He grew up surrounded by potter’s wheels, vessels and mud; and when he was only five years old, he began to play with what would become his profession and his passion, pottery. Baldomero García is part of the seventh generation of a potter family from Níjar, Almería. He claims that he is sad because there […]
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Matthew Weir, unique pieces to reclaim the artistic status of pottery
More than 20 years ago Matthew Weir arrived to the village of Níjar, in Almería, from London. This artisan could have never imagined that he would find his professional future in the tradition of this place. Soon he got interested by the secrets of ceramics and learnt how to use the potter’s wheel in the […]
Isabel Soler, natural crafts made with an Arab loom that get to homes of the half the world
The sound of her Arab loom fills the air of the workshop of Isabel Soler, one of the few weavers left in Níjar, a town in the province of Almería. She comes from a family of weavers and assures that the sounds of looms captivated her. She weaves blankets and carpets which have reached to […]