Halfway between the city of Girona and the coastal towns of the Costa Brava, at the foot of the Gavarres Natural Interest Space, five municipalities of the Empordanet area host the highest concentration of craftsmen and craftswomen in Catalonia, after the Barcelona metropolitan area. Within just a few kilometres, you can find a wide range of professionals linked to craftsmanship.
In this catalogue, you will find information about artisan companies — with one or more artisans — from the municipalities of la Bisbal d’Empordà, Forallac, Cruïlles, Monells i Sant Sadurní de l’Heura, Corçà, and Ullastret, classified according to the repertoire of craft trade families of Craftsmanship of Catalonia and located on a map. You will also find indicated whether they offer guided tours, courses, or workshops, or if they have their own shop
CERÀMICA LEY
A workshop that creates auteur ceramics where Martin Ley creates pieces ranging from animal sculptures to decorative and utilitarian pieces. He works with a stoneware and a glaze of his own creation with which he obtains pleasant textures with a glossy appearance. With his glazes he creates lively and agreeable colours but not excessively shiny. Workshop and shop open for everyone who walks around the medieval town of Peratallada.
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Ceràmica Ley
Av. La Bisbal, 3 17113 Peratallada
ANNICK GALIMONT
The potter, Annick Galimont, creates elegant, personal, unique useful and artistic objects inspired by nature in her small welcoming workshop-boutique in the commercial pottery area of La Bisbal d’Empordà. In her premises, with a calm, pleasant atmosphere, you will find, among other things, all kinds of tea and coffee sets and, if you feel like it, on her advice you can make your own creations!
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Annick Galimont
Carrer Aigüeta, 72 17100 La Bisbal d'Empordà
CERÀMICA ARTESANAL LB
It is a design company which produces pottery for daily use and decoration, with a fully handicraft production process, from the creation of every piece to its decoration, this allows them to create unique pieces for every client's needs. Their products are distinguished by simple but elegant lines with pastel or bright shades.
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Ceràmica artesanal LB
Av. Costa Brava, 52 17121 Corçà
CA L’ELOI TALLER DE CERÀMICA
"Ca l'Eloi" is Jordi Bonaventura's small traditional pottery workshop, where decorative and utility pottery is produced. Of his creations, the animal-shaped pieces (hens, owls, cats, ...) to be used in the kitchen are the most highlighted, to achieve a discrete light source with candles both in the interior or the exterior of your home or to make a commemorative present to someone.
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Ca l'Eloi Taller de ceràmica
Tel. 972 643 364
Tel. 646 663 971
CERÀMICA LA ESTRELLA
Since 1965, the family business "Ceramica La Estrella" produces pottery for gardens and the outside, with clients around the world, specially in France. They specialize in the making of flower pots, what makes them special and different from the rest is the double firing. The advantages of this kind of firing are a harder and slightly shinier glazed ceramic.
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Cermàmica La Estrella
C. Paral·lel, 52 17100 La Bisbal d'Empordà
Tel. 972 643 414
CERÀMICA PLANAS MARQUÈS
A family business that during more than 35 years has created all kinds of products with clay from La Bisbal and also with stoneware: table sets, lights, plates, vases, bottles, ceramic pictures, bath and kitchen accessories, etc. The design and decoration of his pieces is very personal and differentiate them from the rest of artisan companies related to ceramics.
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Ceràmica Planas Marquès
Av. Costa Brava, 34 17121 Corçà
Tel. 972 630 093
ANNA BALLESTÉ [ba_Ro]
The potters David Rosell and Anna Ballesté established themselves in Vulpellac (Forallac) and created the firm "Estudi Ceràmic [ba_Ro]", with which they sign their exclusive collection of table sets and home objects handcrafted from local clay. The results are local high-quality products.
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Anna Ballesté [ba_Ro]
C. Carme Carles, 9 17111 Vullpellac
CERÀMICA FERRÉS
Making ceramic tiles and special pieces since 1956, this allows them to answer every possible decorative need. Expert hands create a wide range of unique pieces of glazed ceramics and stoneware to contribute solutions to architecture and interior design.
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Ceràmica Ferrés
Crta. C-66 Girona-Palamós, Km 12 17121 Corçà
Tel. 972 630 027
CERÀMICA LA PONDEROSA
Artisanal ceramics workshop where you can find unique pieces made on the potter's wheel and hand-cut or decorated by hand. Sisters Isabel and Fabiola Alcalá continue a family tradition of more than six generations, crafting decorative pieces: candle holders, vases, tableware, wall planters, garden and terrace lamps, etc. They preserve an ancient wood-fired kiln in the workshop, which is open to visitors all year round!
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Ceràmica artesanal LB
Av. Costa Brava, 52 17121 Corçà
CERÀMICA SANT POL
A pottery workshop where the traditional wall-decorating technique from La Bisbal d'Empordà is still used, it creates an elevation that makes the difference with the rest of ceramics in the country. They create individual products on demand, like clocks, pictures, table sets, house numbers, souvenirs, etc.
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Ceràmica Sant Pol
Tel. 695 466 400
CERÁMICAS YUMA
It has been 39 years since "Ceràmica Yuma" makes pottery uninterruptedly, investigating, designing and producing in La Bisbal d'Empordà, always respecting tradition and discovering new techniques to improve quality. They manufacture bowls, plates, signs and decorative elements. They offer guided tours to their workshop to pass on their passion for their trade.
