Ramona Sakiestewa COSMIC BUTTERFLY
COSMIC BUTTERFLY
Ramona Sakiestewa
Butterfy Nebula
Hubble Space Telescope Image [NASA]
Fewer than about twenty percent of Nebulae in the visible cosmos have a double lobed shape. The lobes, or wings, of the nebula consist of gases shed by one of two stars orbiting each other. The other star’s gravity pulls on these gases and contorts them into a thin, dense disc extending into space. Astronomers call the resulting shape a “butterfy nebula.”
Hopi people celebrated the butterfy as a pollinator and as a cosmic character in the pantheon of revered invokers of rain. My prints in the “Raven @ the Big Bang” series and the “Cosmic Butterfy” series combine earthbound and cosmic phenomena in layered images.
Cosmic Butterfy F, 2024
Chine Collé monotype 30x23
Cosmic Butterfy G, 2024
Chine Collé monotype 30x23
Cosmic Butterfy H, 2024
Chine Collé monotype 30x23
Cosmic Butterfy I, 2024
Chine Collé monotype 30x23
Cosmic Butterfy J, 2024
Chine Collé monotype 30x23
Cosmic Butterfy K, 2024
Chine Collé monotype 30x23
Born and raised in the American Southwest, Hopi artist Ramona Sakiestewa taught herself to weave by evolving and adapting techniques derived from prehistoric pueblo weavings. Her current portfolio includes not only tapestries, but works on paper, prints, and architectural design. Her work is in many prestigious museum collections and public and private collections.
Ramona has won numerous awards and a complete resume can be seen at ramona@ramonasakiestewa.com.
She is represented exclusively by TAI Modern Gallery, Santa Fe, NM 87501. Taimodern.com 505-984-1387.
RAMONA SAKIESTEWA
Hopi Wicker Plaque with Butterfy Motif, circa 1980
