Eva Camacho-Sánchez

• Name — Eva Camacho-Sánchez • Occupation — Jewelry, housewares, and accessories maker

She grew up in Alcaudete, Spain. She earned a bachelor's degree in educational sciences at the University of Córdoba. After moving to California in 1998, Camacho-Sanchez began working as a Spanish teacher. She continued to teach Spanish when she moved to Washington D.C. in 2000. She attended George Washington University, where she earned a master's degree in translation and interpretation. She then became a certified translator and interpreter. In Massachusetts, Camacho-Sanchez has worked for the International Language Institute of Massachusetts since 2021 and Williston Northampton School since 2022.

Camacho-Sanchez became a textile artist after moving to Northampton, Massachusetts in 2010. She sources wool from New England farmers and incorporates material from the woods into some of her work. Camacho-Sánchez lays out pieces of wool on a large table, wets them with water and soap, then rolls the wool in a piece of bubble wrap about 1,000 times to form it. She uses the prepared felt to make garments in about six or seven hours.

• "Soft Borders" (2019), Surface Design Association • "Human Impact: Stories of the Opioid Epidemic" (2020), Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, Massachusetts

Camacho-Sanchez is married and has three children.