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 Fair in Ourense city, north Spain 2010 - with weaving and basketry demonstrations + a raffle

Win a hand-woven linen cushion designed and woven at Anna Champeney Textile Studio or a traditional Spanish mushroom picking basket by Lluis Grau, basket maker, in the craft raffle at Ourense (Orense) craft fair, on 24 April 2010. The craft fair is held in the city centre, near the Plaza de Abastos / main post office. [more...]