Author: ISABEL MARIA BOTIAS RUBIO

A sustainable clothing brand focused on art and created by women, for women.

Yolanda, together with her partner María José, decided to create this new brand in order to develop their creativity and value the work done by hand and with great care, producing quality products.

Their articles can already be found in the Crafts Centers of the Region of Murcia in Murcia, Cartagena and Lorca, on their website trimey.com and soon on the website artesaniaregiondemurcia.es.

The shirts are made with natural fabrics (cottons and lyocell) and manufactured in Spain. They use natural dyes in the printing of the illustrations. They strive to make fashion and the textile industry more sustainable and socially responsible every day.

They have chosen this type of material, in accordance with their ideas and defend production according to demand (not overproduction). They support fair and equitable compensation, health and safety in the workplace, and the defense of human rights.

Last Monday, June 13, at 7:30 p.m., at the Regional Crafts Center of Murcia, located at Calle Francisco Rabal, nº 6 de Murcia (Next to the Jardín del Salitre or de la Pólvora), the presentation of the second expanded and updated edition of the book by D. Antonio José Buendía Martínez called “San Antón, historia de un barrio”.

The first edition of this book was published on June 13, 2019, and in a few months all units were sold out. Therefore, the author has decided to launch a new edition, including new anecdotes from the neighborhood.

The talk-colloquium was attended by Mr. President of the Regional Assembly of Murcia, Mr. Alberto Castillo Baños and author of the prologue; as well as the General Director of Consumption and Crafts, Ms. Sonia Moreno Martínez; the journalist, lawyer and professor at UCAM, Mr. Juan Antonio de Heras y Tudela, and the painter and author of the book Mr. Antonio José Buendía Martínez, as well as other personalities and authorities invited to the event.

The book consists of fifteen chapters, of which thirteen of them talk about the history of more than 400 years of the San Antón neighborhood, some places that have already disappeared and that were emblematic for Murcia.

The other 2 chapters, of a more costumbrista nature, where customs, trades, games and objects from the 50s to 90s are described mainly. It is worth highlighting the numerous old and unpublished photos of the neighborhood and the rest of the topics it contains.

After two years of waiting for the pandemic, the Lorca Regional Craft Center will open its doors on the Night of the Museums, on May 21 from seven in the afternoon until midnight.

To do this, a series of activities have been scheduled that will create a special aura in the oldest Craft Center in the country.

For the first time we will have a live performance by the group called Nuevas Mejoras, which will enliven with a tribute to "Último de la fila" and versions of pop-rock in Spanish, from 9:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m.

Live demonstrations of artisan trades

Artistic locksmithing by Cerrajería Alonso de Lorca, where the craftsman will shape the metal with a hammer on an anvil as it was worked in the Middle Ages, located at the entrance of the center.

At the head of the potter's wheel, recently restored, will be the Master Craftsman Juan Lario, manager of the artisan company Alfarería Lario y Piñero de Lorca.

The Master Craftswoman, Rosa María Playá will teach us how clay modeling works.

The loom will be handled by Pedro Carrillo, manager of the artisan company Artellano 1994 SL in Coy (Lorca).

Tasting of artisan products

Helados La Tercia de Gea y Truyols, will market ice creams of different flavors (goat cheese, Paparajote, nougat, among others) and lemon granita to refresh the atmosphere, with a very unique cart.

Cervezas Cátedra de Fuente Álamo will carry a serpentine tricycle so that visitors can order their craft beer, winner of the 2021 Regional Food Award.

Juan Carlos Alcaraz from Quesería “El Pipas” in Puerto Lumbreras, will give a tasting of artisan goat cheeses, such as cured cheese in thistle flower, semi-cured cheeses with pepper and sweet paprika.

Sausages and hams from Hermanos Molina SL and artisan paprika cakes from La Tercia artisan bakery.

