cardos y yo, originally uploaded by Marian Florcita.
I’m starting today the long trip back home. I’ve already shipped the little bags with around 200gr of wool and fibres to those who won the give away (Silvia, Alicia, Gabriela, Maria Lidia and another Silvia!).
\Leabing from Patagonia means a bus to Buenos Aires, and planes to [...]
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No, I haven’t dropped off the edge of the world… I was having way too much fun.
Some friends from University times came to visit and we all went to the beach house where we stayed for a while chatting, eating, laughing… laughing, chatting….laughing We went to the beach, collected some shells, got a [...]
Tags:"El Condor"·Amigos·beach·blue·friends·laughter·Patagonia·playa·viedma·visit
And I started to work with the wool I bought some days ago. I even felted with cold water and almost no soap (warm water and soap are the basic elements needed for felting…and the wool obviously!) and the results were fast and super soft.
I made some prefelts which at the same time gave me [...]
It’s proven a bit difficult to explain to people here what it is that I do. When I mention “handmade felt” people stare at me as If I was talking about giving an elephant a pedicure… weird. So I explain. Even though it is around 25C already, I walk around with a scarflette hanging from [...]
Tags:Argentina·artensanal·clutch·drought·felting·fieltro·lana·sequia·sobre·wool
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A few days ago I went to an expo of local products. The idea is that producers can go and show what they have, sell and make some PR too. From culinary delicacies such as wild boar paté, walnuts, cakes made by Carmelite nuns, oysters, hand made leather bags, hand made knives made of re-used [...]
Tags:Argentina·hand dyed·hand made·hand spun·hecho a mano·lana·merino·talleres·teñido natural·wool·workshop·yarn
