Barbara Teller Ornelas & Lynda Teller Pete & Idyllwild Arts segment
TEACHERS episode Barbara Teller Ornelas & Lynda Teller Pete segment including Idyllwild Arts Native American Arts Program. PBS Premiere: September 15, 2016.
Barbara Teller Ornelas is a 5th generation Master Navajo weaver who specializes in Two Grey Hills style pieces. Her father, Sam Teller, worked at the Two Grey Hills Trading Post in New Mexico, where she was raised with her two sisters and two brothers. Teller Ornelas learned to weave from her mother when she was 8 years old. The Two Grey Hills style is identified primarily by a double-diamond layout, intricate geometric design using natural colored, hard carded and hand spun wool.
Teller Ornelas feels a “responsibility of carrying on our family’s tradition by teaching my family and mentoring others to help preserve this cultural legacy.” Teller Ornelas teaches Navajo weaving workshops with her sister, Lynda Teller Pete, at Idyllwild Arts Academy’s Native American Arts Program.
Lynda Teller Pete is a 5th generation Navajo weaver who is known for weaving in the traditional Two Grey Hills pattern. Her father, Sam Teller, worked at the Two Grey Hills Trading Post in New Mexico, where she was raised with her two sisters and two brothers. The Two Grey Hills style is identified primarily by a double-diamond layout, intricate geometric design using natural colored, hard carded and hand spun wool as well as high weft counts. Teller Pete teaches Navajo weaving workshops with her sister, Barbara Teller Ornelas, including at Idyllwild Arts Academy’s Native American Arts Program.