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 have fantastic news.  First, I will be part of the team that will teach Navajo Weaving Boot Camp class at the Handweavers’ Guild of America’s Convergence gathering in July 2010.  This will be my first group teaching experience and I am looking forward to it.  My second piece of good news is a nice way to finish the week.  I am nominated to be part of the Board of Directors for the Wheelwright Museum, which is a privately operated museum in Santa Fe, NM. 

I am looking forward to meeting people and participating in teaching weaving and being part of the Board.  I appreciate support from family, friends and supporters of my work!!

I created an organic-shaped chain necklace for the Native Chic event at the Wheelwright on February 28, 2010 from 3 pm to 5 pm.

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Organic-shaped chain necklace  Price: $375. Available at the Case Trading Post. Available at the Wheelwright Museum’s Native Chic Event on February 28, 3 pm to 5 pm.

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I want to share with you a wonderful experience I had where I had the opportunity to work with the staff at the Wheelwright Museum to exhibit my weaving during the beginning of my professional weaving career.  I had the opportunity to influence the space in which my weavings would be exhibited by having the walls painted in the sacred colors of my culture, Dine’, but in muted shades of yellow, blue and gray.  The other sacred color is white.  An interview followed where I discussed the inspiration and context in which I created each of my weavings.  The catalogue features wonderful, high quality photos of my sashes, wall hangings, and rugs with commentary in my voice, which was very minimally edited.  This exhibition was featured at the Wheelwright Museum from January 31, 2004 to April 18, 2004. 

I posted an image (below) of the cover of my exhibition catalogue.  Yes, this copy is my working copy so it is somewhat damaged.  Please contact the Case Trading Post if you are interested in purchasing a new catalogue at a bargain price of $10 for unsigned copies.   Enjoy!

Warp to Weft: Weaving by Morris Muskett Price $10 each Contact the Case Trading Post at the Wheelwright Museum in Santa Fe, NM www.casetradingpost.com

I wanted to give my visitors an update on where to find my jewelry and weaving available for sale. For serious Navajo weaving collectors, I take personal appointments to show my weavings not shown online.  All of my weavings are museum quality and definitely one-of-a kind.  

I believe there are a few my jewelry pieces still available at Shiprock Trading.  I currently have my recent jewelry available at the Case Trading Post at the Wheelwright Museum.  Please check with Robb Lucas, the Case Trading Post Manager, for current availability.

I also make presentations and have my weaving and jewelry for sale at Jennie Slick and Mary Walker’s Weaving Boot Camp class while they are teaching in Window Rock, AZ.  Please visit Mary Walker’s website, Weaving In Beauty, at www.weavinginbeauty.com for dates for her beginning, intermediate, and advanced Weaving Boot Camp classes. 

So you’ve twisted my arm.  The last location to find my jewelry and weaving for sale is this website.  Take a look in my jewelry and weaving galleries.  I like and prefer to sell my weavings directly to the collector.  I want to ensure my weavings are going to a good home.  If you have any questions, please let me know.

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.

Showing a vintage Wide Ruins rug. Photography by Chet White.

During the recent Santa Fe Indian Market, I participated in the Wheelwright Museum’s Live Auction, helping to show the items to the audience.  Above, I’m showing a beautiful vintage Wide Ruins rug that I wore as if it were a wearing blanket.  The yarn was probably dyed with prickly pear and various berries.  The person in the background of the picture is one of the museum volunteers.   The auction is one of the museum’s largest fund raisers each year and the proceeds are used to help with operating expenses.

Offerings at the auction include a full range of Native American art, including pottery like the large, heavy and very beautiful Santo Domingo Storage Jar that I’m carrying in the picture below.   This was the most nerve wrecking piece of art I had to carry.   Isn’t it just beautiful??  Pieces like this have led me to start exploring the making of pottery, so you may see some of my pieces on the site in the future.

Thanks to Chet White for providing the pictures.

Very, very carefully showing a large Santo Domingo Storage Jar. Photography by Chet White.

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.