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November 2012 news from Anna Champeney Estudio Textil

THE SHOP FLOOR PROJECT – I love the design of this very English online shop which also has a branch in Ulverston in Cumbria, UK.  Textile lovers can find hand-woven and mill-woven woollen and cashmere blankets, beautiful sculptural birds as well as attractive ceramics, hand-turned rolling pins and beaten metal wall sconces.

Cashmere blankets designed by Holly Berry (pupil of Margot Selby)
Abigail Brown´s sculptural birds  

 

WOVEN TEXTILE DESIGN AND NATURE

Anna Champeney Estudio Textil creates a limited edition series of woven silk and wool scarves with natural dyes inspired by Welsh marine life.

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SCARF WEAVING COURSES IN NORTH SPAIN – October and December 2012

Learn to weave with textile designer and weaver Anna Champeney.  Contact the studio about future dates.  A beginner can learn to prepare a loom, weave a sampler and a final scarf in a 4-day intensive course, in the picturesque village of Cristosende in Galicia, northwest Spain.

Contact ACEstudio Textil for more information.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FOULARDS DE ANNA CHAMPENEY SELECCIONADOS PARA UN NUEVO LIBRO 

Un editorial británico ha seleccionado varias imágenes de diseños de Anna Champeney para incluir en un nuevo libro sobre el diseño textil en telar de bajo lizo.

!No hay fecha para publicación todavía, pero os mantendremos informados!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NOVEDAD EN LA TIENDA DE TEXTILES NATURALES

Ashford Fringe TwisterHacer flecos más rápidos y con más facilidad, con este fringe maker de Ashford.

Precio:  33,21€ + envío  Comprar

 

Basketry Manual – Split wood Basketry from Los Ancares (Spain) by Lluis Grau and Anna Champeney

New basketmaking manual – How to make the split wood Basketry from Los Ancares (north Spain)

The beautiful split wood baskets of Los Ancares are to north Spain what the swill baskets are to Cumbria in Britain.  This book is the first, and only one of its kind, to explain how they are made.

“Here are detailed instructions, clear photography and diagrams of the slit wood baskets of Ancares” – Mary Butcher, UK

“…Looks great – nice design, clear & abundant photographs and reads well” – Tim Johnson, UK.

After about 4 years research and preparation the long awaited publication supported and published by the Basketmakers´ Association with the support of the Worshipful Company of Basketmakers is now available.

This is the only book on the subject of the beautiful but little known Spanish split wood basketry of north Spain.  The ring-bound publication with colour photographs of the baskets and the region itself contains step-by-step instructions on how to make two of the traditional forms as well as information about the area and the significance and ethnographic and aesthetic value of the basketry.

No doubt that basketmakers worldwide will welcome this new publication – on a subject which has very little written about it.  Its bilingual format – in both English and Spanish – should also bring it to a wider audience.

Lluis Grau is an experienced basketmaker and basketry tutor and offers tuition and group courses both in his native Spain and internationally.  Anna Champeney, his partner, has a background in exhibition curation and craft research and writing.  She is also a professional weaver and designer of loom-made textiles.

The book has been possible thanks to the collaboration of Albino Rodriguez of Piornedo and villagers of Burbia in León.

Price of book:  

  • UK – Copies available directly from the UK Basketmakers´ Association.  
  • Europe / outside Europe –  Buy book from Lluis Grau.

 

Lluis Grau exhibits at the International Basketry Fair in Salt and launches his new basketry manual, Girona October 6&7 2012

These charming mini-catalan baskets are ideal presents for your young kids or grandchildren – so they can harvest fruit and veg from the garden or even help mum and dad with the shopping!

Mini baskets include versions similar to the traditional Catalan mushrooming basket, the double “potato peeling” (pelapatas) basket.  But Lluis will also be displaying a full-size bres basket, beloved of collectors but also still made to commission as a traditional basketry cradle.  And unlike other models of cradle, the bres can also be used for storing toys and other things later on.

You can visit Lluis Grau at his stand at the Fira del Cistell en Salt, Gerona, on Saturday 6 y Sunday 7 October 2012.  Girona, the city which has grown to absorb the town of Salt, has great transport links with its international airport and a visit to the fair can make the central point of a fun weekend break away, with typical catalan music, dancing, a display of the scary “human towers” or “castells” and other attractions.   But be warned – there is always a tempting array of baskets on exhbition so bring a large bag with you!

Lluis´ new basketry book – Lluis also hopes to be able to have copies of his new book available for sale at the fair.  The book, co-authored by Anna Champeney and published by the Basketmakers´ Association with financial assistance from the Worshipful Company of Basketmakers, is about the very attractive wooden basketry tradition of Los Ancares in Galicia, north Spain.  Another treat for basket lovers, this book includes a practical section on how to make these wonderfully elegant split wood baskets.

  • Where:  The old quarter of Salt, Girona
  • When:  Primer fin de semana de octubre – 6 y 7 de octubre 2012.
  • Products:  Baskets from Spain and internationally
  • Featured basketmaker:  Lluis Grau
  • Web:  www.lluisgrau.com
  • Contact:  T.669 600 620.

 

Next basketry course with Lluis Grau at his workshop in rural northwest Spain (nearest train station:  Monforte de Lemos)

3 & 4 November – Beginners´ basketry in willow

More information – contact Lluis via email