Laurita Siles
Artist and researcher born in Marbella in 1981. PhD Cum Laude from the University of the Basque Country in 2017.
Mutur Beltz @ 2018
She shows concern for the territory; from the environmental crisis to the nostalgia caused by the loss of roots.
She currently resides between the Karrantza Valley and the Old Port of Algorta (Bizkaia), where she co-founded the Mutur Beltz project with Joseba Edesa. From her role as an individual entrepreneur at
Trained in Fine Arts in Málaga, Valencia, Iceland, Vancouver and the Basque Country, she has enjoyed scholarships and residencies in centers such as Arteleku (San Sebastián), Marlouflims (Bordeaux, France), MA Studio (Beijing, China), The Banff Centre (Canada), Gullkistan (Iceland), BilbaoArte Foundation, Shedding the Skin (Linz, Austria), Ming Studio (Boise, USA) and Djúpavík Art Factory (Iceland).
Her work has been shared in workshops, talks and exhibitions in different countries, and in recent years she has been part of international projects such as the Contextile Textile Art Biennial (Guimarães, Portugal) and the collective Moving Hands, Weaving Futures (Djúpavík Art Factory, Iceland).
In recognition of her career, she has received the National Craft Entrepreneurship Award (2024), for promoting an innovative model that connects crafts, sustainability and territory; the Elkarlan Award from the Basque Government (2024), for promoting community cooperation and social innovation in rural areas; the First Unicaja Foundation Award in Tapestries and Textiles (2024); the Materia Prima Award from Don Producto (2025), for her ability to transform a local resource into cultural and economic innovation; and the Karrantza Naturala Award (2025), for her contribution to the cultural, economic and symbolic sustenance of a valley that resists.
JOSEBA EDESA
Born in Karrantza in 1985, into a family of pastoral origin. Physical Education teacher by profession.
Mutur Beltz @ 2018
Born in Karrantza in 1985, into a family of pastoral origin. He has developed his work as a physical education teacher in different centers of Bizkaia in the field of Education, both public and private. With a degree in Physical Activity and Sports Sciences and a Diploma in Physical Education Teaching, he has also trained at the Arantzazu School of Shepherds, with the aim of increasing the degree of professionalism of his activity around the sheep sector, as a shepherd and cheesemaker. Although he always says that his great training has been in the street and in the stable, the rest are titles.
He currently lives in Karrantza, (Bizkaia); he helps his family in the management of grazing and farm work. At the same time, he develops his activity as a co-founding member of the Mutur Beltz project; where he cultivates different functions to promote the Carranzana sheep. Among them, we can highlight an extensive research work on Basque wool, with the aim of revaluing it as a raw material and thus creating a circular economy where shepherds receive a fair price for their wool.
With Mutur Beltz, his work has been recognized with the National Craft Entrepreneurship Award (2024), the Elkarlan Award from the Basque Government (2024), the Materia Prima Award from Don Producto (2025) and the Karrantza Naturala Award (2025).
LUR EDESA SILES
Born in Karrantza in 2018.
She hugs sheep and dogs, tirelessly searches for snails among the branches, chases chickens and likes to wear her nose painted like a clown, sing and look at the moon. When she grows up, she dreams of being a mermaid.
Mutur Beltz @ 2018