> [!NOTE]+ Meta > Author:: Paula Camiña > Reference:: https://through-objects.com/blog/qa-with-paula-camina-about-co-obradoiro-galego/ > Date:: 2023 > Tags:: #warp #Spain #basketry > WeftLinks:: [[Environmental value of craft]] > Claim:: [[Claim - Craft encourages greater care of the environment]] > [!SUMMARY] Summary > Galician basketry raises awareness of the value of bio-diversity. ### Highlights The decline of the Galician basketry has intensified because of the lack of vegetable fibers in our Galician forest due to the reforestation of non-autochthonous species whose wood can not be used for basketry and the disappearance of rural life. Co-Obradoiro Galego” is a collaborative project by three basketmakers and designer Paula Camiña, looking at biotechniques to help regenerate and revive Galician craft heritage. Their objective was to produce a flexible and biodegradable biomaterial that could be shaped by local basketmakers and applied together with vegetable fibers, using traditional hand-weaving techniques – a biomaterial made from a flexible biopolymer found in the seafood exoskeletons (usually an unused waste source), chitosan this amount of waste has increased in the past years due to a higher seafood demand, production systems, and the implementation of no more traditional fishing methods, which puts at risk the local crafts, such as basketry. My work as a designer was to create a collection of baskets with a morphology inspired by elements present in the Galician culture. would like to add this project as an example of a bio circular waste economy system.