P.O Box 33
Cortez, CO 81321
Telephone (970) 564-1544
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P.O Box 33 Cortez, CO 81321 Telephone (970) 564-1544 |
Curriculum Vitae
CRAIG WATSON(970) 564-1544
E-mail: indy08a@indianweaving.com
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P.O. Box 33
Cortez, CO 81321BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE: Craig Watson learned Navajo weaving from three Teec Nos Pos, Arizona Navajo weavers: the two elderly weavers Hannah Howard and Daisy Ute; and Daisy's grandson Roy Kady. Publications span the subjects of Navajo weaving, textile restoration, chemistry and Tibetan Buddhism. He has a 20 year career as chemist and has taught Tibetan language. He writes, weaves and restores Navajo rugs from his studio "Lodge in Space" located in a Cedar and Pinyon grove in the Four Corners region of southwest Colorado - the Heart of Indian Country.
PROFESSIONAL HISTORY
1969 - present Writer Weaver Restorer of Navajo and Southwestern Textiles 1976 - 1996 Environmental, medical and pharmaceutical chemist. 1975 Instructor, Tibetan language, Naropa Institute, Boulder, CO. EDUCATION 1996 Self Realization Fellowship 2d Kriya Initiation (Level II: Spinal Techniques), Encinitas, CA 1995 - present Navajo Weaving: Navajo Reservation and Crow Canyon Archaeological Center 1993 Self Realization Fellowship 1st Kriya Initiation (Level I), Los Angeles, CA 1983 Ordination: Tibetan Buddhist Priesthood, Munich, Germany 1971 - 1983 Tibetan Buddhism study and practice 1977 MA, Inner Asian Studies, Indiana University 1970 BA cum laude , Chemistry, Indiana University