friend and second mom (in the Navajo way), Noel Bennett, came to support and assist me in showing and talking about my jewelry and weaving to the visitors who came out on Friday just before the Indian Market weekend. She enjoyed helping me out and she will be again coming out to help me. This year she will be siging copies of her books she authored. Please visit her website at www.noelbennett.com to see her publsihed works. Here’s a photo of us at last year’s Wheelwright Live Auction. We had several photographers taking our picture. I was looking at one while Noel was looking at the right one at the right time. Ha, ha, ha….. It was so much fun. Thank you so much Noel!
Please contact me if you have any questions about the activities at the Wheelwright Museum on August 19 and 20.
I want to thank all of you who participated in Convergence 2010 in Albuquerque. It was the first time I attended a Convergence conference. What a wonderful time I had!!
I taught the Navajo Weaving Bootcamp Class along with Rose Dedman, Jennie Slick and Mary Walker. We had about 53 students in a huge space we called “the echo room”! Actually, once we got started it was not a problem to be in that room. I want to thank Rose, Jennie, Mary and Pat for helping me in with the first ever class I taught. I also want to thank my students for being patient and having a sense of humor. I enjoyed meeting all of you and look forward to doing it again next year.
I have one more offering of Navajo weaving tools. This handmade Navajo weaving batten is made from oak. If you interested, I have included a Paypal link to purchase it. If you are interested in purchasing and live in Albuquerque or the Santa Fe area, I could meet you and not pay the shipping cost. Please contact me if you have any questions or comments. Thank you!
Handmade Navajo Weaving Batten
Made of oak on the Navajo Reservation. This is an authentic Navajo-made weaving tool for Navajo-style weaving. L=24″, W=1.5″.
I like to try different styles of jewelry in terms of shapes, embellishments and forms. I present to you 2 pieces that are experimental at a bargain price of $250 each plus $8 shipping.
I am a known artist both for weaving and jewelry-making in the Native art world. Keep in mind that the “first” of a series or a new form will always be worth more in the long term if buyers want to re-sell my pieces in galleries or even donating these pieces to a museum. Please contact me if you have any questions or comments. Enjoy!
Navajo Yei Pendant #1
This piece is inspired by my Corn Maiden and Changing Woman series. This is a series I am dedicating to all the medicine bundles and ceremonial paraphenalia out there in the world that are not in Navajoland. Hand-fabricated set with natural red branch coral and a piece of natural Nevada’s Royston turquoise. The contrast between the red coral and green Royston turquoise is quite striking! Chain is not included. Sterling silver.
Price $250 plus $8 shipping in the U.S.
Experimental Pin #1
I was inspired by the brooches and pins from the 1920s and 1930s where they were “overdone”. I handmade this piece with minimal stamping and set it with natural Emerald Valley turquoise. I embellished this piece with handmade silver cones. I made 7 cones and only these 3 survived. This piece required about 3 different rounds of soldering to hand-fabricate the pieces and then put all the pieces together into one pin. This is a bargin!! W=2″, H=1″. The cones are 5/8″ long. Sterling silver.
I’m the cover model for the Wheelwright Museum’s Annual Live Auction during the Santa Fe Indian Market week in Santa Fe, NM. I’ve come across my photos holding either a vintage Santo Domingo Pueblo water jar or a vintage Apache burden basket. Here’s the latest photo of me in an ad for the Wheelwright’s Live Auction. I am wearing my traditional jewelry, my Bluebird Flour sack shirt, and my Pendleton robe.
I will be helping with the auction again this year. I hope to see you there supporting the Wheelwright Museum. Thank you.
