Santa Fe, NM

So what have we been up to? Our drive from Questa to Santa Fe was along a beautiful road that followed the Rio Grande. New Mexico is one of our favorite states to visit because of the amazing scenery that greets you at every turn.

On Tuesday Bob and I made the rounds of some of the many antique stores in Santa Fe. When we were here three years ago there were four antique shops and now there are more than a dozen. We found a light fixture for our little house in Mesa and a small piece of jewelry for me.

On Wednesday we revisited one of our favorite museums here: the International Folk Museum, which is the largest museum of its kind in the world. The weather couldn’t have been nicer, too.

We were amazed at how many new exhibits there were, as well as some of our favorite pieces.

Huichol yarn painting, which is made by coating a piece of plywood with beeswax. Yarn is then pressed into place. Above the yarn painting is a row of cut tin pieces.

I love the vibrant colors in this Navajo rug

Christening, by Ocotlan de Morelos, a diorama that contains a myriad of ceramic figures becoming smaller in scale towards the back.

A gender, aka a Javanese metallophone

An exhibit featuring the works of Alexander Girard was fascinating and included hand printed fabrics and wallpapers

The Trash Loom by Aymar Ccopacatty. This giant loom uses shrink wrap as warp and plastic shopping bags as weft, and was designed to spotlight the throwaway society in which we live.

We came away from the museum with so many ideas of future projects. It was truly inspirational.