Monday, January 12, 2009

Indian artistry in woven rugs


We lived for many years in the Four Corners area and my admiration for the Navajo weavers is immense. My father was once paid 'in kind' for work he did at Hustler Press; the publisher/owner Orval Ricketts gave him a Two Grey Hills rug. It was so very lovely.
The Two Grey Hill's rug became known for its all natural wool colors blended to various shades of tan, grey, brown, black and white. The other distinction was the weavers carded and spun the wool to a fineness rarely found in the other regional styles. The Two Grey Hills style rugs and tapestries are one of the best know, most sought after and expensive patterns, a fact still true today. One challenge of the Two Grey Hills style of weaving is the making of a rug that is very large in length and width. Due to the extra time and effort to produce the finely woven and intricately designed Two Grey Hills rugs, they are generally smaller in size and more suited to wall use. A 5' by 7' would be considered large.

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