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

Ribeira Sacra craft workshops in Cristosende (A Teixeira, Ourense) - Annual selling textile and basketry craft exhibition and open workshops 1 – 31 August 2010 – Linen sacks, mushroom baskets, babycapes, shawls, linen face-cloths, guided workshop visits and more

It´s July in the Ribeira Sacra and hand-weaver and designer, Anna Champeney, and basketmaker, Lluis Grau, are working hard in order to make their textile and basketry studios ready to open to the public during August, when they have their their summer selling exhibition and open studios.  Their places of work are situated in beautifully-restored traditional stone buildings [more...]

Craft work in the Ribeira Sacra - A week in the life of handweaver Anna Champeney

A week in the life of hand-weaver Anna Champeney (Artesanía Textil, Ribeira Sacra, Galicia, Spain). What it´s really like to be a professional handweaver and make your living at a textile craft. Weaving, loom preparation, teaching, natural dyeing, product photography, administration, packaging orders, preparing pricelists. Variety is the spice of life as a maker today! [more...]

Autumn Richness in the Ribeira Sacra

November in the Ribeira Sacra 2009. Wild mushroom picking, sweet chestnuts and warming winter stews made with local beef in a locally-made earthenware cooking pot. [more...]