Casa dos Artesans – Ribeira Sacra

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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History

Collapse Weave video link from Anna Champeney Textile Studio

Video link with demonstration of collapse weave by Anna Champeney, weaver (north Spain) and masterclass pupil of Danish master weaver, Lotte Dalgaard. So-called active and stable yarns, interwoven on the loom, result in wonderful textural fabrics with crinkles, pleats and folds. Anna Champeney Textile Studio also offers cottage accommodation for visitors and pupils, hand-weaving courses, sale of fine linen for hand-weavers, traditional Spanish folk textiles and art textiles to order. [more...]

Bespoke linen textiles for exclusive fashion design

Latest linen fabrics from Anna Champeney Estudio Textil, Galicia. February 2011. Bespoke, pre-crinkled linen fabric design with Japanese crêpe yarns. Suitable as a dress fabric or accesory. Invitation to Spanish fashion designers to contact us about the possibility of a creative collaboration to design one-off garments using these unique hand-woven fabrics. [more...]

Christmas Greetings & December Update

Hot off the press!  AC Textile Studio featured in issue 201 of Spain´s “Country Living” (Casa y Campo) magazine

German Saiz´s stunning photographs and Monica Corredera´s text really reflect the beauty of our surroundings here in north Spain and the increasingly rare art of weaving by hand. 

The great thing about magazines such as Casa [more...]