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.

Summer is a very busy time for me.  Over the weekend I went to the Crownpoint Rug Auction, a couple of rez flea markets, and worked on my projects in Church Rock.  I am preparing for a couple of upcoming events for this summer.  I will be team teaching Navajo Weaving Boot Camp with Jennie Slick, Rose Dedman, and Mary Walker in a couple weeks at the Handweaver’s Guild of America’s Convergence 2010 in Albuquerque, NM.  I have a Board of Trustees meeting at the Wheelwright Museum this week and then my other event is demonstrating Navajo weaving, carding, and handspinning at the Wheelwright Museum in Santa Fe, NM during the Santa Fe Indian Market. 

I will continue to go on my shopping trips on the rez and border towns.  Please contact me if you have any questions.   Until the next time….

-Morris

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.

Morris

My name is Morris Muskett and some of you may already know me or have met me.  I am Dine’ (aka Navajo) and raised in Church Rock, NM.  I began weaving in my teens where I did a lot experimentation as I had no weavers to teach me.  I am purely self-taught in weaving. 

I have exhibited my work at the Santa Fe Indian Market, Heard Museum Indian Fair, Navajo Festival at the Museum of Northern Arizona, Native Treasures Show at the Museum of Indian Art and Culture, and demonstrated weaving at the Wheelwright Museum.  My weaving has won major awards at the Santa Fe Indian Market and the Heard Museum Indian Fair.

I am now working in metal, Pueblo ceramics and Pueblo emboridery.  I am formally trained in working in metal at Arizona State University. I am currently studying Pueblo ceramics under Clarence Cruz from Ohkay Owenigeh (formerly San Juan Pueblo). In addition to handbuilding jars and bowls, I am taking private lessons from the well respected and well known Pueblo embroiderer,Ramoncita Sandoval, from Ohkay Owenigeh (formerly San Juan Pueblo).

I am still weaving, but I am incorporating other art forms into my skill set so I can weave together unique handmade art.  I am striving to maintain balance between all of these art forms. Please stay tuned.

I had a great time in Santa Fe Indian Market!  I enjoyed meeting those of you who stopped the Wheelwright Museum this weekend.  I hope you had an enjoyable time in Santa Fe.  I appreciate your interest and time in coming to Santa Fe and the Wheelwright to take in the annual Santa Fe Indian Market!  Please let me know if you have any questions about my weaving and/or jewelry.  I would be happy to correspond with you.

I will be posting photos of my time in Santa Fe in the next few days, so please check back or sign up below  to receive notices when my web site is updated.

Take care and see you next year at the Santa Fe Indian Market!

I just completed a Navajo medicine bag with vintage Old Spider Web #8 Turquoise & red spiny oyster shell (pictured below at left) , a Sacred Heart Cross Choker necklace with handmade silver beads seen in the center, and a pair of traditional handstamped Navajo flowers (at right).  You can click on any picture for a closer look.   I will have these on display while demonstrating at the Wheelwright Museum this coming Friday.  Please contact me if you interested in availability and pricing.  I’m looking forward to tomorrow and I hope to see you in Santa Fe.