During her residency at Espacio Vilaseco, Paula Bruna conducted research into the adjacent woodland, with the aim of understanding the environment through its non-human inhabitants.

During her residency at Espacio Vilaseco, the artist and writer Sara Herrera Peralta developed a project centred on encounters: between disciplines, materials, gestures and people.

All the pieces represent a respectful approach to thread: a celebration of this material, which underpins Sofía Nieto’s work as a costume designer for film, theatre and fashion, and which until now had remained unseen by the designer.

Fibres. The Plant Fibres Workshop is a training programme that will take place in San Cristovo de Mouricios (Chantada) from February to December, resulting from a collaboration between the Galician Public Foundation for Crafts, Espazo Vilaseco, Os Casares and Idoia Cuesta. The programme is divided into four modules in which you will learn the entire process, from obtaining plant fibres suitable for basketry and traditional basket-weaving techniques using different materials, to product design and artistic production.

Laboratory for the recovery of plant fibres in Galicia: pruning, planting and various uses.

Musician, field recordist, artist, filmmaker — the interdisciplinary work of Pablo Diserens is based on the attention, mainly through sound, to signs and presences of nature imperceptible to an anthropocentric society, and often vulnerable. By listening to these non-human life forms, the artist proposes new ways of relating to the world in which sound seeks to erase the differences between species.

The NEW CRAFTS FOR NEW ECOLOGIES conferences have been conceived as an opportunity to learn about, share and reflect on new approaches, both established and emerging, in the craft sector in Spain and abroad.

BIO*CERAMICS: Narratives of the Landscape and its Culture was an experimental workshop, an invitation to explore the intersection between the rural environment, sustainable environmental perspectives, the social fabric and local culture, with the aim of building a bridge between the past and the future through creativity and innovation.

Mixing art and nature, Luz Moreno Pinart has produced a series of photographic reportages on the soil and the plant, experimenting with flax and chestnut in different ways: raw, combed, cut, spun...

During her residency, Julia Huete researched the use and exploitation of all kinds of materials used in the rural environment of Galicia.

This workshop-meeting took place in Os Casares as part of the project Reverdecer. Plant ecophysiology and awareness for the conservation of native forests, organised by the María Jose Jove Foundation Art Centre.

In collaboration with Idoia Cuesta, we are working on the research and documentation of an experimental and collaborative wicker cultivation.