about emily

This modern pictorial Vallero weaving is Emily’s newest piece. Here, she chains traditional Vallero elements together to create an ancestral tree of life — lookout for the hidden forest spirit! Naturally dyed with cochineal, chamisa, indigo on chamisa, and indigo, as well as commercial dyes.

This Saltillo weaving is Emily's ode to New Mexico and the brilliant life that the Rio Grande brings to our state. It highlights traditional Pueblo adobe homes in front of hills with howling coyotes, and a Thunderbird watching over our landscape from the stars. In the center is an hourglass — because New Mexico is timeless! 40" x 60" made by seaming two 20" x 60" tapestries together. Naturally dyed with indigo, chamisa on indigo, and logwood, as well as commercial dyes.

Featured in a New Mexico PBS ¡COLORES! Episode, published in the Albuquerque Journal, shown in a juried exhibition at the 2021 Traditional Spanish Market, and exhibited at the Nuevo Mexicano Heritage Arts Museum. 

Emily was inspired to create this modern Vallero weaving by the song "Taste the Feeling" by the group Tempest. 40" x 60" made by seaming two 20" x 60" tapestries together. Naturally dyed with indigo, madder root, and indigo on chamisa, as well as acid and commercial dyes.

Published in the Albuquerque Journal and exhibited at the Nuevo Mexicano Heritage Arts Museum.

This Trampas Vallero weaving came to Emily in a dream and was woven on a 1960s Rio Grande walking loom while listening to the song “Maniac” by Stray Kids on repeat. 40" x 60" made by seaming two 20" x 60" tapestries together. Woven using Navajo-Churro wool yarn from Emily’s aunt's sheep with a touch of cochineal dye for the red. Published in the Albuquerque Journal and exhibited at the Nuevo Mexicano Heritage Arts Museum.

Winner of an "Honorable Mention" at the 2022 Traditional Spanish Market. 

This Saltillo weaving represents the 8 generations of weavers in Emily’s family. Each of the outer squares symbolize the spirit of past generations of weavers, with Emily at the center and Emily’s parents as rectangles on each side of her. The fine lines — jaspes — are the ideas, hopes, and dreams shared between the generations. Since Emily’s parents had the most influence on her, they interact with the center design in a unique and more intimate way. This piece encompasses family, heritage, and passing on what we’ve learned from one generation to the next.

40" x 60" made by seaming two 20" x 60" tapestries together — to duplicate the same piece twice is quite a feat! Naturally dyed Navajo-Churro wool with indigo and black walnut, as well as undyed natural black and white wool from Emily’s aunt’s sheep. Juried exhibition at the 2019 Traditional Spanish Market.