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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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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...]