If you have a mother who likes what is authentic, handmade and respects the environment, without a doubt you will find the perfect gift at the Craft Centers in the Region of Murcia.

For this reason, for this special day we propose a series of activities and gifts for your mother with which you will be right and which are:

1.- Crafts workshops: 

The Murcia Regional Craft Center has scheduled a series of monthly workshops that are held in the afternoons, where your mother will enjoy making her own artisan product. Thus one of cutting and sewing with Vayatela that is taught on Mondays; another painting with Lidia Cassi, on Tuesdays; On Wednesdays and Saturdays we have the art show with Andrea Lopardo and the ceramic show with Verónica Macorin, and on Fridays the fire enamel on metal show with Anabel del Canto.    

More information and place reservation on the phone 968 35 75 37.

2.- Wine tastings with artisan pairing.

The Regional Craft Center of Cartagena, has scheduled two wine tastings in May, the first with “Bodegas Balcona”, on May 13, and the second with “Bodegas de Fábula” on May 27. 

More information and place reservation on the phone 968 52 46 31. 

3.- Gifts

Ceramics, both creative and traditional, can also be the perfect gift for this day, lamps, vases, sculptures, among others, can be very successful.

Creative and alternative fashion, such as Adolfo Ruíz or La Horca creations.

Costume jewelry and jewelry can also be a great choice for this day, silver pieces made by Yalí Vilchez, Jesús Gómez or Patricia Mazzarino, flower and resin pieces by Creaciones Aizahar, fire enamel earrings by Pilar Sáez, or bracelets made of macramé from América Colque, will be a success.

 Also articles made of leather such as bags from the Sasasú firm; the leather goods by Ángel Molina or José Bielsa and the recycled paper handbags by Isabel Puig are a good alternative. 

Our web www.artesaniaregiondemurcia.es or the Craft Centers in Murcia, Cartagena and Lorca, you will surely find the perfect gift. 

The Region of Murcia is present at the Salón Gourmets de Madrid, which will take place from today, Monday, April 25 to Thursday, April 28, and which this year celebrates its 35th edition.

The General Director of Consumption and Crafts, Sonia Moreno Martínez, visited this show today in order to promote artisan food products, specifically the artisan company from San Pedro del Pinatar, Salazones Garre SL, and the paprika from “La Pastora ” of Cabezo de Torres.

On this occasion, the regional participation will be articulated around a 216-meter space in which a large representation of companies from the territory will be located, which will exhibit the best of their products.

The daily tastings will revolve around the best wines from the three Denominations of Origin: Jumilla, Bullas and Yecla, accompanied by pairings with which attendees will be able to savor the tapas that will be prepared daily: croquettes, snacks, salted fish and artichokes; rice with fish, organic vegetables or rabbit, always with the Designation of Origin Calasparra; as well as commented tastings of pure goat cheeses with Denominations of Origin Queso de Murcia and Queso de Murcia al Vino.

There will be 41 companies present on this occasion at the Madrid Fair, in addition to the Regulatory Councils of the Denominations of Origin of Jumilla, Yecla and Bullas wines, Calasparra rice and Murcia cheeses; the Council of Ecological Agriculture and the Association of Food Companies of Murcia, Alicante and Albacete (Agrupal).

Today, Monday, April 18, at 6:00 p.m. at the Murcia Regional Craft Center, the opening of the exhibition called "Traditional Clothing of the Region of Murcia" has taken place.

This exhibition has been organized by the Regional Association of Choirs and Dances Francisco Salzillo, with the participation of the nine groups belonging to said group.

Contributing the clothing of ten mixed couples from the choir and dance groups of the municipalities of Alhama de Murcia, Cieza, Jumilla, Lorca, Molina de Segura, Puerto Lumbreras, Santomera, Yecla and Murcia.

The exhibition is set with Crafts from the Region of Murcia, as well as photographs belonging to the photographic collection of the Federation of Associations of Choirs and Dances of Spain, in which the rest of the costumes of the groups mentioned above are captured, and which they will not be exposed.

