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C8 ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL Friday, April 20, 1990 terpretations of two of the best- Grey Hills type. Her work cdntains key shapes that reull Oriental known regional varieties the bold classic echoes, but this weaver, in rugs. geometries and rich reds associated all things, follows her own muse, Sunrise creates designs that with the Ganado style, and the creating unique permutations of appear to grow as organically as the subtle, natural hues of the Two diamonds, chevrons, stripes and materials that compose them. iWeaver Balances Tradition, Creativity EE lilt up. When I was 7 or 8 years old, I watched my mother carding and spinning and, when I herded sheep, I took Jthe materials and the wool with me and practiced until I learned to do it." By the age of 12, Sunrise was weaving her own hand-worked yarn on a loom her father made for her.

"It was a disciplining process," she says of that self-education. "It taught me patience, balance, harmony, control taught me to be creative." As a girl, she began by repeating, in simple form, the colors and designs she saw in her mother's work, including the pattern of large, compressed diamonds running edge-to-edge across the width of a rug a pattern she still sometimes uses. Sunrise grew up in an area of the Navajo Reservation where traditional weavers held to no hallmark regional style like those that had developed elsewhere in this Indian homeland. Sunrise's weavings instead evoke a variety of Navajo approaches and the current "Native American Artists" show features her in Spring Traditional Navajo weavings by PEARL SUNRISE are included in "Native American Artists," an exhibition of painting, sculpture, mixed-media, ceramic and fiber art by a dozen New Mexico Indian artists. The exhibition continues through May 1 1-at the South Broadway Cultural Center, 1025 Broadway SE.

Gallery hours are 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday. Along with Sunrise's tapestries, this show includes a range of traditional and contemporary art by Elizabeth Abeyta, April Earnst, Clifford Fragua, Laura Fragua, Jerry Ingram, Alvin Marshall, Michael McCabe, Robert Montoya, Michael Naranjo, Andrew Pete and Austin Real Rider. On the Courtyard CONTINUED FROM PAGE C1 Navajo, like you would say 'dear' in English and the woman crawled down a ladder and Spider Woman showed her how she did the weaving.

In a sense the woman was blessed with it Spider Woman said 'This will sustain you through all the whole journey of Navajo life." Sunrise grew up in a family of weavers both her mother and grandmother pursued this art and, surrounded by people working with wool from the family flock, she acquired her weaving skills through a kind of cultural osmosis. "In the Navajo world," she says, "a child learns responsibility at a very early age by observing, listen- SaleU ing and thinking. Because everyone around you is doing something, it's the thing to do, and you ust pick it Entire Collection of Spring Summer Suits Sport Coats 25 OFF Originally $195.00 to $495.00 NOW $145.25 to $371.25 Wool, wool blends and synthetic fabrics in sizes 39 to 46 Reg. and 42 to 50 Long. YOUR CHOICE 99.00 FINE CITIZEN" WATCHES Entire Collection of Sansabelt Slacks 20 OFF Originally $50.00 to $95.00 NOW $40 to $76 Includes wool, wool blends and washable fabrics in sizes 32 to 42.

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