Contemporary Weaving Patterns: Weaving with colour and texture: a unique guide to over 150 exceptional patterns by Margot Selby. Review by Anna Champeney Estudio Textil. Weaving courses in north Spain, winter lets at Casa dos Artesans holiday cottage for creative retreats. Where to see contemporary textiles in London: Handweavers´ Studio, CAA, Wallace & Sewell [more...]
Tips on bag design from Adele Orcajada, a professional from the world of Spanish fashion and accessories design. Adele spends 3 weeks learning to weave her own hand-woven fabric for bags and shoes in Anna Champeney Estudio Textil in Galicia, north Spain. The difference between industry and craft-made bags. How many handbags does industry produce? [more...]
Here´s a list of exhibitions, open workshops and markets where you can find authentic Spanish fibre crafts made by local textile and basket making artesans, Anna Champeney and Lluis Grau, who open their summer craft shop to the public in the Ribeira Sacra, Galicia, north Spain, this August. Their work this summer includes delicate [more...]