With this initiative, the General Directorate of Consumption and Crafts wants to value regional traditions and the craftsmanship of regional costume tailors, coinciding with the Murcia Spring Festival.

This act will be chaired by Sonia Moreno Martínez, General Director of Consumption and Crafts, as well as the presidents of said groups.

More of 160 artisans have met today at the XIX Meeting of bobbin lacemakers of the Region, which was held in the Gunpowder Garden in Murcia.

The Business Counselor, Miguelez Valley, visited the meeting and explained that its objective is "the dissemination of such a traditional activity as bobbin lace, the recovery and transmission of this art through public demonstrations, at the same time that it is a meeting point for the exchange of experiences between the bolilleras of the Region with the learning and dissemination of new craft techniques.

This initiative is the most outstanding activity in the programming of the 'European Crafts Days' in the Region of Murcia, which ends this Sunday and which has had open days in craft centers, exhibitions and workshops.

The event has been organized by the Murcian Association of Friends of Bolillo, in collaboration with the Ministry through the General Directorate of Consumption and Crafts, and is part of the action plan carried out by the Ministry to prevent the disappearance of crafts.

According to historians, the origin of lace is fixed to mid-16th century in Venice, but vestiges have been found in the ancient civilizations of the East.

Starting this Monday, the Regional Crafts Center of Murcia hosts the exhibition 'A different way of living Holy Week', by the Hermanos Simón artisan company, and which can be visited until April 13, sources from the Community reported in a Press release.

Hermanos Simón is registered in the Artisan Registry of the Region of Murcia in the trade of molder of resin figures since 2006 and makes all kinds of steps or thrones and miniature figures of penitents for brotherhoods and fraternities nationwide.

The exhibition is made up of dioramas of the exit from the passage of the canopy of Esperanza de la Macarena and of the brotherhood of Los Dolores de Fuente Álamo; different steps of the national Holy Week, as well as some 200 original clay pieces. This exhibition is part of the activities organized on the occasion of the European Days of Crafts.

The opening ceremony of the exhibition was attended by the general director of Consumption and Crafts, Sonia Moreno, and the mayor of Yecla, Remedios Lajara.

The III Regional Meat Pie Contest will be held at the Murcia Regional Craft Center on April 18, as announced today by the General Director of Consumption and Crafts, Sonia Moreno, during the presentation of the poster and the contest rules.

Moreno stressed that "on the one hand, the aim is to promote this Murcian gastronomic product and promote its excellence, since its costly preparation and its nutritional richness distance it from the concept of fast food, and on the other, to recognize the pastry artisans who have made of this product one of the referents of the Murcian gastronomy”.

The registration period is now open and will end on April 15. Participants must be registered or in the process of being registered in the Artisan Registry of the Region of Murcia in the pastry trade before the contest begins, and be active at the time of the competition.

The jury will be made up of qualified professionals from the guild who will assess the cakes in a tasting that will take place on the day of the contest at the Murcia Craft Center. The product with the highest score will be recognized as the 'Best Meatloaf 2022', and the pastry chef will receive a trophy and a plaque for his establishment.

The contest is organized by the General Directorate of Consumption and Crafts together with the Regional Association of Pastry Entrepreneurs of Murcia (Arepa). The bases and the registration application can be downloaded on the page www.artesaniaregiondemurcia.es.

Meatloaf is a typical Murcian recipe that dates back to the end of the 17th century, when ordinances were enacted to regulate its production standards. It is a round cake with a top of thin puff pastry in the shape of concentric rings, filled with beef, chorizo and egg. It has a variety that replaces the beef with brains.

• Application and rules for the III Regional Meatloaf Contest

The General Director of Consumption and Crafts, Sonia Moreno, inaugurated the exhibition 'Acción Sedante', at the Murcia Regional Crafts Centre, a fashion collection born from the collaboration of the artisan Rosana González and the designer Charo Romero, made up of Hand-painted works in 100% natural silk.

