No one else, talking about artists, can keep a design like a Navajo rug in their head. The Navajo artists that make these rugs are the greatest artists.
Seems like there has to be a faster way to weave these rugs. I understand and appreciate the value of learning a craft by hand. I additionally believe that if there is a machine that can be crafted to help the artist make the art faster and still just as good, so much the better.
@@papafico1402 Because... better income for the families? I'm all for traditions that are good, and make things that can be made much faster by machine, but by the same token, I'm also for learning how to speed things up.
@@annep.1905 A lot of the value comes from doing it this way. When people pay premium money for traditional navajo rugs, they want one that takes >2000 hours to make and the design is kept entirely in the weaver's head. Using a different method to make it faster won't get you more money, because you've cheapened the process and thereby created a cheaper, less valuable product. It's basic supply and demand.
@@annep.1905 It absolutely becomes less valuable in every sense of the word. A rug that's made using a faster, easier, and non-traditional method is less valuable socially, culturally, financially, and on the weaver's part, emotionally as well. These artisans are operating on a level where the highest quality possible is the bare minimum expectation. At that point, what distinguishes their craft and sets the price are the technique and labor poured into their product.
Ehh, I don't think it hurts the sheep, since they can't really shed their own wool. That's where we come in, shearing sheep so that they stay cool and warm all throughout the seasons.
No one else, talking about artists, can keep a design like a Navajo rug in their head. The Navajo artists that make these rugs are the greatest artists.
absolutely these people feel the nature of Life...
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Your rugs are similar hiw Turkic rugs 👌
"If the wool is greasy"
Are you kidding me? Wool is SATURATED with lanolin. Someone better educated needs to rewrite the script 😂
The Navajo churro is a low lanolin breed, and my understanding is that the wool is not washed unless it has an unexpectedly high lanolin content.
the narrator sounds like ken nordine
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When did the Navajo begin to raise sheep
@8492nd squadron leader exactly
Seems like there has to be a faster way to weave these rugs. I understand and appreciate the value of learning a craft by hand. I additionally believe that if there is a machine that can be crafted to help the artist make the art faster and still just as good, so much the better.
why tho, that's the traditional way to do it, why change it
@@papafico1402 Because... better income for the families? I'm all for traditions that are good, and make things that can be made much faster by machine, but by the same token, I'm also for learning how to speed things up.
@@annep.1905 A lot of the value comes from doing it this way. When people pay premium money for traditional navajo rugs, they want one that takes >2000 hours to make and the design is kept entirely in the weaver's head. Using a different method to make it faster won't get you more money, because you've cheapened the process and thereby created a cheaper, less valuable product. It's basic supply and demand.
@@amandaon32 Cheaper, yes, less valuable (lasting not as long), not necessarily. It depends on how well the product is made.
@@annep.1905 It absolutely becomes less valuable in every sense of the word. A rug that's made using a faster, easier, and non-traditional method is less valuable socially, culturally, financially, and on the weaver's part, emotionally as well. These artisans are operating on a level where the highest quality possible is the bare minimum expectation. At that point, what distinguishes their craft and sets the price are the technique and labor poured into their product.
poor goats
Better than if they aren't sheared
@@nathanwoods9225 minecraft be like
its a sheep not a goat
@@kristenkenley7341 oh wow I hadn't even realized they said goats XD
Ehh, I don't think it hurts the sheep, since they can't really shed their own wool. That's where we come in, shearing sheep so that they stay cool and warm all throughout the seasons.