Volume II — Number 119
February 2019
Monthly Newsletter
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Ivana Houserová Every time less.
M. A. Carretero.
determined to keep the coach and then, a few days later, the news comes out that they have dismissed him, in the news that has published LA VANGUARDIA If it is sad that the closure it is reported that the of any workshop where the direction of the site of the glass is handled, the Spanish Village now studies suspension of the activity of various projects and ensures this Barcelona workshop is that there will continue to be important, as it was an a space dedicated to the element of significant activity of glass, ergo it disclosure, since there were seems that it can be given many visitors to the site of true that this current closure the Spanish Village that could be the prelude to the They approached the disappearance of the glass workshop and had the of this emblematic tourist opportunity to learn about focus of the Catalan capital. the stained glass As reported by the President techniques that had been of the Catalan Association of practiced in this space. Glass Arts, Jordi Vidal, in the In the month of February of article published by LA the year 2006 we visited VANGUARDIA, the tradition the Spanish Village and we of glass has always been of spent a good time great importance in observing the manipulation Catalonia, but, in general, of the glass that the master industrial blown glass has glassmakers of this fallen from spectacular form workshop carried out. in the last 30 years in that Autonomous Community and It is unfortunate that the large companies in the shadow of the current economic crisis, which is so sector in Badalona or Mataró happy to be destroyed, as have disappeared. We have just heard the sad news of the closing of the glass carving located inside the premises of the Spanish Village, in Barcelona.
far as we are concerned, Nuestra sede: the glazier sector of our Castillo Grande de country, is also ahead of S.J. de Valderas this Catalan workshop for Avda. Los Castillos, s/n economic reasons. 28925 ALCORCÓN. (MADRID) info@amigosmava.org
Just as in a leading soccer club that does not obtain the results desired by its followers, the president of the entity declares in the media that they are
It is true that in difficult times, innovation is fundamental to weather the economic storm and survive as a castaway that clings to any board that floats so as not to drown. This opinion is also shared by Jordi Vidal when he mentions that "the bulk of artisan artists has increased in recent years with smaller workshops and other ways of producing glass". But the suppression of one of the important centers of spreading the culture of glass does a lot of damage to the glass-making art sector.
It is essential that the public knows the skills that are manifested in the handling of glass so that they know how to value the product that comes out of the hands of the master glassmakers. And also very important: so that they know the differences that exist between crafts and industrial production. Between a single product and one made in series. The Portuguese teacher Alfredo Poeiras says on our Facebook page, in relation to this news of the closing of the workshop of the Spanish People, that "Um dia não muito longínquo não haverá que sopre or vidro manually". An opinion that I consider somewhat radical but that shows the concern that seizes him for the closure and for the retirement of the teacher Juan Asensio. Also Alfredo Piris and Pere Ignasi also show on our Facebook page their opinions on this matter.
The first manifests that it is a pity that with the closure a noble trade and a great tradition of Manchoneros and Artists are lost. The second thinks that when the fire depends on ignorant merchants it is easy to extinguish and the trade is revalued well by the blackout. In short, a sad fact that is added to the numerous disappearances of workshops, artists and craftsmen who used glass as a fundamental element of their productive work.