They are made in buenos aires with old techniques and very noble materials. Blankets, scarfs, pillow cases, placing mats, things like that.
I use cotton, natural silk that´s hand woven and dyed, baby alpaca from Peru, pure merino wool.
There are different techniques involved like manually operated looms, crochet, macrame.
Your textiles are gorgeous! As a knitter I can appreciate not only their beauty but the work that goes into making each item. Lovely.
ReplyDeleteIt´s great when someone can appreciate a handmade textile!
Deletebeautiful!
ReplyDeleteThank you, I wish I knew who you are and from where!
DeletePaula,
ReplyDeleteWant to ask you a question. What's your email address?
Carmen
bakingismyzen@comcast.net
8/7/12
Aloha Paula!
ReplyDeleteYour work is beautiful! Do you have an Etsy shop? I bet you'd do very well!
Mynda
www.alohacookiegirl.etsy.com
Gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteDo you sell any of the items you make? I would love to buy some place mats from you!
ReplyDeleteEverything is gorgeous! You're really talented. The purple stripe pillow (i think?) caught my eye!
ReplyDeleteYes Abby, they are pillows! Thanks for the comment!
DeleteThese are beautiful! I knit and have a Mom who taught me to appreciate natural fibers. I love the orange pillow - the color and the texture.
ReplyDeleteThanks Xena! That´s handmade in a loom and I used alpaca and merino wool that´s weaved irregularly.
DeleteHi, Paula,
ReplyDeleteMy younger daughter is studying at Rhode Island School of Design and her concentration is Textiles. I love your beautiful work and was wondering how you got started.
I have been reading your recipes and somehow just discovered this other side of you!
Hey Stacy, I stumbled upon them quite by chance through my mother who found a great scarf almost ten years ago. Then I started investigating and contacting weavers, which thankfully, still exist here. They do everything by hand, that´s one of the differences in what I do.
DeleteI use natural fibers like cotton, alpaca, natural silk which is handwoven and dyed, very different from the thin threads that are used for industrial weaving.
The three techniques I use are looms, crochet and macrame.
beautiful !
ReplyDeleteThese are lovely Paula! Do you design them yourself? You mentioned in one of the comment that you work with weavers - have you delved into this traditional work too? Really just lovely, lovely things.
ReplyDeleteI do everything but the actual weaving...! It´s a great craft that unfortunately is being lost around the world, replaced by so many machine made textiles. Most people would rather buy something cheap every year than spend more on something that lasts a decade.
DeleteYour textiles are very pretty. You are very creative.
ReplyDeleteChristine
These are absolutely lovely!
ReplyDeleteI absolutely love all of this! Do you ship to the US? If so, as soon as my financial status turns around, I hope to incorporate your talent into my home...giving it a warm atmosphere.
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