# Umbral — Craft & Nature Experiences in Chile

> Umbral runs small-group craft and nature experiences across Chile — ceramics, basketry, goldsmithing, surf and trekking. Based in Viña del Mar.

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- Site guide for AI agents: https://umbralexp.com/llms.txt

An experience can be only the beginning.

We create gatherings for learning, making, watching and sharing; spaces to slow the pace and discover new ways of relating to what surrounds us.

Umbral exists between the known and what is still to be discovered. We create gatherings around different disciplines, bringing together knowledge, practice and people in small, carefully tended experiences built with intention.

## Two ways in

- **Learning through the hands** — Ceramics, basketry, textiles, goldsmithing and other crafts that invite you to meet the materials, the processes, and the people who keep them alive.
- **Moved by nature** — Experiences where movement becomes another way of knowing, observing and relating to what surrounds us.

## Disciplines

- [Ceramics](https://umbralexp.com/disciplines/ceramics.md): An experience that approaches clay through making: getting to know the material, working with your hands, and discovering how time and fire transform each piece.
- [Surf & Skimboard](https://umbralexp.com/disciplines/surf.md): A way of approaching the sea through movement, observation and practice. Reading its changes, understanding its rhythms, and learning to move with them.
- [Basketry](https://umbralexp.com/disciplines/basketry.md): Weave willow alongside the artisans of Chile's wicker capital, from green reed to finished form.
- [Goldsmith](https://umbralexp.com/disciplines/goldsmith.md): Melt, hammer and set a single piece of silver with a master jeweller in a quiet city workshop.
- [Trekking](https://umbralexp.com/disciplines/trekking.md): Walk the granite towers and glacial valleys of Patagonia, ending each day around a shared table.

## Upcoming dates

[When you can come](https://umbralexp.com/editions.md)

## Where we are

- Casa Pequén, Los Chercanes 78A
- Viña del Mar, Valparaíso, Chile

## Contact

- WhatsApp +56 9 7854 5607 — [book or ask on WhatsApp](https://wa.me/56978545607?text=Hi%20Umbral%2C%20I'd%20love%20to%20know%20more%20about%20your%20experiences.)
- Email: [experiencias.umbral@gmail.com](mailto:experiencias.umbral@gmail.com)
- Instagram: [@umbral__cl](https://www.instagram.com/umbral__cl/)