CERAMIC FROM TOLEDO (RENAISSANCE STYLE) - "Robles"

Robles, is know to be one of the masters of Spanish Craftsmanship in ceramic, from Puente del Arzobispo in the province of Toledo. Very rare pieces, as he works by himself, and makes very few piece each month and his style is known to be called Renascence style from the 18th. century.

He is known as “Goro”, and his son is working with him now, I really hope that he gets the skills of his father, it would be really a shame that a work like this would die out. In 23 years of experience I have seen a few craftsman that simple have died, and no ones has followed his work, it’s certainly heart breaking for a lover of craftsmanship like me.

 

You will see a few religious pieces, as that is his great especially. Also he is very good for reproducing different episodes of the book of Cervantes “Don Quijote”, he is famous for painting the 40 prints of the first book printed of “Don Quijote”, it took him a few years of work.

You can see in the pictures, the details of his work and the carefulness that he takes to paint even the smallest of the things he makes. I must admit, he is extraordinary artist, and a better person. The wonderful thing about my work, is that I know each one of the artisans, they are my friends, more than partners in this group of craftsmen.

If you are thinking in ordering many pieces "Forget about it", I personally have to wait for months to get a few pieces. The collection I have in the shop is because I have been saving pieces for years, and slowly I have got a reasonably good collection.

www.mijasceramic.com

www.lionluis.com

          

CERAMIC FROM SEVILLA (DRY CORD) - Part 1 -

Artecer, is very well know manufactory of these ceramic plates from Seville (Spain). 

These plates are enameled in 24 K gold. This work, known as "Cuerda Seca" (it could be translated to “Dry Cord” technique), it was brought buy the Arabs to Spain in the 8th. century. And since then, this ceramic craftsmanship has been made in Spain.

You might notice a two very different styles. One is the pure geometrical design, which is the original style. This style has much more work and also more gold, so obviously that are more expensive.

The more colorful one (Which sells more) is a baroque evolution of the Arabic design, and it's also cheaper, which can help if you don't what to spend to much money.

Obviously these ceramic plates are made just for decoration. They are delicate plates,I would not leave them outside. 

 All these Craftsmen make are plates and watches. Everything is made on flat surfaces, as the enamel is poured on to the plate, so if it was not flat, guess what, it would dribble over the place.

www.mijasart.com

www.lionluis.com

ANDALUSIAN CERAMIC - TITO Part 1 -

TITO

Tito is one of the most prestigious ceramic artisans in Spain, he has even been recognized as the best craftsman in Spain, for 2006. They come from a Village called Úbeda en the province of Jaen, in Andalusia.

He basically hand makes these reproductions of traditional Andalusia ceramic, in other words the popular style that was used in the countryside during many centuries.

The normal style had only one colour, normally, the green, and sometimes mustard, blue or cream. In 2006 he creates what he has called the "Repintado" style, which means repainted. What he does is make the pieces in the cream colour, and repaints them with these vivid colours and then they cooked the pieces again. So you can see these marvelous colored pieces, which are an exceptional pieces of art work.

As you can see there are two basic styles. The classical and the "Repintado".

As I told you before his classical style comes in four different basic colors, green, blue, beige and mustard. Plus all the pieces can come "Calado" or normal. The "Calado" is the cut out work you can see in the pictures. Want they do is let the ceramic dry a little for a few days and then cut it out, it's a tremendous amount of work.

In the classical style you might think they have two colors, well NO. Want they do is soak the pieces in the color enamel and after carve away the paint until the natural color of the ceramic comes out, really extraordinary art work. That's why every single piece is totally different you will never have two pieces a like.

The bottom line is that everything is possible in any size, any color or any style. Some craftsmen have moles, so all the plates come out in the exactly same size, but these Artisan hand throw every single piece. So the chose is infinite. As these plates are all hand thrown, they can’t be flat, they are slightly concave. The larger the plate is, more concave it has to be, if not it can’t be made.

 www.mijasart.com

www.lionluis.com

Ceramic from Spain.

Exposición Artesania de España

Private Collection and Sale of First class Spanish articles and Mostly exclusive in Mijas pueblo (Málaga) and The Costa del sol.

Reproductions of 18th Century Spanish jewellery, in Sterling Silver and 18k Gold, Handmade Pewter from Segovia, Mallorca pearls, Real Spanish fans, Religious figures, Nativities sets, 24k Damasquinado from Toledo, Silver filigree from Cordoba, Authentic Spanish ceramic, Olive wood an Many others things!

"FREE ENTRY".



*International Shipping Service.*

(Tracking number & Insurance included)

www.mijasart.com

www.lionluis.com