Artesanía de Galicia - POTSFINK

Creative TourismChampeney and Grau propose a different kind of holiday, through creativetourism, an idea that is not yet established in Galicia but which hasmany attractive qualities. The idea is to bring together a leisure stay, suchas a weekend or a week, with training in the area of fabrics or basket-making.A training extra for a different way of enjoying a stay in the uniquelandscape of Ribeira Sacra, for which one may board at the A Casa dosArtesáns [The Artisans’ House] rural tourism lodge. A house in which onemay see original coverlets made using the technique of Galician pile fabricor a collection of portraits of craft workers made by Champeney herself. Inthis sense they highlight the importance that they take on in relation to theknowledge and the creative experience of this type of stay, which are goodfor people’s well-being. For this reason they provide different possibilities,both for beginners and for those who wish to perfect their technique ascraft workers who want to refresh their knowledge. “For people who havenever thought of doing craftwork and perhaps had doubts about their capacityto do it, we have introductory sessions that are easy and have goodresults with relatively little effort”, Anna explains, as she indicates that she11