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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Holidays with a difference in north Spain: Weaving, basketry and natural dyeing at Casa dos Artesans holiday cottage with Anna Champeney, textile weaver, and Lluis Grau, basketmaker

Photos of weaving, natural dyeing and basketry courses with Lluis Grau and Anna Champeney, held this summer in Galicia, northwest Spain. For unforgettable holidays in north Spain with a difference why not combine a stay at Casa dos Artesans holiday cottage and some quality one-to-one craft tuition. We offer a varied programme and dates to suit you. Courses start at 90€. We also offer highly unusual baskets for sale and to commission including the Spanish piteira basket. This chicken nesting basket with carry handle and door is ideal as a very unusual cat or dog basket, particularly for mother cats or dogs with kittens or puppies. [more...]

100% pure lambswool with natural dyes – yarns for hand-weavers – new course dates for natural dyeing and loom weaving – holidays in Spain with a difference

New lambswool with natural dyes available for use in hand-weaving. Now available from ACEstudio Textil in north Spain. Weave courses – lambswool scarves with natural colours including cochineal from Lanzarote – linen weaving for lace makers and crocheters – Summer craft courses and holidays in beautiful north Spain with professional craftspeople as tutors. [more...]

Secrets of traditional Spanish basketry and handloom fabric weaving from the Ribeira Sacra, Galicia, north Spain – Lluis Grau, Basket maker and Anna Champeney Estudio Textil

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...]