How i got started with crafts making, was how i started to understand that every object made has a hidden story. But how do we recover these stories and attempt a new continuity?

Working within a craft tradition means having respect for, rather than strict adherence to, the techniques and lore that form that tradition. A tradition that is not changing and renewing itself becomes stagnant and dies, and it is hoped that by taking this first step in learning the craft tradition, this will not only persuade oneself to re-evaluate the traditional baskets, but to work with craftsmen from other disciplines to find new meaning.

I began the process with field research with an observation of the ways of making and using objects from the region. Popular basketry, in other words, that which is done traditionally by fishermen, farmers, cattlemen, people, for whom the making of the baskets or similar things is just one of the many activities that they do in their daily life. The inherited knowledge were shared by Carlos, from his long stays with the old people, who lived in the remotest places of the Spanish geography. These inheritors of knowledge, are now, with hardly any generational renewal, died with them. 

Such rural crafts making enables a reflection on the cultural identity of the region, and i intend to work for the next years on crossing the traditional techniques for gradual and reasonable cultural development.

The alumni of Staatliche Berufsfachschule für Flechtwerkgestaltung

How i got started with crafts making, was how i started to understand that every object made has a hidden story. But how do we recover these stories and attempt a new continuity?

Working within a craft tradition means having respect for, rather than strict adherence to, the techniques and lore that form that tradition. A tradition that is not changing and renewing itself becomes stagnant and dies, and it is hoped that by taking this first step in learning the craft tradition, this will not only persuade oneself to re-evaluate the traditional baskets, but to work with craftsmen from other disciplines to find new meaning.

I began the process with field research with an observation of the ways of making and using objects from the region. Popular basketry, in other words, that which is done traditionally by fishermen, farmers, cattlemen, people, for whom the making of the baskets or similar things is just one of the many activities that they do in their daily life. The inherited knowledge were shared by Carlos, from his long stays with the old people, who lived in the remotest places of the Spanish geography. These inheritors of knowledge, are now, with hardly any generational renewal, died with them. 

Such rural crafts making enables a reflection on the cultural identity of the region, and i intend to work for the next years on crossing the traditional techniques for gradual and reasonable cultural development.

The alumni of Staatliche Berufsfachschule für Flechtwerkgestaltung