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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...]
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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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Rare Spanish baskets from wild cherry wood are available direct from Lluis Grau, one of the few remaining makers of split wood basketry in Galicia, north west Spain. His work is now exhibited internationally and sought after by basketry collectors. [more...] Galician felpa cushions are still made by hand in this part of north Spain. The ancient technique of felpa – or hand-made macro loop-pile fabric, is over 1000 years old. Anna Champeney Textile Studio, in Galicia, specialises in felpa cushions with both traditional and modern designs, and combines research into the technique with promoting a wider understanding of the technique, both in Spain and internationally. Her work is available by internet, directly from her textile studio in the Ribeira Sacra, and from exhibitions. [more...] |
Learn the creative art of hand-weaving, natural dyeing and basketry in Galicia!
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