Murcia Craft Center

The Craft Center of Murcia offers the possibility of organizing workshops and live demonstrations for groups (schools, institutes, universities, art schools, associations, congressmen, cruise passengers, tourists, tour operators, etc.) with advance notice of 15 days.

The groups in order to comply with the COVID regulations will be of a maximum of 10 students and the cost includes: the trainer, the tools and the raw material. All students will take a piece of crafts made in the workshop taught.

ALL PUBLIC:

POTTERY WORKSHOP – VERONICA MACCORÍN
RRP €8.00

Plastic creation workshop where visitors will create their own piece of handmade and personalized pottery, having a direct experience with clay and observing its transformation, acquiring a new language related to trades and arts, recognizing the shapes and use of ceramic containers , its technical and aesthetic characteristics. They also operate an authentic potter's wheel and will become "potters" for a day.

MODELING WORKSHOP – VERONICA MACCORÍN
RRP €8.00

Plastic creation workshop where the visitor will model a sculpture in clay to express their creativity in a sculptural piece, in an entertaining and didactic way, through textures, volumes, colors and shapes, using modeling tools to create their sketches.

LEATHER GOODS WORKSHOP (BRACELET or KEYCHAIN) – JOSÉ BIELSA / ÁNGEL LUIS MOLINA GUILLÉN
RRP €8.00

Plastic creation workshop where the visitor will come into contact with the trade of leather goods. The saddler craftsman will give you the materials to make a leather bracelet or keychain, creating your own designs.

COLD PORCELAIN WORKSHOP (PENDANT) – ISABEL ALCANTUD
RRP €8.00

Plastic creation workshop where visitors can make their own pendant in cold porcelain, creating their own design in different colors.

PAINTING WORKSHOP – LIDIA CASSI
RRP €8.00

Creative painting workshop where the artisan will give you all the basics to create your own product. You will have to choose an object to design and paint, fan, t-shirt, tablets, etc...

BREAD WORKSHOP – MAIQUEZ CONFECTIONERY
RRP €8.00

Manipulative and practical workshop that allows visitors to learn about the process of making bread in an artisanal way, working with the materials that compose it (flour, sugar, eggs, chocolate), developing the sense of taste, smell, manual dexterity, motor skills and creativity, giving shapes to the dough, to create your bun with different shapes and observing how the ingredients are transformed through its preparation.

TOYS AND JUGGLING WORKSHOP – SERGIO ROS 

RRP €8.00

Manipulative and practical workshop that allows students to learn the process of making toys or juggling in an artisanal way, working with recycled materials, wood, paper, cardboard, depending on the toy they make.

MANUAL BINDING WORKSHOP – FERNANDO MARTÍNEZ

RRP €8.00

In this workshop the student will learn to make a notebook with the Japanese binding technique. The artisan will teach them to create their own notebook using threads, needles and paper. These items will be decorated with various motifs by the students themselves.

PUPPET WORKSHOP – ISABEL ALCANTUD
RRP €8.00

Artistic creation workshop where visitors can make their own puppet.

LIVE GLASS CARVING DEMONSTRATION – QUEEN CRAFTSMANSHIP
RRP €8.00

Live demonstration of glass carving where Master Craftsman Pepe Reina will teach the visitor this trade. Each visitor will learn about their professional career and each of them will also be able to take a glass decorated with their name.

As a complement, there will be a guided tour of the different spaces of the Craft Center to learn about the crafts. More information about guided tours at the following link:

GUIDED VISITS

Information and bookings:

Murcia Craft Center

968 35 75 36
Francisco Rabal Street, 6 Murcia
coordinadoracentrosartesania@salzillosi.com

Practical art workshop focused on adults and children with artistic concerns and interests, who wish to develop their creative potential by experiencing the learning of different techniques. The main objective of the workshop is to pretend that the student is the protagonist of his own work, which, in turn, is transformed into a free personal projection of his own emotions, which he will be able to express from the basic notions of drawing, painting and sculpture following his own style.

Children – Monday from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

Fee: €40 per month or €12 per session.

Materials not included.

Leather initiation workshop by José Mariano Bielsa Bermejo.

In this workshop you will learn to work with leather and make simple products, it is not necessary that you have knowledge of leather work.

