April 16, 2024

The first step in preparing wool for spinning.

  This past weekend I volunteered to help a shearing crew in the Navajo Partition lands and was gifted a few colors that I was looking for in Navajo Churro. The season was hard on the wool and it’s quality is a little stressed but the color is awesome. The late winter and severe storms stressed the sheep which can affect wool quality and I’m, hand processing the fleece which…

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September 26, 2023

Zefren at the Stanford Arts Intensive

On September 12th to the 15th the I had the most rewarding experience at Stanford University. This experience was originally scheduled for the fall of 2020, and little did we know then that it would take three years for it to be completed. This trip wraps up 2023 full schedule of flights and collaborations that were all reschedule because of the pandemic. In the late winter of 2020 I met…

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September 5, 2023

Zefren-M to be a part of Fluid Gaze Exhibition in Albuquerque

“Colors may fade but I still exist” with be part of this exhibition from it’s opening night September 30th to the end of year. Colors may fade as always be a person raw piece as it was the frist time i used my own experiences of growing up as a gay Navajo that believed the indoctrination of Climb the ladder and return to the reservation. Life was not easy and…

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August 30, 2023

Another Dye session with Rainbow Fiber Co-op

Rainbow fiber got new tapestry weight yarn from this years Navajo Nation wool clip. we sheared, sorted a few thousand pounds of navajo churro wool, and rainbow fiber sent v it off and has it scoured and spun. Now they need some expert dye technical assistance with this amazing white. Below are some pictures of the process. Join thier mailing list for the release date for this amazing yarn at…

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Finishing for gallup ceremonial

At the waiting of this I have 9 inches left to weave on a double weave/two faced poncho chief variant. I started this way back in February and have been taking it with me to every demonstration up to now. The design combines the morning dawn blanket with the warriors night blanket. One side is white and black stripes and the other is red and black. 1 st phase center…

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July 14, 2023

Autry Indian market place was fun

The weekend went good, new markets are always a gamble as you have to establish and network to find and maintain collectors. LA collectors are diverse and choosing what kings of art they may want to buy from you can be difficult. It allowed me to experiment while honing the traditional. I hope I can add this as an annual market because it’s intimate and in a great new place.…

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