"My name is Orlando Dugi. I am Navajo from the Towering House Clan, born for the Bitterwater people. I am originally from Gray Mountain Arizona, currently living in Taylorsville City, Utah. I have been doing beadwork for just over 20 years. At a young age I remember seeing my father and my grandmothers creating beadwork items for sale. When I was 8, I decided to try it for myself. From then on i began making various things including pow wow regalia for myself as well as my sister and niece.
I am now focusing upon merging into the art industry, currently working on a series of elegant evening accessories. My work is contemporary in which i like to capture the different subtle changes of color on the surface of these different objects". |
Orlando Dugi