- Clara Sherman
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Clara Nezbah Sherman (February 18, 1914 – July 31, 2010)[1][2] was a Navajo artist particularly known for her Navajo rugs. Born Nezbah Gould, her mother was of the Hashtłʼishnii clan, and her father was of the Naashashí Dineʼé. She was the last surviving member of ten siblings including an adopted sister. Sherman and her siblings learned to weave as children from her family, who specialized in the craft.[3] In 2006, she was awarded the Governor's Award for Excellence in the Arts by the governor of New Mexico in association with the National Endowment for the Arts. She is one of the artists whose work is available at the historic Toadlena Trading Post on New Mexico Arts' Fiber Arts Trail.[4]
References
- ^ Reweaving culture's fabric Navajo rugs see revival via outsider June 9, 2002, Denver Post, "And Winter bought new dentures for 87-year-old Clara Sherman, one of the best living Navajo weavers."
- ^ Clara Sherman's obituary
- ^ http://www.sarweb.org/iarc/convocations/individuals/weaving/sherman.htm
- ^ http://www.arts.gov/about/NEARTS/2008_v2/story.php?id=p08_newmexico
Weaving Weaves Basketweave · Charvet · Coverlet · Double weave · Even-weave · Lampas · Oxford · Pile weave · Piqué · Plain weave · Satin weave · Twill · GabardineComponents Tools and techniques Chilkat weaving · Fingerweaving · Flying shuttle · Heddle · Ikat · Inkle weaving · Jacquard weaving · Kasuri · Loom · Navajo weaving · Salish weaving · Shed · Shuttle · Tablet weaving · Tāniko · Tapestry · TempleTypes of looms Dobby loom · Jacquard loom · Hattersley loom · Lancashire loom · Northrop loom · Power loom · Roberts Loom · Warp weighted loomWeavers Acesas · Ada Dietz · Micheline Beauchemin · Thomas Ferguson & Co Ltd · Pamphile · John Rylands · Brigitta Scherzenfeldt · Clara Sherman · Gunta Stölzl · Judocus de VosCategories:- Native American textile artists
- Navajo artists
- American weavers
- 1914 births
- 2010 deaths
- American women artists
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