In the sample you can see blouses, pants, kimonos, dresses and scarves, among other garments, made in a unique and handmade way, which can be purchased on request. This collection was presented for the first time at the 'Murcia Es Moda' contest, on February 9, at the Romea Theater's Hall of Mirrors.

The exhibition can be visited until March 8, from Monday to Friday from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. and from 5:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., and on Saturdays from 11:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. .

The General Director of Consumption and Crafts, Sonia Moreno Martínez, attends a conference on Nativity Scenes in the Region of Murcia, which took place last Saturday, February 12 at 11 a.m. at the Murcia Regional Craft Center, located at Calle Francisco Rabal, 6 from Murcia.

The objective is to share, discuss and propose ideas for generational renewal in the nativity scene in the Region of Murcia.

This conference has been organized by the "Association - International Network BelenCribs", an international non-profit entity, which was attended by its own partners, as well as artisans or craft companies registered in the Artisan Registry of the Autonomous Community of Murcia as traditional clay nativity scenes.

Currently, three individual craftsmen, eight craft companies and twelve master craftsmen are registered in the craft registry of the Region of Murcia.

This initiative adds to the intention of the General Directorate of Consumption and Crafts to encourage and promote Nativity Scenes in the Region of Murcia as one of the most representative cultural and artistic manifestations at the international level.

On Valentine's Day, #Give Crafts #Give Love

The artisan products of the Region of Murcia are made one by one with a lot of love.

To celebrate Valentine's Day, the Craft Centers of the Region of Murcia have prepared a selection of handmade products, made with love by our artisans.

Below, you can see some of our proposals to give on this special day, and why not? Also for those who have not yet fallen in love, they can give themselves a whim.

The artisan honeys and jams from Traditional Confitures (simply one of the best jams in the world), to sweeten your partner.

Craft beers, such as Cátedra, Trinitaria or Yakka.

Author wines, from different artisan wineries in the Region of Murcia. Bodegas Evine de Yecla, Balcona de Bullas, Salzillo de Jumilla or Bizarría Wines, are the wines that you can select for this day.

The firm Émolo opens at the Regional Craft Centers in this exhibition with collections of creative costume jewellery.

The art enameler, Anabel del Canto, has created a new line of cool jewelry, both for men and women.

The artisan firm Orfebrería Tabil, with different lines of jewelry made in sterling silver, brass, copper or alpaca for him and for her.

Ópalo Taller Vidriero, participated with the technique of glass fusing different decorative objects, dominoes, pen holders, heart-shaped key chains and steel jewelry sets.

Andrea Lopardo presents a unique collection of silk scarves and hand-painted paintings.

The artisan Lidia Cassi paints by hand, different products, bags, caps, fans, scarves and much more.

In addition, on Saturday, February 19, at the Murcia Regional Craft Center, we have scheduled a special pottery workshop for couples at a cost of €25, from 11:15 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. You can register by calling 968 35 75 37 or by email centroartesaniamurcia@salzillosi.com.

Last year, five craft associations in the region received a total of 50,000 euros in order to maintain and promote craft activity. The Ministry of Business, Employment, Universities and Spokesperson granted the grants to the Craft Association of the Region of Murcia, the Artisan Association of Lorca (Artelor), the Glass Association of Santa Lucía de Cartagena, the Artisan Association of Totana ( Asart) and Belencribs.

The general director of Consumption and Crafts, Sonia Moreno, visited today, together with the councilors of Tourism, Commerce, Health and Consumption, and of Education and Employment of Cartagena, Manuel Padín and Irene Ruiz, respectively, the Santa Lucía Glass Museum , which has received a subsidy of 18,000 euros from the Community, an amount to which is added another aid of about 5,000 euros from the Consistory.

