Rocio Utray's guest appearances

Rocio Utray

The Doily Free Zone

Jane Atkinson

Caitlin McCormack

Ali Rauf

Elena Thornton

Maggie Hensel-Brown

Alicia Jane Boswell

Cora Bellotto

Mariña Regueiro

Diana Springall

Cheri Dunnigan

Paula Matthusen

Olivia Valentine

Michele Elliot

Isabel Avendano Hazbun

Kim Lieberman

OwlTail

So many textile stories, and particularly lace stories, are about women, their work and their often-unrecognized artistic contribution to their culture and their time. Thankfully some of these stories are collected and recorded by scholars allowing us a great insight into some seemingly small lives which actually had significant impact on the textile arts.One such character was Cándida García Irajudo, who is the subject of Mariña Regueiro’s latest book Candida Lace: The Lace in Seville in the first half of the 20th Century. The book traces the extraordinary career of Cándida, a woman from a modest background whose gift for designing original and fashionable laces allowed her to build a wonderful career as a lace designer and teacher for the ladies of Seville’s most elite families.In this special episode of TextileStories I am joined not only by Mariña, but also by lace maker Rocío Utray; daughter, niece and granddaughter to some of Cándida’s students and keeper of a significant part of her archive and legacy. It is a wonderful story not only of a gifted artist and teacher, but also of incredible courage, confidence and autonomy, the story of an uneducated woman who learned to write her name so that she could sign her designs and “show everyone she was an artist” and who was welcomed into the parlors of her city’s most important families because of great talent.If you would like to buy the book the best ways are as follows:In Europe it will be available through Barbara Fay http://www.barbara-fay.com/index.php/en/In Australia I will be ordering a box or two so if you would like to have a copy just let me know – shipping will take 3-4 weeks.Everywhere else it is best to contact Mariña directly via her website.     Learn more about Mariña’s work at: http://www.escueladeencajes.comor follow her on Instagram @marinaregueiroWould you prefer to listen with a slide show? Find us on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/L8KyphEMTCMTo hear more TextileStories subscribe to our channel or visit: https://www.textilesupport.net/blogMusic: "Add And" by Broke for Free www.brokeforfree.com/

So many textile stories, and particularly lace stories, are about women, their work and their often-unrecognized artistic contribution to their culture and their time. Thankfully some of these stories are collected and recorded by scholars allowing us a great insight into some seemingly small lives which actually had significant impact on the textile arts. One such character was Cándida García Irajudo, who is the subject of Mariña Regueiro’s latest book Candida Lace: The Lace in Seville in the first half of the 20th Century. The book traces the extraordinary career of Cándida, a woman from a modest background whose gift for designing original and fashionable laces allowed her to build a wonderful career as a lace designer and teacher for the ladies of Seville’s most elite families. In this special episode of TextileStories I am joined not only by Mariña, but also by lace maker Rocío Utray; daughter, niece and granddaughter to some of Cándida’s students and keeper of a significant part of her archive and legacy. It is a wonderful story not only of a gifted artist and teacher, but also of incredible courage, confidence and autonomy, the story of an uneducated woman who learned to write her name so that she could sign her designs and “show everyone she was an artist” and who was welcomed into the parlors of her city’s most important families because of great talent. If you would like to buy the book the best ways are as follows: In Europe it will be available through Barbara Fay <a href="http://www.barbara-fay.com/index.php/en/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.barbara-fay.com/index.php/en/</a> In Australia I will be ordering a box or two so if you would like to have a copy just let me know – shipping will take 3-4 weeks. Everywhere else it is best to contact Mariña directly via her website. Learn more about Mariña’s work at: <a href="http://www.escueladeencajes.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.escueladeencajes.com</a> or follow her on Instagram @marinaregueiro Would you prefer to listen with a slide show? Find us on YouTube here: <a href="https://youtu.be/L8KyphEMTCM" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/L8KyphEMTCM</a> To hear more TextileStories subscribe to our channel or visit: <a href="https://www.textilesupport.net/blog" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.textilesupport.net/blog</a> Music: "Add And" by Broke for Free <a href="http://www.brokeforfree.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.brokeforfree.com/</a>

Mariña Regueiro & Rocio Utray