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Article: Weavers celebrate Navajo tradition.
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- Clovis News Journal (Clovis, NM)
- Article date:
- April 23, 2006
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Byline: Marlena Hartz
Apr. 23--Eleanore Nestlerode captures nature on strands of yarn.
In an open-air studio, against a desert backdrop of mesquite and amber, she dunks long coils of cloudy yarn into steaming pots of water. Plucked from their baths, they reveal a spectrum of sunny yellows, poppy reds and indigo blues.
The soles of her black cowboy boots, coated with a layer of dust, crunch against the gravel as Nestlerode scoops up her dyed creations.
Her pallet is the land, she explains. She boils wood chips, insects, flowers, prickly pear fruit, and wild spinach down to a soup to dye skein after skein of yarn.
"These, I ...