Codex Taawa: Exploring the Cosmos of the Hopi

Gerald Dawavendewa (Hopi & Cherokee)

Author, Illustrator

Book will be signed by the Author / Illustrator

Codex Taawa is a series of illustrations inspired by ancient imagery that explores the cosmos of the Hopi people. Each piece highlights a part of the Hopi tradition, stories, or knowledge. The original artworks reproduced here were black and copper ink on handmade Nepalese Lhakpa paper and were inspired by the Codices of Mesoamericans. For the Hopi, the night sky is an astronomical calendar with all of its elements used to set ceremonies, rituals, seasons, events, and measures of time. The Hopi people have observed and measured the movements in the sky to create a complex guide to assist them with existing in this world, which we know as Tuuwaqatsi―the Fourth World.

• 2023 Gold Medalist in Fine Art Category, Independent Publishers book awards.

• 2023 New Mexico-Arizona Book Awards Winner - Art category