I weave on an upright tension loom, a technology of Indigenous origin. I view my loom as a powerful connection to culture, identity, and history. My quest to learn and preserve my peoples' textile traditions have led to an ongoing journey of piecing together fragments of memory, oral histories, and archaeological material into my work. My textiles draw on ancient techniques once developed for utilitarian needs and purposes. Today many of my ancestral weaving techniques are in danger of being forgotten. I fuse bold geometric designs with a polychromatic saturation of colors to reflect my individual and technical freedom of expression. I view my tapestries as a living record of the cultural survival of my people and as a testament to the current vitality of my heritage. Each tapestry I create is unique not only to me but to the genre of Navajo textiles they are descended from.
