Shining Way
Artist
Gail Rieke
(American, born 1944)
Artist
Zachariah Rieke
(American, born 1943)
Date1978
Mediumwool and natural dyes
Dimensions54 x 54 in. (137.2 x 137.2 cm)
ClassificationsTextile
Credit LineGift of Peter S. Reed, 1999
Object number1999.12.1
DescriptionGeometric forms with repetitive zigzag patterns; small triangular forms in different hues float on the surface and repeat the zigzag of the boarder; natural dyes used to produce muted colors in grey, browns, oranges, mauves and violets.eMuseum Notes
Gail Rieke moved to New Mexico in 1970. Soon after, she went to the State Fair and saw a Navajo woman weaving on a loom and decided she wanted to learn to weave. She learned primarily from Noel Bennett (also a Santa Fe artist) and Bennett's book Navajo Weaving Way. Shining Way was on the cover of an issue of Fiber Arts magazine in the late 1970s or early 1980s.
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