Our trip to La Bisbal

At Tressé, we envision each suitcase as an experience in its own right, an opportunity to travel and immerse yourself in a new culture. We partner with artisans to bring handcrafted or handwoven objects and clothing to life. To us, celebrating their craftsmanship and the way they carry it forward is essential. We seek to shine a light on artisanal traditions from around the world. That, too, is Tressé homeware.

   

   

Continuing our inspiration from Spain, our creative team travelled to La Bisbal d’Empordà to meet local artisans and discover their unique expertise.

  

   

  La Bisbal d'Empordà is a municipality in the province of Girona, Catalonia, surrounded by villages we visited: Corçà, Vulpellac and Palau Sator.

  

We met:

Joan, who creates art pieces using a unique La Bisbal technique.

 

 

 

Anna and Lluis, with a view to developing our ideas while preserving their techniques and expertise.

 

 

 

We then travelled to Vulpellac to meet David and Anna, two ceramic artists.

They both work with natural pigments and have developed a distinctive technique involving temperature and the use of oxygen to fire ceramics.

 

 

 

 

After Vulpellac, we headed to Corçà. There, we met two sisters, Isabel and Fabiola.

 

 

It is a favourite workshop where the roots of ceramics have been represented for generations.

 

 

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A little further along the streets of Corçà, we met Jordi. He creates solid-coloured pieces in light shades.

 

   

 

To round off our stay, filled with inspiration and craftsmanship,

heading to Palau Sator.

There, we met Marta, a ceramicist who creates solid-coloured pieces in a variety of shapes. The ceramics dry in the sun in the garden of the house.

 

  

All these artisans are certified by the logo “La Bisbal ceramics”.

Discover the craftsmanship of these ceramicists exclusively on our online shop and at Le Bon Marché.