Navajo Arts Blog

J. B. Moore Indian Trader

November 19, 2010

Share Moore was one of the great pioneers in the field of Navajo weaving and was instrumental in changing it from blanket to rug. He, along with other traders of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, saw that the future of weaving lay with adapting to the changes in Anglo taste, adaptations that are [...]

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Richardson’s Trading Company in Gallup New Mexico.

November 1, 2010

Share My wife an I went to Richardson’s Trading Post in Gallup New Mexico. They have the largest selection of rugs in the Southwest on display. Richardson’s has a very large rug room they have over 3000 rugs stock they also discount the rugs during the Crown point rug auction weekend. I talked to the [...]

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Navajo Indian Silversmiths Introduction

October 28, 2010

Share Among the Navajo Indians there are many smiths, who sometimes forge iron and brass, but who work chiefly in silver. When and how the art of working metals was introduced among them I have not been able to determine; but there are many reasons for supposing that they have long possessed it; many believe [...]

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Garland’s Navajo Rugs – Sedona, Arizona

October 1, 2010

Share In April I went to Garland’s Navajo Rugs in Sedona, Arizona. April is one of the best time to go there because of the weather, It is not too hot or cold. I talked to Dan Garland , the owner, he said he has many weavers bring rugs to him he has the second-largest [...]

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