Casa de Los Balcones is the home of Canary Islands lacemaking.
Here, lace is made in strict accordance with tradition, preserving the centuries-old techniques so that they can be passed down to future generations through the workshops that take place at the House.
The two artisanal techniques most commonly used in Canary Islands lacemaking are the calado and the roseta. The calado technique is a form of embroidery, involving the strategic removal of threads from a fabric that has been stretched onto a wooden frame, while the roseta technique involves the creation of patterns by interweaving threads between pins placed onto a small, circular fabric backing