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ROSEMARIE RAMON
Tohono
O'odham
Rosemarie is 25, and a member of
the Tohono O'odham tribe, from the village of Covered Wells. Her
mother and father both weave and have been featured in a number
of national magazines and books. She specializes in horse hair miniature
baskets which take a great deal of skill. Her mother taught her
to weave when she was about 6 years old by starting a basket and
passing it on to her to finish it. "I make earrings, pins,
chokers and different sizes of baskets. I recently started doing
bear grass and yucca -- it's hard but I'm learning!"
Rosemarie does many designs but he
one she likes best is a whirlwind because it is detailed and reminds
her of a childhood toy. Two years ago she won first place for a
pair of woven horse hair earrings with butterflies at the Celebration
of Basket Weavers held at the Arizona Sonora Desert Museum in Tucson Rosemarie
started weaving “because my mom did it and my other sisters
did it and I wanted to learn too. I find it rewarding and it relaxes
me and makes me feel good.” Her grandmother was her first inspiration
and both her parents are an ongoing inspiration. “Just watching
them encouraged me to weave.”
A lot of Rosemarie’s
designs are taken from Tohono O’odham culture and she often
uses the coyote tracks and the man with the maize, both the old
and the new styles, in her intricate designs.
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