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...]
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...]
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...]