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TRIBAL EXPERIENCES
Native American Artist at work
Vivian Descheny, a Dine'(Navajo) third generation master weaver, demonstrates her weaving style at Cameron's Trading Post so she can share her life and weaving insights.
Vivian Descheny
Vivian Descheny is a Diné (Navajo) third-generation master weaver from Whitecone, Arizona. Vivian weaves traditional Navajo rugs in intricate and colorful designs, such as the Burntwater pattern.
From the age of 10, she collected, carded, and spun her own wool from the family sheep with her father mother's frequent encouragement. They had a special bond since Vivian was selected by grandmother to receive her weaving tools.
Descheny is the owner of Southwest Weavers in Flagstaff, Arizona and has been a dedicated weaver for 30 years.
Grandmothers's Weaving Design & the Meaning of the Colors
Significantly influenced by her paternal grandmother, Annie B. Williams, Vivian uses a wide range of tools and master techniques to weave her unique Navajo rugs. Vivian also creates models of looms with partial weavings from natural materials collected on the Navajo Nation.
Descheny is the owner of Southwest Weavers in Flagstaff, Arizona and has been a dedicated weaver for 30 years.
Vivian Descheny has a large number of significant awards including awards from the Santa Fe Indian Market, the Heard Museum and MNA’s Navajo Festival of Arts and Culture.
Cameron Trading Post Museam
CAMERON TRADING POST, restaurant and hotel (established in 1916) is in Northwestern Arizona, a small town of the Navajo Nation, is about a one hour drive to the Grand Canyon's East Entrance and another thirty minutes to the South Rim.
It is also about a one hour drive to Flagstaff, Arizona. It offers the opportunity to see the Navajo rug weaving arts with a master weaver
and to discuss this weaving art works.
