Dyed in the Wool – New Mexico Magazine article

Finishing Pieces

      Spinning is really relaxing.  Weaving can be all kinds of things; exciting, tiring, frustrating, and, at its most fun, an intellectually challenging puzzle.  Because the weaving process is often incredibly long I rarely think about the finishing work that will be necessary when I get through weaving.  But the finishing work brings…

Art from the Fire – 2000

  In May of 2000, the Cerro Grande fire burned through the Jemez mountains across the Rio Grande Valley from us.  It resulted in a huge column of smoke which would descend on us for days at a time.  The wind blowing incessantly only made things worse.  It burned out a lot of homes in…

Weaving Words

I’ve been thinking a lot about the words we use when we talk to customers. I have to be careful when I use these old words to describe an even more ancient craft, that I don’t lose my very modern listener and potential customer.  Once upon a time these words were useful in prose and…

Spinning

There are probably web sites out there that could tell you a great deal about spinning wool. In case you are unfamiliar with the craft, and, in modern times this is largely the case, I will impart my limited experience here. Although I have spent countless hours at my wheel, I am not formally trained…

Lisa Trujillo

La Centinela

Describing where we live is a little easier now that I have woven a piece about it.  I’ve thought this place was beautiful from the first time Irvin took me to this little valley.  And I think it’s important to put some perspective on our location because it seems so ingrained in everything we do. …