BASKETRY INSTALLATION
Basketry weaving with Master Carlos Fontales
Spanish master weaver Carlos Fontales will lead a large-scale installation using the principles of basket weaving. This is an interactive weaving workshop using natural fibers with one of the most important experts in basketry in the Spain with several books published, many courses taught and many interesting pieces to his credit aimed at the creation of site-specific projects in different spaces of medium or large dimensions. Contrary to what is usual in design processes, Fontales proposes a free transit, from the emotion of the encounter with new techniques and materials, towards unforeseen results. His workshops aims at a deep connection with nature ́s fibers, the joy of the handmade and the freedom to experiment.
Materials : natural fibers
Final Project: participation in a woven site-specific piece which will be shown during XTANT Roots 2024.
Duration: 3.5 hours
Maximum 12 people
Cost per person: 150 €
About the tutor
Carlos Fontales is celebrated master and practicioner in the carft of basket weaving. He was born in Madrid but has travelled the length and breath of Spain to learn from heritage basket weaving traditions all over the country. At the age of 20 he moved to a village in Galicia fleeing from city life and its future prospects. Years later he began to be interested in daily use basketry, the one made by farmers in rural Spain to use on an everyday basis. As a result of these inquiries and learning, he published a couple of books on the trade. Along with his research, he dedicates his activity to traveling around Spain and other countries giving courses, seminars, conferences, as well as occasional art installations.
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