Inspirational bead work:
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| Miss Indian Farmington |
Inspirational weaver:
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| Weaving demonstration |
I was assigned a volunteer job 10 feet away from Roy so we became friends of fiber for 3 hours. I knitted, people ignored me, while crowds gathered around Roy to watch quietly, sometimes asking the question we most often get: How long will it take you to finish?
His exhibit included stories and history of weaving, his own stories and traditional.
I was particularly
interested curious about the wonderful colors from the natural dyes. Not so much that I would ever think of doing it myself, of course.
The logwood color in the center was a wonderful, creamy and earthy hue not often seen in rug weaving.
Roy's sheep called him several times... the ringtone on his cell phone started softly with a few sheep "baa-ing" and they got hungrier and more insistent if they were ignored. It was a nice touch to the ambience! He said, "I fed them this morning..."
