Ideas For Displaying A Navaho Rug

Objectives students learn about different navajo rug designs.

Ideas for displaying a navaho rug.

Displaying american indian arts with other collectibles. Typically pictorials are wall displayed although some heavier room sized floor rugs are sometimes available for floor use. Typically wall displayed vertically unless in chiefs blanket form. Put the top of the rug there and put a push pin or command strip there.

How to care for hang your navajo rug. You can hang the rug horizontally or vertically whichever works in your home to best display it. First mark where you want the rug. A navajo rug rich in beauty and color and woven from dyed wools requires protection from harsh ultraviolet rays if you want it to retain its original deep hues.

Rugs used on the floor should be vacuumed and turned every couple of weeks. The advantages of using velcro include that the display technique is hidden covered by the rug itself and that the rug may be easily removed for vacuuming or turning its a good idea to rotate navajo rugs and blankets back to front front to back periodically so both sides get even exposure to any ambient uv light as well as to check for hiding moths or spiders that might damage the wool. To hang your navajo rug use a 2 wide velcro just need the one sided grabby side and a strip of thin wood molding to adhere the velcro to. Navajo rugs and symmetry subjects language arts technology grade s 3 5 6 8 brief description this extensive lesson explores different types of navajo rug designs.

Surface clean your navajo textiles regularly using an upholstery or other non brush vacuum attachment. Measure length of the rug you are hanging and go slightly shorter by about 1 8th inch for the length of the wood. To hang a round rug on the wall you would use push pins or command strips. Students use a graphics program to create designs similar to navajo designs.

Next stretch it out left and right and place additional push pins there. Rugs displayed on the wall should be vacuumed every couple of months or at a minimum with the change of the seasons. Displaying navajo rugs on wall we recommend displaying your rug on the wall using male the hook or rough side velcro a 3 8 x 2 finished board and two or more eye screws. White clay pottery by pahponee sterling silver dragonfly pins and a pink shell zuni dragonfly carving adorn this end table.

Cannot be used on floor. See more ideas about navajo rugs navajo rugs. Native americans lesson plan. Corner of room with cd cabinet and collectibles.

The first step is to cut your board and velcro to the appropriate length you want them to be 2 shorter than the textile.