It is a project set up by two passionate people, a weaver Helena Loermans and a painter and art historian Marta Pokojowczyk. The authors are creating handwoven canvases with European hemp and linen yarn both natural and in colour. With respect for the basis of both crafts artists construct unique and composed textures which may interact with paints. This crosses between two disciplines; weaving and painting. Our studios are located in Odemira, Portugal and Wroclaw, Poland. If you have any questions do not hesitate to contact us by an email: helenaloermans@gmail.com or martapokojowczyk@gmail.com. Welcome and enjoy, Helena and Marta.
... framing 'mantelillo veneziano' - a replica of linen canvas from the XVI th century; an oak and mahogany wood ...




More about the project on the blog: http://16thcenturyhandwovencanvas.blogspot.com/ 
 
Hempweavers Handwoven Canvas in Wroclove Design Festival; Wrocław, Poland... work in progress ...  



hemp and linen textured canvas


We have just added a new canvas in grey to the webshop. Welcome and enjoy, www.hempweavers.tictail.com




... today we received a very positive feedback about the replica of the XVIth century linen canvas, from the Painting Restoration Department of the Museo Nacional del Prado in Madrid ...  

more informations on http://16thcenturyhandwovencanvas.blogspot.com/


From the 18th - 22nd of May we will meet in Wroclove Design Festival in Wrocław, Poland; stay tuned ... :)

a palette of handwoven canvases

canvas 3D

'The Way', by one of the authors, Hempweaver Marta Pokojowczyk, is an interference in handwoven canvas



A palette of canvases is available in our webshop www.hempweavers.tictail.com
Welcome and enjoy!  
Here is a story about what has been happening since El Greco came to Odemira... An overview on the full process of creating a handwoven linen replica of a XVIth century canvas on which El Greco painted 'The Burial of the Count of Orgaz'... Welcome on our blog!

'El Greco in Odemira' 


snapshot from the workshop...



 


 
'Mantelillo veneziano' canvas, work in progress...


Drafts through the centuries... A storefront with Hempweavers handwoven canvases in Helena's Atelier in Odemira...

 
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