Thursday, August 29, 2013

Shawl


This beautiful shawl is the work of TahNibaa Naat'aanii, a Navajo weaver from Shiprock New Mexico. To find out more about the artist and to see a gallery of her work, click here.

22 comments:

Peter said...

Unique and beautiful.

Sunnybrook Farm said...

I enjoyed reading about how she became a weaver. It is neat how she left to join the navy and returned to weaving when she came home.

Kate said...

Looks like she got a "First Place". . .and well-deserved!

Optimistic Existentialist said...

Wow Ms. Naat'aani is very talented indeed. What a beautiful shawl.

Tanya Breese said...

beautiful work!

TexWisGirl said...

wow. true art.

Sharon said...

Wow, beautiful work. I can see why it won a blue ribbon.

Halcyon said...

Too pretty to wear! :)

John @ Beans and I on the Loose said...

I thought it was a large piece until I noticed the ribbon alongside of it.

Michael (Light-In-A-Box) said...

Now that is a piece of work! Nice. Have a great weekend Randy. : )

VP said...

Some colleagues of mine would kill for a shawl like this... Brava TahNibaa!

RedPat said...

That is so beautiful. The patterns are wonderful!

cieldequimper said...

I just checked out the website, everything is magnificent. The shawl obviously got a prize!

Sandy said...

Very nice! =)

Judy said...

This is gorgeous!!

Chattahoochee Valley Daily said...

That's really beautiful.

Jack said...

Great colors and great weaving.

Paul said...

Beautiful workmanship, or perhaps I should say beautiful workpersonship!

Lynette said...

I'm very thankful to have the opportunity to click on your photos and enlarge them, Randy, all of them, but especially when they feature objects of great creativity. Thanks!

PerthDailyPhoto said...

Definitely prize worthy Randy!

Gabriel S. Ignácio said...

I love that "ethnic art" hha

Traveling Hawk said...

A lot of beautiful things.