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Portrait of Pau Trepat Herranz.
Portrait of Pau Trepat Herranz. · Fundación Artesanía de Galicia (Fibranzas program brochure) · Headshot source page for Pau Trepat Herranz · Headshot image for Pau Trepat Herranz
Materials
willow, giant cane
Techniques
basket weaving
Classification
basketry

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Pau Trepat Herranz

Pau Trepat, of the Pardinyes district of Lleida, is described by LA MIRA as the fourth generation of a family of basket makers, working in willow beside his father Francesc Trepat; the family plants its own willow. He teaches and demonstrates traditional basketry in Catalonia. [5, 3]

Profile

Background

Trepat was born in Lleida into a family that has made baskets for roughly a century. He describes himself as the fourth generation after his great-grandfather, grandfather and father. He began working professionally beside his father and grandfather and continues to specialize in traditional Catalan forms made from willow and cane.

The knowledge he works from is procedural: selecting and preparing plant material, maintaining tension through the body of a basket, and reproducing regional construction without a formal mold. His current work is teaching- and demonstration-oriented; in 2026 he was invited by Catalan craft institutions and the University of Lleida to demonstrate willow and cane work and teach the traditional cane arna beehive.

Practice

Traditional Catalan basketry in willow and cane; baskets, caragoleres, garrafes, coves and ampollers in willow, and an arna beehive built from cane. [5, 3, 6]

Work over time

  1. Teaching Taught traditional willow basketry in the Fibranzas basketry programme of the Xunta de Galicia (2025 edition). · San Cristovo de Mouricios, Galicia, Spain [10]
  2. Relocation Moved from Catalonia to Galicia after being invited to teach at the Fibranzas courses at Os Casares, Chantada; says he is staying at Os Casares for now. · Os Casares, Galicia, Spain [9]
  3. Teaching Taught, with Enrique Taboas, the first module (obtaining basketry fibres from chestnut and willow) of Fibranzas 2026-27, which began on the day of the press release. · San Cristovo de Mouricios, Galicia, Spain [11]
  4. Teaching Taught Module I (fibre gathering and preparation) of the Fibranzas course, Fundacion Artesania de Galicia. · Chantada, Galicia, Spain [1]
  5. Teaching Taught, with Idoia Cuesta, a course on weaving willow rods applied to interiors, part of the second module of Fibranzas 2026-27. · San Cristovo de Mouricios, Galicia, Spain [11, 12]
  6. Teaching Taught Module II (woven willow structures) of the Fibranzas course. · Chantada, Galicia, Spain [1]
  7. Teaching Announced as the teacher of a workshop on a traditional Catalan mushroom basket woven in willow at Casa das Insuas, Rabade, organised by the Asociacion Galega de Custodia do Territorio. · Casa das Insuas, Galicia, Spain [9]
  8. Teaching Willow and cane basketry demonstration at the Institut d'Estudis Ilerdencs, Lleida, with the University of Lleida. · institution: Institut d'Estudis Ilerdencs · Lleida, Spain [4, 6]
  9. Teaching Arna (cane beehive) course listed by the Associacio Catalana de Cistellaires. · Can Poc Oli, Escola Agraria de Manresa, Spain [3]

References

  1. Headshot source page for Pau Trepat Herranz Retrieved 2026-10-01
  2. Headshot image for Pau Trepat Herranz Retrieved 2026-10-01
  3. Cursos 2026 — Associació Catalana de Cistellaires
  4. Els usos culturals de les plantes, de la UdL a l'IEI
  5. L'ofici mes antic del mon es en aquestes mans - LA MIRA Retrieved 2026-10-02
  6. Cistelleria tradicional, en viu a l'IEI - Pla d'Urgell TV Retrieved 2026-10-02
  7. Cistelleria tradicional, en viu a l'IEI (Segre) Retrieved 2026-10-02
  8. Racó dels Artesans, Fira Monogràfica de les Fibres Vegetals (Etnologia.cat, 2026-07-25) Retrieved 2026-10-02
  9. Pau Trepat, artesano catalan que imparte un taller en Rabade - El Progreso (2026-04-19) Retrieved 2026-10-02
  10. Xunta press release, Chantada, 29 November 2025 Retrieved 2026-10-02
  11. Xunta press release, Chantada, 27 March 2026 Retrieved 2026-10-02
  12. Elena Fabeiro destaca el papel de la cesteria de mimbre en interiorismo - El Progreso (2026-04-30) Retrieved 2026-10-02
  13. L'artesania de les fibres vegetals torna a fer rogle a Mas de Barberans - EbreDigital (2026-07-23) Retrieved 2026-10-02
  14. Xunta press release, Santiago de Compostela, 25 February 2026 Retrieved 2026-10-02
  15. L'ENTREVISTA - CDR Museu de la Pauma Retrieved 2026-10-02