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LOGGER'S SHEET LOGGER: Cal Southworth REEL NUMBER: 1 side B STAGE: Cultural Conservation Narrative DATE: 6/26/86 PRESENTOR: Charles Briggs, David Brose GROUP NAME: Colorado weavers REGION/STYLE: | PERFORMER(S) | INSTRUMENT/OCCUPATION | CONTENTS 1. weaving & carving - conservation, Charles Briggs intro, the Lopez' 2. talk about problem finding market for selling carvings & weavings 3. What its like dealing w/ tourists of dif. ethnic backgrounds 4. how it is to sell images of catholic saints who are holy. God has to inspire you to carve a saint 5. 4 generations of weavers, oldest is 88 and has 10 children, 65 6. grandchildren, 96 great-grandkids & 3 great-great-grandkids 7. the younger generations expand on the older traditions (weaving) 8. carvers made saints (new mexico) because couldn't bring enough from Mexico 9. carve all by hand. sand down [[strikethrough]]take[[/strikethrough]]use pin knife for decoration. 10. 19th cent. carvers used paint to decorate. [[strikethrough]]?[[/strikethrough]] now don't 11. never been a time when weaving was not being done. navajo & hispanic were weavers 12. carving: must carve with the grain 13. In 19th cent. carving waned a bit. Eppie Archiletta & ______ were Heritage Award winners. Eppie & her mom have had a great influence on weaving. carving is an important expression of Hispanic heritage. one weaver has 4 kinds in college & put them there thru selling weaving (& the kids work weave)