Photos of weaving, natural dyeing and basketry courses with Lluis Grau and Anna Champeney, held this summer in Galicia, northwest Spain. For unforgettable holidays in north Spain with a difference why not combine a stay at Casa dos Artesans holiday cottage and some quality one-to-one craft tuition. We offer a varied programme and dates to suit you. Courses start at 90€. We also offer highly unusual baskets for sale and to commission including the Spanish piteira basket. This chicken nesting basket with carry handle and door is ideal as a very unusual cat or dog basket, particularly for mother cats or dogs with kittens or puppies. [more...]
Here´s a list of exhibitions, open workshops and markets where you can find authentic Spanish fibre crafts made by local textile and basket making artesans, Anna Champeney and Lluis Grau, who open their summer craft shop to the public in the Ribeira Sacra, Galicia, north Spain, this August. Their work this summer includes delicate [more...]
Spanish craft collaboration between artist weaver Anna Champeney and Barcelona-based fashion designers American Perez at ESDEMGA art college in Vigo. July 2011 – Artist jewellery David Poston teams up with tapestry weaver Jonathan Cleaver of Dovecot Studio in Edinburgh to create sculptural works of rich subtlety – Spanish craft from Ourense province on sale at Monforte de Lemos every second Sunday of the month – Casa y Campo magazine (Spain´s equivalent of Country Living) features Lluis Grau, specialist Spanish basket maker, writer and researcher. [more...]
Creative craft collaborations between textiles, fashion and jewellery – Anna Champeney, American Perez, David Poston and Jonathan Cleaver (Dovecot Studios, Edinburgh)
Spanish craft collaboration between artist weaver Anna Champeney and Barcelona-based fashion designers American Perez at ESDEMGA art college in Vigo. July 2011 – Artist jewellery David Poston teams up with tapestry weaver Jonathan Cleaver of Dovecot Studio in Edinburgh to create sculptural works of rich subtlety – Spanish craft from Ourense province on sale at Monforte de Lemos every second Sunday of the month – Casa y Campo magazine (Spain´s equivalent of Country Living) features Lluis Grau, specialist Spanish basket maker, writer and researcher. [more...]