ALUMNA DEL TALLER
ALUMNA DEL TALLER
1977 to 1979
- He began studying Ceramics and Tapestry at the School of Applied Arts of the Tarragona Provincial Council, combining this with work as an assistant in the workshop of the ceramist Ramón Carreté (a disciple of Llorens Artigas).
- I do internships in the traditional pottery workshops of Verdú, Esparraguera and La Bisbal.
- In 1979 I opened my first workshop in the city of Tarragona, dedicated to the creation and design of artistic ceramics and high-warp tapestries.
1980 to 1989
- I expand the workshop with teaching activities in ceramics, tapestry, painting and sculpture, an exhibition hall where I permanently display my work and an adjoining space for the expansion of classes and the installation of ceramic kilns.
- I became part of the tapestry workshop of the painter Juan Miró, under the orders of the master Josep Royo.
- I lead the ceramics workshops for teaching students organised by the University of Tarragona during the summer holidays.
- I worked for two years with the Reus City Council's culture department, running ceramics workshops at the Children's Christmas Park, creating large-scale ceramic murals.
- I am expanding my teaching activities with a bobbin lace workshop and children's plastic arts workshops.
- I teach the courses "Visca el color" and "La maleta pedagógica" for the culture department of la Caixa, in different municipalities Tarragona, Valls, Tortosa and Reus.
- I open a store specializing in products and materials that are difficult to locate for the work of Applied Arts.
- I design several courses on ceramics, polychrome and furniture restoration for professionals .
1990 to 1997
- I moved my residence to the rural area of Vallbona de las Monjas in Lérida, where I opened a new workshop for the production of cast ceramics, with the aim of supplying white bisque ceramics to other workshops and schools, as well as maintaining the workshop, shop and school in Tarragona.
- I participate in the design and equipment of the new ceramics workshop of the Monastery of Vallbona de las Monjas, making the originals and matrices of pharmacy jars, plates and different pieces inspired by ancient ceramics and drawings from its medieval pharmacy.
- I conduct special courses for teachers and artisans from other centres in Tarragona, Teruel, Zaragoza, Barcelona, Lérida and Madrid.
1998 to 2010
- I created the Associació Lleure Artístic, with the aim of promoting and promoting the teaching of artisan trades.
- Over the following years the association held workshops led by craftsmen trained at Taller Abat for the town councils of Tarragona, Reus and Montblanc, for the cultural associations of Dones Amunt (Cambrils), L´afer de la Dona (Pallaresos), the Women's Association of Botarell, the Women's Association of Flix, the Women's Association of Bonavista, the Women's Collective of La Canonja, the Cultural Ateneu Mujeres de Altafulla, the Aura Association, for the public and private schools of Colegio el Miracle, Escuela Cesar August, Escuela Pau Declos, Escuela del Sagrado Corazón, Colegio las Dominicas Descalzas, Colegio de las Carmelitas, Colegio Martí Franquès and for organisations such as La Caixa, La ONCE, the Tarragona Educational Complex and the Cultural Work of Caixa Tarrasa.
- The school has been expanded again with workshops on furniture restoration, pyrography, marquetry, inlay, lead work, gold leaf, lacquer and shellac.
- During the 25th anniversary of Taller Abat, I carried out an Urban Art Intervention in the town hall square in Tarragona, which consisted of the playful and festive participation of anonymous citizens and artisans from Taller Abat in the creation of a large clay sculpture, dedicated to the city's human tower tradition, which I later donated to the Colla Vella de Castellers de Tarragona, who will permanently display it at their headquarters .
- I have been working for several years with the Culture and Youth Department of Tarragona City Council, running ceramics workshops for the Christmas Children's Parks.
- I regularly attend craft, textile and decoration fairs with the artisans who are part of Taller Abat and the Association, in order to keep the teaching staff constantly updated.
- Since 2000, I have started a series of trips with the aim of expanding my experiences, information and bibliography on the Plastic Arts at a global level. I can name some of the most interesting ones, such as the ceramics, tapestry weaving and silk printing practices in Rahastan, the trompe l'oeil and marbling workshops in Paris or the gold leaf and shellac course in a workshop in Venice, also visits to collections such as the Folk Craft Museum in Kurashiki in Japan, the Frick collection in New York, the Victoria and Albert Art and Design Galleries in London or the Meissen porcelain and Dresden Plastic Arts museums, in addition to starting a bibliographic collection for the school.
- I participate in television and radio programmes such as Catalunya Avui, Tarraco Visió and Radio Tarragona for the educational purposes of the school and association.
- I participate in different fairs:
. ecological promoted by the Mediterranean Association, promoting products
ecological for the Applied Arts.
.of crafts and leisure organized by the City Council, promoting the Workshops of
furniture restoration and the Associació Lleure Artistic.
. commercials through the chamber of commerce, promoting Taller Abat as a school.
2011 to 2021
- Large Abat Workshop with an interior design studio and a team of renovators and decorators.
- To date, in addition to other activities, in the ceramics workshop I had produced a large number of murals, commissions for commemorative pieces, original bas-reliefs for later copies, plaques and street numbering for different municipalities, a significant amount of white collage and artistic ceramic pieces, as well as the painting and sculpture for my exhibitions. All this creative work was interrupted in 2011 by the opening of the interior design studio, which completely absorbed all my dedication.
- In 2021 I will end my educational, teaching and interior design phases, I will hand over the school to a collaborator, I will cancel the association and I will close the interior design studio. I will move my residence to Barcelona and I will resume the initial activity of creating and designing artistic ceramics in my new workshop.