Antonía - handcraft

Antonía (1935-2024), is one of the Teigasel sisters. She has a long history of handcrafts where she made all kind of handcrafts, bags and jewelry from various raw material such as stones, vinyl records, reindeer skin, tree branches and wool. For decades Antonía has been known for her enthusiasm for handcrafted materials  and has carved her products to perfection. The last five years before she died, she stayed at a retirement home at Egilsstadir, where she literally changed her room into a handcraft workshop, passionately working on her various handcrafts many of which you can see here today.