Sol Lace Workshop with Zaida Adriana Goveo Balmaseda: “Immersive Introduction to Sol Lace”

Immersive Introduction to Sol Lace – Learn how to make beautiful and intricate lace pieces through a simple and meditative technique with Puerto Rican fiber artist, Zaida Adriana Goveo Balmaseda.

What are Soles?
Sol lace is a type of needle lace usually worked in pieces or appliqués. The technique consists of drawing a net of thread and then weaving and knotting radially to form patterns. It has its origins in Spain and arrived to America in the 16th century, where it continued to develop into variations known as Ñandutí, Soles de Maracaibo, and simply Soles. Sol Lace is most often used to decorate heirloom clothing, baby blankets and home linens, but also assembled to create beautiful lace fabrics and accessories.
Understanding the essence of the technique gives us a vocabulary that we can apply in both traditional and experimental/contemporary contexts.

This workshop for beginners will be taught by fiber artist Zaida Adriana Goveo Balmaseda, who will introduce us to the technique as it is worked in her native country of Puerto Rico.

During this full-day workshop Zaida Adriana will explain the origins of the technique and show traditional and contemporary examples. Students acquire the basic knowledge to make Soles of different sizes, shapes, and decorative patterns. They leave with two completed Soles, and the materials to keep creating and experimenting.

Duration total:
6 hours (plus 1 hour lunch break)

Direction:
Zaida Adriana Goveo Balmaseda

Languages:
English and German

Level:
No previous knowledge required

Number of participants:
min. 5, max. 8

Price:
Total CHF 190

Material included:
Sol cushion, Sol pattern, needle, pins, thread, and instruction booklet

Also see:
Class on Sept. 18th, Introduction to Sol Lace

About Zaida Adriana Goveo Balmaseda
Zaida Adriana Goveo Balmaseda is a fiber artist whose work serves as a hands-on manifesto of the symbiotic relationship we can have with our surroundings. She makes slowly and mindfully, using local/organic fibers, recycled or found materials, and natural dyes. These materials are transformed through traditional craft techniques she respectfully re-contextualizes.
Her practice weaves together fiber-art, soft sculpture, material rescue, and contemplative performance.

Zaida Adriana advocates the slow, ethical and hand-made through talks and workshops at places like Duduá, Manufacture NY, Slow Fashion Spain/Ethical Fashion Academy, Eileen Fisher, Bloomingdales, and the Brooklyn Museum of Art. She serves as the Country Coordinator of the Fashion Revolution movement in Puerto Rico.

As recipient of the Lexus Grant for Artists, she is currently producing a large installation inspired by Sol lace for the Museum of Art of Puerto Rico.

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