Moreno stressed that “the grant will allow the association that manages the museum to have an electric furnace for blown glass intended for training courses. With these grants we intend to promote craft activity and provide aid associations so that they can develop their activity and train people interested in these arts”.

With the aid granted, the Crea association will acquire furniture for the organization of artisan courses and workshops in its new headquarters, Artelor will celebrate the craftsman's week in Lorca and will participate in Feramur 2022; Asart will acquire an electric ceramic oven to carry out training and development courses in pottery and ceramics and Belencribs will invest the subsidy in the promotion of nativity scenes.

Moreno stressed that "the artisans of the Region, without losing their essence and tradition, have a great capacity to innovate and adapt to new artistic and technical currents, for this reason, from the regional government we continue working so that crafts occupy their space. at a national and international level, because it has the ability to compete at the highest level and in any market”.

The general director of Consumption and Crafts, Sonia Moreno, met this morning with the representatives of the Nativity Scene Associations of the Region of Murcia with the aim of adopting a common strategy among all the agents involved to protect, promote and spread the culture of Belen. This initiative is carried out after the publication in the Official State Gazette (BOE), by the General Directorate of Fine Arts, dependent on the Ministry of Culture, of the start of the procedures to declare the nativity scene as a representative manifestation of cultural heritage. immaterial.

Moreno made it clear that within the cultural values that the nativity scene brings, they highlight "sharing a collective identity present in all Spanish regions and its contribution to the transmission of knowledge of popular culture, showing traditional trades and ways of life sometimes already disappeared, and the preservation of artisan trades”.

The popular TV collaborator Belén Esteban visited this Wednesday stand of the Region of Murcia in Fitur to promote your brand of products 'Flavors of Esteban', which continues to grow under the seal of Murcian companies. In addition to declaring herself in love with the Region and the quality of its products, the Madrilenian assured that she loves visiting the Community.

One of the Murcian delicacies that Belén Esteban cannot resist is jams, as evidenced by a photo that was taken during the visit with a box on which “traditional jams” could be read. Crafts since 1948” and that he shared on his Twitter account Artesanía Región de Murcia.

Meanwhile, the range of Belén Esteban products continues to grow and after the success of the gazpacho and salmorejo with the image of Belén Esteban, the brand that bears the name of the collaborator of 'Sálvame' is also succeeding in the market with a vegetable cream with vegetables from the Murcian garden, such as pumpkin and zucchini. yesus chips, also manufactured by a company from this land, blonde potatoes, based in Bullas.

Behind these products is the Murcian company Cool-Vega Company reached the best turnover of its history in 2021 thanks to the considerable impulse of the new lines of products that the company prepares for the popular 'The Flavors of Esteban' since last April.

As he progressed to Murcia Square the CEO of the company, Anthony Molina, sales of the product range of the popular television presenter, together with the increase in sales of own brands and for other clients, have raised sales up to 7 million, which represents a growth of 133% compared to 2020, the year in which 3 million turnover.

(Article from the digital newspaper Murcia Plaza)

The general director of Consumption and Crafts, Sonia Moreno, presented this morning the awards to the winners of the IV Regional Nativity Scene Contest, in which 45 participants opted for this recognition.

The objective of this contest, organized by the International Network Belencribs Association and promoted by the General Directorate of Consumption and Crafts, is to "revive the tradition of interpreting the sacred writings in art", according to Moreno.

When assessing the works, the jury has taken into account aspects such as staging, perspective, lighting, the representation of places in the Region of Murcia and that the figures are made by regional nativity scenes.

The first prizes for each category have been for the Purisima Parish Nativity Scene (Murcia) (Parishes); Amparo Ortega del Pueblo (Archena) (Individuals); Nativity Scene Association La Alberca de las Torres (Murcia) (Associations and orchard clubs); Comarcal Azorín public school (Cartagena) (Schools); José Ángel Pérez Ruíz (Murcia) (Artistic) and San Javier City Council (City Halls).