We have been working on a new southwest Hopi Indian art collection for the Nevele Society Etsy Shop!
We are excited to release this new collection during our 20% OFF + FREE Shipping Sale on over 220 original, hand painted art prints during the month of April!
(check out the photo gallery at the end of this post for more pics of our new southwest inspired Hopi Kachina collection PLUS and FREE gift!)
Travel and Inspiration in The Colorado Rocky Mountains
So often, we get a craving to travel and love to go on spontaneous adventures and road trips, and even eloped in Tulum last November!
During our adventures is where we find inspiration for the art we hand paint and illustrate for the Nevele Society Etsy Shop. Traveling is also when we find all the unique one-of-a-kind vintage treasures for the shop or our home. 😉
On a chilly, rainy weekend this March, we were painting at our art table and daydreaming about road trips we could plan this year. We were thinking back on the 3 Colorado adventures we had last summer and started looking through the all the amazing pictures we took for fun and inspiration.
Looking at all these pics began a new journey of it’s own! We began reminiscing about all the fun and wonderful memories we had as a family with our kids and shared as a couple, and to find inspiration for our new art collections!
“Rock Shop” Treasure Hunting
While looking through the thousands of photos we snapped at Pikes Peak, Garden of the Gods, The Collegiate Mountains, and the Eleven Mile Colorado State Park, we discovered the pictures of our visit to a super cool and quirky little rock shop!
We loved this rock shop so much, we stopped 3 times that week – but never broke the code of the travel budget!
While wondering through the store and exploring all the rocks, crystals, and Native American treasures, we found a shelf of amazing hand carved Hopi Indian Kachina dolls!
The shelf in the rock shop was covered with these unique treasures, and each one was beautifully carved and painted by hand by a Native American artisan. Even though we wanted to take all of them back to the Nevele Society studio for inspiration – the travel budget meant pictures would have to be our souvenir haha!
Native American Tribal Art – Hopi Kachina Dolls
To Hopis, it is essential to preserve harmony with the world around them, not only with man and other animals but with objects in nature, which the Hopis believe to possess life.
Since the Kachinas (kah-chee-nah), or Katsina (kahts-ee-nah) to the Hopi people, embody these spirits, they are the spiritual guardians of the Hopi people and their way of life.
Kachina dolls represent the spiritual beings of the religion and daily life of the Hopi people. These dolls were very important in the daily life of this Native American tribe, as they have significance in both ceremonies and teaching the Hopi beliefs to their children.
The hand made Hopi Native American dolls in the photo gallery above are traditionally carved from cottonwood root and painted by hand.
New Southwest Hopi Kachina Art Collection
After rediscovering these pictures we took in that little rock shop and researching more of the meaning behind these Kachina dolls and the Hopi Native American Tribe, we were so inspired to create new art with them!
After sitting on the sofa and drawing one Hopi Kachina doll for fun over a cup of coffee, the entire weekend was spent drawing and painting an entire collection!!
And now, due to many more cups of coffee and weekends spent putting ink and paint on paper, we have released the new southwestern art collection in the Nevele Society Etsy Shop!
This Hopi Kachina print collection was incredibly fun for us to collaborate on together – and our very first art collaboration as husband and wife!
This entire collection of original art was hand illustrated in black ink by Dylan Yarter, and beautifully hand painted in watercolor by Kate Yarter.
HUGE Art Sale in The Nevele Society Etsy Shop!
Take advantage of the HUGE sale in our Etsy shop during the month of April!
- ALL ART IS 20% OFF! (Including over 220 shipped prints and downloadable, print-at-home art files)
- Everything else is 10%-50% OFF! (Over 200 items including vintage goods, rocks, crystals, vintage ceramics and stoneware, hand carved wooden Mayan and African masks, Mayan tapestries, Mexican blankets, and more!
- FREE Shipping is available on ALL orders of $33 or more! BUT – Use the promocode “KACHINA” at checkout and get FREE SHIPPING on your ART order of ANY amount until Mother’s Day (ends 5/11/19 at midnight)!
The Nevele Society April SALE is a great time to get some new vintage or bohemian decor for your home, or grab a unique and beautiful gift for your mom for Mother’sDay!
All of our hand painted art prints, rad vintage goods, hand loomed Mayan wall hangings, and other oddities and one-of-a-kind finds available in our Etsy shop!
We will be releasing MANY new art collections and vintage goodies this year and running a BUNCH of sales, so check back here often, subscribe to our email list, and follow us on Instagram @nevele.society!
