time & death sleep side by side

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I got a commission for a bycocket hat with a wolf in a medieval inspired art style. He might look a little too foxy but i think he's neat.

Diné Weaver Venancio Aragón

"From researching historic twill patterns in museum collections to dyeing wool with Kool-Aid, Diné (Navajo) weaver and instructor Venancio Aragón interlocks research and experimentation to expand the visual and technical vocabularies of Diné weaving. Working on the Diné upright loom, Aragón is part of a generation of Diné weavers who reinterpret ancestral knowledge through experimentation, carrying the medium forward on their own terms. As he stated in our interview with him, “I am not a purist.”

Based in Farmington, New Mexico, Aragón is trained in cultural anthropology and Native American and Indigenous studies, currently teaching at Diné College, the Navajo Nation’s tribal college. Before transitioning to full-time weaving and teaching, Aragón worked as an interpretive park ranger at the Mesa Verde, Aztec Ruins, Bandelier, and Petroglyph National Monuments, where he led tours and developed public education initiatives. He was born to the Tó’aheedlíinii (The Water Flow Together People) clan and born for the Naakaii (Mexican people). His maternal grandfather is of the Tsénahabiłnii (Sleeping Rock) clan, and his paternal grandfather is of the Naakaii (Mexican people)."

Get to know the sangay shrew opossum (Caenolestes sangay)! This species—which inhabits parts of Sangay National Park, located on the eastern slopes of the Andes Mountains in Ecuador—wasn’t scientifically described until 2013. Like other South American shrew opossums, it is a pouchless marsupial. It’s primarily nocturnal, and feeds on a diet that consists mostly of insects. However, as a newly described species, there is still much to learn about this critter. 

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