In Helga Teiwes book “Kachina Dolls: The Art of Hopi Carvers” she wrote the following of Ros George. “Ros is a very spiritual person who cares greatly about life, and this outlook finds expression in his carvings. He says that he takes his ‘Hopiness’ with him wherever he goes and that the meaning of his culture will always stay with him. It is his spirituality and his culture that he expresses in his work.” That sentiment is clearly visible as evidenced by the beauty, spirituality and cultural i

"Kachinas are spiritual deities. This kachina doll represents the Manangya (lizard), one that I saw on my last pilgrimage through the Canyon. The design shows the South and North Rims, as you're at the bottom looking up into the night sky. Every night you'll have that experience. During our prayers when we talk about the day's journey, we look up, and the stars show themselves to you." Spend a Minute Out In It listening to why Cory Ahownewa puts his heart into carving traditional Hopi Kachina do

An intimate portrait of Hopi Kachina Doll Carver Cory Ahownewa. Coming from a family of artists including the legendary jeweler Charles Loloma, Ahownewa began his artistic journey at the age of four. Since then, he has refined his craft of carving “traditional” Kachina dolls from cottonwood root and dyeing them with naturally occurring pigments. #ArizonaIllustrated #KachinaDoll #Carving #CoryAhownewa | Arizona Illustrated

1.6K views · 40 reactions | Learn about the history of the Hopi art of Kachina Doll carving from Tayron Polequaptewa, an award winning carver, and the Museum of Northern Arizona’s Anthropology Curator, Dr. Kelley Hays-Gilpin. #Arizona #ArizonaIllustrated #Hopi #DollCarving #nativeamerican | Arizona Illustrated | Facebook