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Ceràmicas Yuma
C. Nou, 122 17100 La Bisbal d'Empordà
Tel. 972 643 48
Tel. 651 880 067
CERÀMIQUES APARICIO
"Ceràmiques Aparicio" is a modern company that manufactures and sells decorative pottery, with more than 25 years of expertise and a wide array of clients in many European countries. Their products, inspired in the Mediterranean style, are manufactured using the most advanced production techniques, making high-quality creations that can withstand a usage with modern kitchen appliances..
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Ceràmiques Aparicio
C. dels brucs, 12. Pol. Indu. V2 17111 Vulpellac
Tel. 972 645 163
CERÀMIQUES EST
A family business, founded in 1962, dedicated to the manufacturing of ceramic materials for construction and decoration. They are specialists in the restoration and reproduction of antiques. They have created pieces for the restoration of the Santa Creu i Sant Pau Hospital, the Catalan auditorium or Columbus' avenue in Barcelona, among others.
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Ceràmiques Est
Crta. C-66 Girona- Palamós- Pol. 8 Parc. 54 17111 Vulpellac
Tel. 972 641 218
CERÀMIQUES FIGUERAS I FILLS
A family business that, since 1960, manufactures pottery for gardening, decoration and restoration. They specialize in big pieces which are tailor-made for interior decoration, hotels, restaurants, country houses, etc. They also create ice-resistant glazed ceramics. They have 57 years of expertise focused in creativity, customization and the design of their products.
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Ceràmiques Figueras i fills
C. dels Brucs, 13. Pol. Ind. V2 17111 Vulpellac
Tel. 972 641 133
Tel. 658 920 955
CERÀMIQUES LLUÍS PUIGDEMONT
A family business dedicated to the manufacture of a day-to-day decorative pottery, specially for the home, using the traditional methods of La Bisbal d'Empordà. It emphasizes colours and design in their creations, in which predominate colours like a fiery red and a natural green in combination with different designs: spirals, spots, lines, etc.
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Ceràmiques Lluís Puigdemont
C. Indústria, 9 17100 La Bisbal d'Empordà
Tel. 972 643 916
CERÀMIQUES PANTALEU
A handcrafted pottery workshop which creates everyday tools for home. Their handcrafted pieces are easily recognizable thanks to their varied colour combinations. With more than 30 years of experience, the products of "Ceràmiques Pantaleu" always offer simplicity and sophistication at the same time for restaurant tables, hotels and homes.
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Ceràmiques Pantaleu
Mas Chicot s/n 17256 Palau-Sator
Tel. 972 634 227
ESTUDI RAVENTÓS
Born in an artisan family with an artistic tradition since 1888, Joan Raventós knows the trades of stained glass making, sculpture, painting and pottery. He elaborates pottery, stoneware and porcelain, with an infinite palette of colours and textures, for both the outside architecture and the interior and he makes projects in collaboration with architects, town planners, sculptors and painters from many different countries.
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Estudi Raventós
Crta. de Bisbal a Fonteta, 7 17111 Vulpellac
Tel. 972 643 000
Tel. 646 776 461
TALLER D'ESTORES PERE BATLLE
In 1917, Josep Batlle opened a small workshop in La Bisbal d’Empordà engaged in the manufacture of espart to grass matting and agricultural utensil. In 1996, his grandson Pere Batlle consolidated the family tradition launching the manufacture of carpets for domestic use. The finest products from the plant world converted into the raw material of timeless creation for the new ESTORA line of complementary furniture.
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Taller d'estores Pere Batlle
C. Paral.lel, 40 17100 La Bisbal d’Empordà
DECOBRUC
At "Decobruc" they create furniture, ecological and sustainable decorative objects and accessories that are respectful with the environment, with the intention of taking nature closer to home in a decorative and functional way. The production is handcrafted, which favours a level of quality and exclusivity that is difficult to obtain in mechanized processes. A large part of the produced furniture is singular and tailor-made.
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Decobruc
C. Aigüeta, 16 17100 La Bisbal d’Empordà
Tel. 972 645 689
GAËTAN CHAPEL PICAPEDRER
A stonemason who creates all kinds of pieces with natural stone, be it architectural, ornamental or sculptural, both for the restoration of historical assets and the construction of new ones. He has collaborated in many diverse projects such as the Sagrada Familia, the palace of La Generalitat, the cathedrals of Salisbury, Reims, Brusels,... which attests for his expertise in his trade.
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Gaëtan Chapel Picapedrer
FALGUERA
Since 1982, the Falguera Workshop has been dedicated to the study and construction of sundials and to the design and reproduction of old mechanical watches, made entirely by hand. In addition, they dominate several techniques of manual printing on different supports: textile, wood, glass, metal ... as well as painting in large format pieces that are custom made.
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Falguera
ALDANA-MÉNDEZ
Pilar Aldana-Méndez's passion for sculpture led her to learn various sculptural trades to work in glass, stone, clay and metal, among others. Thus, the sculptures in small format, the jewels, the installations and the monumental sculptures, are fed by an infinity of experiences, readings and investigations. In her workshop we take a trip through her sculptural work, projects and models, and we can enjoy professional sculpture classes and special creativity sessions.
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Taller Escultura ALDANA-MÉNDEZ
Carrer Ponent, 21 17111 Vulpellac
Tel. 654 608 508 (INSTAGRAM: @pilaraldanamendez)
pilaraldanamendez[at]gmail.com
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