{"product_id":"sublime-light-tapestry-art-of-dy-begay","title":"Sublime Light : Tapestry Art of DY Begay","description":"\u003cp\u003eEdited by Cécile R. Ganteaume and Jennifer McLerran. With contributions bt DY Begay Contributions and America Meredith.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDY Begay is a fifth-generation Diné weaver born into the Tóʼtsohnii (Big Water) Clan and born from the Táchiiʼnii (Red Streak Earth) Clan. Cécile R. Ganteaume is a curator at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian. Jennifer McLerran is the author of A New Deal for Navajo Weaving and A New Deal for Native Art. Jennifer Nex Denetdale, Diné, is the author of Reclaiming Diné History. America Meredith, Cherokee Nation, is the publishing editor of First American Art Magazine.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe first book dedicated to the contemporary Diné artist, featuring 80 stunning tapestries and essays exploring her life and legacy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDiscover the unique weaving traditions of the Navajo Nation in this joyous celebration of Indigenous art and history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA fifth-generation weaver, DY Begay’s transformative tapestries reflect her family tradition, her Diné identity, and the natural beauty of the Navajo Nation reservation where she grew up. The first book devoted to Begay’s career, Sublime Light reveals the evolution of her work with 80 gorgeous tapestries created between 1965 and 2022.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTo fully reveal her life and influences, the book draws on Begay’s journals, family photographs, and imagery from the Tselani, Arizona landscape that inspires her work. Begay first learned to weave watching her mother and grandmother process wool from the family sheep herd using tools made by male relatives and working at their looms. Over the years, she pushed her creativity and began combining her ancestral weaving techniques with modern design, as well as blending colors historically used in Navajo weaving with unconventional dyes made from fungi, food, and non-native flowers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMuch of Begay’s deeply personal work pays homage to Navajo land— its red-streaked cliffs, indigo sunrises, dreamy desert tones—as well as her extraordinary lineage. On every page, Sublime Light enchants.  This book contains 175 Colour illustrations.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Smithsonian","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56394962043185,"sku":"pca1789939395882","price":37.48,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0993\/0925\/7009\/files\/sublime-light-tapestry-art-of-dy-begay_1.jpg?v=1789939401","url":"https:\/\/canistersealfit.shop\/products\/sublime-light-tapestry-art-of-dy-begay","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}