The jar of glazed pottery made on a lathe by hand, which identifies the town as a municipality potter, will be exhibited permanently in Korea in a joint exhibition with the Spanish Association of Towns of Ceramics, which is attached to the municipality of Totana.
The piece, which will be sent to Korea is represented in two sizes and was the winner of a contest of ideas that took place last year, whose design was prepared by Andrés Hernández totanero Aledo, pottery Romero and Hernandez.
The traditional Spanish ceramics exhibition will be located in an exhibition area of Onggi in Ulsan, a very Korean industrial city on the Pacific Coast, with a population of over one million inhabitants.
Craft Councilwoman City of Totana, María Isabel Sánchez Ruíz, explained that this is one of the initiatives will be developed this year in the heart of the Spanish Association of Towns of Ceramics, composed of 31 cities.
The mayor, who traveled to the town of Marratxi (Mallorca) together with Technical Department to the Executive Committee, has indicated that the artisans of Totana also have the opportunity to exhibit their work in Taiwan.
In this case, as the mayor emphasized, is an exhibition of contemporary ceramics by what, from the Department encourages artisans to contact the Town Hall to see the possibility of sending a piece to totanera exhibition, which will visit three museums in Taiwan.
During the meeting in Majorca, Executive Committee members were presented with the European project through which STARS is intended to create a network of European ceramics, it is necessary to support local institutions.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Totana