He inherited his father’s trade, a prestigious metalsmith from Seville, Andalusia, who opened his workshop during the forties. His childhood memories are closely linked to working with noble metals. Today, Juan José Marmolejo is one of the most important metalsmiths in Spain. The sculptures of the Spanish Holy Week are embellished by his works. For […]
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La Reciclería, design crafts to give a new life to discarded objects
Paqui Alemán and Alejandro Ruiz met when they were working in a marketing company. She is from Almería and he was born in Madrid, but he lives in this Andalusian city since 25 years ago. When the company where they worked closed, they decided to make the most out of their design skills and created […]
Miguel Ángel Torres, a master potter moulded since childhood
When he was just a boy, Cordovan Miguel Ángel Torres knew that he wanted to be a ceramist and a potter. Today, at the age of 50, he has the Master Artisan Card awarded by the Andalusian Government. He received this recognition in 2014. In his workshop in La Rambla, in the province of Cordova, […]
Damián Ponce, ceramics as a way of interpreting life
Master ceramist Damián Ponce was born in 1951. He is the owner of a workshop located in the Cordovan village of Castro del Río since 1975. When he was 19 years old, he decided to turn his passion into his profession, and he began to study ceramics. He was part of the Andalusian Federation of […]