Navajo Nation Museum Window Rock, Arizona
Edith Simonson teaching Matthew Chase-Daniel Hardrock, Arizona
making a ball of yarn
lunch break
Navajo Nation Museum Window Rock, Arizona
at IAIA, Santa Fe
at IAIA
at IAIA
Santa Fe
Prewitt, NM
Prewitt, New Mexico
Prewitt, New Mexico
Window Rock, AZ
Window Rock, AZ
Tsehootsooi Dine’Bi’Olta
Tsehootsooi Dine’Bi’Olta
Tsehootsooi Dine’Bi’Olta
with Matthew Chase-Daniel Tsehootsooi Dine’Bi’Olta
Tsehootsooi Dine’Bi’Olta
Tsehootsooi Dine’Bi’Olta
with Matthew Chase-Daniel Tsehootsooi Dine’Bi’Olta
Tsehootsooi Dine’Bi’Olta
Tsehootsooi Dine’Bi’Olta
Wool Pole is part of Matthew Chase-Daniel's ongoing series of site-specific Pole Sculptures, placed in environments around the world. Each work in the series is made from locally collected materials which are part of the region's culture and ecology. Wool Pole uses Churro sheep wool in the four traditional colors, collected from local Navajo herds.
Working with local master dyer and tool-maker Mark Deschinny and others, Chase-Daniel has, spun and felted the wool and hung it from a tall wooden pole, as an act of reverence and honoring. Over time, the sculpture, installed outside the Navajo Museum in Window Rock, will be affected by the elements: Rain, wind, sun, ice, heat, and cold. The balls and strands of wool will break down in a natural process of decomposition, and redistribute their bounty to the surrounding landscape. The sculpture speaks of living cycles of plants and animals, of the relationship of the earth to the sun, of birth, death, and regeneration, of the cyclical aspect of nature, and of our human relationship to these cycles.
Many, many thanks to everyone who has contributed to this project, especially all the spinners and felters in Window Rock, Hard Rock, Ft. Defiance, and Santa Fe. I didn’t get everybody’s name, but many are listed here:
Edith Simonson
Lorraine Herder
Mark Deschinny
Eunice Khan
Genevieve Hardy
4th & 5th grade students from Hunter’s Point School
Birdie
Elijah Yazzie
Tashina
Trish Arviso
Francess Benally
Alice Curtis
EiRena Begay
Bahe Whitethorn
Students from St. Buenaventure elementary in Thoreau
Students from Nazlini
Carmecita Navaho
Donna Jones
Cheryl Joe
Marilyn Dempsey
5th grade students at Tsehootsooi Dine’Bi’Olta
Shawndee Begay
Martin Byjoe
David Charles
Cori Chavez
Jenna Crowe
Kiyannabah Harvey
Albertt Haskie,
Tyrease James
Tieron Johnson
Lacey Neswood
Aleshia Pete
Tyler Showie
Ko’naa Tallman
Kaitlyn Toledo
Burke Williams
Natanii Yazzie
Talis Yazzie
Renee Young
Students at Tsehootsooi Middle School
Nina Tsosie from Tohatchi
Winter Rose
Abra Patkotak
Therese Lynston
Sarah Hewitt
Edie Tsong
Che Tsong
Crystal Worl
Michelle McGeough
Ryan Rice
Jerry Wellman
Paul Baglione
Kathleen McCloud
Kathryn Davis
Kristen Lora
Kyce Bello
Donna Ruff
Mary Kite
Amy Kawadler
Sherrie Brody
Learn more about TIME 2012 on the Navajo Nation here.
Watch Dylan Mclaughlin’s video about this and other T.I.M.E. 2012 projects here.