Casa dos Artesans – Ribeira Sacra

Casa dos Artesans Ribeira Sacra Galicia

Casa dos Artesans
Cristosende

Holiday cottage in rural Galicia (sleeps 2 - 5). Experience spectacular scenery, rural life, wine, art and Spanish craft. Learn basketry or textile weaving on holiday or visit the nearby craft workshops. "Lovely furnishings, colours ... and comfy beds" (client comment).

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About Us

 


 

Textiles  Naturales is brought to you by Anna Champeney Estudio Textil, the hand-weaving studio in the Ribeira Saca, Galicia, north Spain (2 hours from Santiago de Compostela).  The studio combines production and sale of hand-woven textiles with textile research and teaching.

  •  Sale of original hand-woven textiles - The studio designs and hand-weaves its own range of limited edition scarves, towels, bags, farm sacks via open studios in August as well as online.
  • Spanish (Galician) Folk Textile Research – With a degree in Ancient History and Archaeology (University of Bristol, England) and an MA in Museum Studies (University of Leicester, England), Anna Champeney has researched traditional Galician folk coverlets and other fabrics since the early 1990s.   The aim is to bring techniques and forms in danger of disappearing back into production and to promote a greater understanding of the cultural and aesthetic value of these textiles.  Anna Champeney Textile Studio specialises in weaving Galician loop-pile fabric (felpa gallega, gorullo) as cushions and wall-pieces and the Galician rustic linen farm sacks.  Limited availability from the studio shop and made to commission.
  • Courses and Tuition – Anna Champeney Estudio Textil has shared its knowledge and expertise since 2006 both in Spain and internationally, in English and in Spanish, notably at the 2007 Summer School at the University of Falmouth (Association of Guilds of WSD).   The Studio offers residential courses and holiday tuition in Spain, with accommodation provided in the adjacent holiday cottage, Casa dos Artesans.  Anna also offers work placements to people with weaving experience, as well as intensive weaving assistantships for beginners.
  • Lectures and Talks – Anna Champeney Estudio Textil is on the UK Association of Guilds of SWD Speakers´ List and is available to give illustrated talks on Spanish Folk Textiles, Spanish Folkcrafts and the work of the Textile Studio. 
  • Articles and Essays - Anna Champeney Estudio Textil is a regular contributor to magazines and journals in England and Spain and she has contributed to exhibition catalogues and books such as Reclaimed, Acclaimed (Resurgence Magazine, Catalogue written for the British Council) and The Journal for Spìnners, Weavers and Dyers (UK).  Her special subjects are Spanish folk textiles, Educational Weave and Natural Dye articles, and Craft in Society / Craft
    experimental double weave fabric

    double weave experimental textile with natural linen and wool

    Development.

  •  Exhibitions and international exchange projects – the studio has over 20 years experience in initiating, organising and participating in exhibition projects and collaborative exchange projects both in the UK and in Spain.

Also of interest –

Spanish basketry and basketmaking courses in the Ribeira Sacra, Spain

 

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