Joann Johnson
Joann Johnson
Navajo Doodle Basket - Joann Johnson (#96)
$1,875.00
Navajo Doodle Basket - Joann Johnson (#96)
$1,875.00
Artist: Joann Johnson
Navajo Baskets
15 1/2" x 2 3/4" deep
Rounds: 27
Joann Johnson said that this basket started out as; "A doodle in my mind." How she transferred that not so simple thought from her consciousness into and onto this basket is a quality few can master. Finely woven and creatively expressive, this weaving ranks in the top 10 percent of the art of Navajo basketry. The symmetry is spot on and there is even a spirit line worked into the pattern to release negativity and allow access to positive energy. It seems Joann can doodle with the best of them.
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About the artist:
A fourth generation Navajo basket weaver, Joann Johnson has a passionate awareness of her heritage and history. Born and raised in Monument Valley, she has spent her life in the Navajo heartland, surrounded by the sacred mountains and monuments that tell the stories of her people's past.
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Navajo Basketry
Basketry is a woman's industry, which is also pursued by the nadle (he changes), hermaphrodites, or men skilled in the arts and industries of both men and women. Basketry, however, is not classified with textile fabrics (yistl'o), but with sewing (nalkhad). It is of interest also that, while the basket is in progress, the sewer is untouched and avoided by the members of her family?
Navajo Going with the Flow Basket - Joann Johnson (#120)
$1,625.00
Artist: Joann Johnson
15" x 2 1/2" deep
Rounds: 28
"Going with the Flow," is the name of Joann Johnson's latest basket. Joann tells us she got the idea from wandering about the edge of Monument Valley. She was looking for wayward sheep and admiring her surroundings when the idea struck her. Once in her head, Joann had to put it into a basket or, as she said, "Otherwise, it would drive me crazy."
About the artist:
A fourth generation Navajo basket weaver, Joann Johnson has a passionate awareness of her heritage and history. Born and raised in Monument Valley, she has spent her life in the Navajo heartland, surrounded by the sacred mountains and monuments that tell the stories of her people's past.
Related legends:
Navajo Basketry
Basketry is a woman's industry, which is also pursued by the nadle (he changes), hermaphrodites, or men skilled in the arts and industries of both men and women. Basketry, however, is not classified with textile fabrics (yistl'o), but with sewing (nalkhad). It is of interest also that, while the basket is in progress, the sewer is untouched and avoided by the members of her family?
Navajo Memorial Day Basket - Joann Johnson (#111)
$1,995.00
Artist: Joann Johnson
Navajo Baskets
16" x 2 1/4" deep
Rounds: 30
The manner in which Navajo basket weaver, Joann Johnson, weaves light and color into her textiles is, simply, amazing. We believe Joann sees the world in a whole different manner than anyone else. The cool thing about that is she can share her vision with the rest of us through her baskets. Stand back and take a look, then tell us if your perspective is not positively affected.
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About the artist:
A fourth generation Navajo basket weaver, Joann Johnson has a passionate awareness of her heritage and history. Born and raised in Monument Valley, she has spent her life in the Navajo heartland, surrounded by the sacred mountains and monuments that tell the stories of her people's past.
Related legends:
Navajo Basketry
Basketry is a woman's industry, which is also pursued by the nadle (he changes), hermaphrodites, or men skilled in the arts and industries of both men and women. Basketry, however, is not classified with textile fabrics (yistl'o), but with sewing (nalkhad). It is of interest also that, while the basket is in progress, the sewer is untouched and avoided by the members of her family?
Wickerwork
The carrying basket is even less frequently seen than the water jar. tsizis (tsi, hair, and zis, or azis, a bag or pouch, from the mode of carrying it over the hair of the forehead) is used at present for gathering the hashkan, or yucca fruit, for syrup. The baskets are plaited of willow twigs much after the style of our own baskets, but have neither handle nor finished rim? More about this legend
Joann Johnson
Navajo Rainbow Basket - Joann Johnson (#118)
$2,750.00
Navajo Rainbow Basket - Joann Johnson (#118)
$2,750.00
Artist: Joann Johnson
19" across x 3 1/2" deep
Rounds: 36
Joann Johnson is all about color; the color she sees every day living in Monument Valley by way of rainbows, the color of her heritage, and the color of the people inhabiting her world. Taking all these influences and blending them together in her basketry results in an explosion of creativity and cultural beauty. Joann is one of the best contemporary Navajo basket weavers and her weavings are a joy to own.
About the artist:
A fourth generation Navajo basket weaver, Joann Johnson has a passionate awareness of her heritage and history. Born and raised in Monument Valley, she has spent her life in the Navajo heartland, surrounded by the sacred mountains and monuments that tell the stories of her people's past.
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Colors
Color, an outstanding symbol of Navaho ceremonialism, is especially significant in combination, but first I discuss the more general aspects of each color in the order in which they most commonly occur. No color or sequence runs through a single chant consistently; none has the same meaning in every setting, nor does chance account for apparent exceptions to the rules; every detail is calculated. If there seems to be a variation, it is for cause?
Navajo Stained Glass Window Basket - Joann Johnson (#117)
$2,495.00
Artist: Joann Johnson
17 1/2" x 3 1/2"
Rounds: 32
Joann Johnson is highly adept at representing variations of light and color through her art of basketry. Years ago Joann was gifted a Kaleidoscope and the rest, as they say, is history. Joann also lives on the eastern edge of Monument Valley so visions of diffused and deflected light are not uncommon in her world. To view Joann's basket is to witness the dawn, dusk and versions of stained glass through her eyes.
About the artist:
A fourth generation Navajo basket weaver, Joann Johnson has a passionate awareness of her heritage and history. Born and raised in Monument Valley, she has spent her life in the Navajo heartland, surrounded by the sacred mountains and monuments that tell the stories of her people's past.
Related legends:
Wickerwork
The carrying basket is even less frequently seen than the water jar. tsizis (tsi, hair, and zis, or azis, a bag or pouch, from the mode of carrying it over the hair of the forehead) is used at present for gathering the hashkan, or yucca fruit, for syrup. The baskets are plaited of willow twigs much after the style of our own baskets, but have neither handle nor finished rim? More about this legend