She arrived in the Granadian Alpujarra and decided not to leave. Here, Fátima Quesada has become a ceramist, and was awarded with the Master Artisan Card by the Andalusian Government in 2011. In her workshop, Alizares, she makes pieces for architectural works; however, she has worked all over Spain and in countries such as France, […]
The Urban Knitting trend has arrived to Granada’s Alpujarra to dress up its streets this Christmas season. Women from almost ten villages have knitted the Christmas ornaments that decorate the streets of their villages. Their goal is to attract tourists to their villages. The Guadalinfo network has coordinated this social innovation project in which young […]
Ana Martínez arrived at Granada’s Alpujarra to participate in a looms workshop, but she stayed there in Bubión. 27 years later she has her own textile workshop, Hilacar. Using two looms, which are more than 200 years old, she makes her ‘jarapas’, a type of fabric. Her products count on the Natural Park of Andalusia […]
