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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...]
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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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Us this simple loom to weave your own fashion accessories, customise garments, textile jewellery, fabric dolls, rag dolls, belts, make traditional fringes to apply to cushions or coverlets and much more. See how Spanish undergraduate fashion and fine art students invented their own techniques using these looms to create a range of exciting textile objects. Teach your child to weave on this simple, small-scale loom which represents excellent value-for-money. [more...] |
Learn the creative art of hand-weaving, natural dyeing and basketry in Galicia!
 For more info just click... Beautiful surroundings, high quality tuition and a wide variety of course options. |
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International art textile exhibitions, conference and networking opportunity (ETN and Kaunas Biennial) September 2011
A first impression of the international textile conference (European Textile Network) and Textile Biennial of Kaunas (Lithuania). Exhibitions with internationally-renowned textile artists, networking sessions and lectures about the future of textiles in Europe and worldwide. No textile artist or weaver could afford to miss this event. Rust dyeing course with Reiko Sudo (Nuno textiles, Japan), Chungie Lee and Bojagi textiles from Korea and numerous art installations and the news on the latest TC2 Jacquard loom. [more...]