Program

• Brief description of cowhide leather
• skin management
• piece cut
• Die-cutting of the piece
• Dyed by blending technique
• Final touches of elaboration
• Final advice for the good preservation of processed products

Adults – Saturdays, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

Rate €65 per month or €15 session.

Materials included.

Registration and venue:

Murcia Regional Craft Center

Francisco Rabal Street, 6 Murcia 30.009

968 35 75 37 or centroartesaniamurcia@salzillosi.com

The Murcia Regional Craft Center is hosting a new exhibition with the work of the sculptor Ismael Cerezo, known as 'Flyppy'. Registered in the Artisan Registry since 1997 and winner of the 2022 Regional Crafts Award, 'Flyppy' shows in 'Elementos escultoluminís' more than forty sculptural works, most of them with their own light.

The general director of Consumption and Crafts, Sonia Moreno, inaugurated the exhibition yesterday afternoon, which can be visited until the end of April, from Monday to Friday, from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. and from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.: 30 p.m., and on Saturdays, from 11:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

'Flyppy' from Murcia is a creative glass and metal craftsman, practically self-taught. He began in the early 90s to make his sculptures with all kinds of metals. He opened his own workshop with a glass furnace, which allowed him to create his most recognizable pieces: lamps, bugs, ladybugs, spiders, herons, fish, bulls, owls, butterflies, lampposts and a whole explosion of metal and glass sculptures.

'Flyppy' has spent more than 30 years evolving his technique to unleash his creativity and achieve balance between the various materials with which he works.

1. Aim

The main objective is to promote this tasty Murcian delicacy and achieve excellence in meatloaf, distinguishing each year the artisan and establishment that make the best product and make it available to citizens and visitors.

2. Inscription

Participants must be registered or in the process of being registered in the Artisan Registry of the Region of Murcia in the profession of Pastry Chef before the contest begins and be active at the time of the competition.

All artisans who wish to participate in this contest must fill out and submit the APPLICATION by email: contestregionalpasteldecarne@gmail.com.

The APPLICATION can be downloaded at this link Application and bases of the IV Regional Meatloaf Contest

The winner of the III Regional Artisan Meat Pie Contest will not be able to participate.

The deadline to submit the APPLICATION will be March 21, 2023.

Product characteristics

Participants must prepare a meatloaf with a filling made from veal, in all its varieties. The size of the product will be 13 cm in diameter and with a maximum weight of 215 gr. per unit. Upon delivery of the product, both the diameter and the weight will be checked. Meat pies that do not comply with these measures will be disqualified.

3. Presentation

The delivery date will be March 22, 2023, from 9:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., at the Center Regional de Artesanía de Murcia, located at C/ Actor Francisco Rabal, nº 6 in Murcia, and the collection will not be valid if the cakes are delivered after the deadline, or if the box bears a mark that identifies the participant.

6 meat pies will be delivered in an unidentified white box. The delivery will be made to the staff of the contest team assigned for this purpose at the Murcia Regional Crafts Center, C/ Actor Francisco Rabal nº 6. 30009 Murcia.

The person in charge of collecting the boxes will take note of the delivery: name of the pastry shop, delivery time and person making the delivery. Anonymously, a random number will be assigned to the box, which the participant will not know, so that the jury cannot be contaminated.

The tasting and decision of the jury will take place at the Murcia Regional Craft Center on March 22, 2023. The tasting will begin at 12:30 p.m. and the result will be saved in sealed envelope guarded by the Secretary of the Jury, until the awards ceremony, which will be made public in the afternoon that same day, proceeding to the delivery of awards.

4. Jury

The Jury will be made up of professionals from the trade and qualified personnel appointed by Resolution of the General Directorate of Consumption and Crafts at the proposal of AREPA.

5. Methodology

The visual appearance of the puff pastry, the balance between dough, filling and puff pastry, the smell, the texture, the flavor and finally, the global acceptance will be assessed.

• Color and appearance of puff pastry. Up to 10 points.
• Aroma, texture (balance between mass), filling and flavor. Up to 10 points.
• Global acceptance. Up to 10 points.

The score of the different evaluation elements of the meat pies will be from 1 to 10, where one will be the lowest value and ten the highest value. To avoid possible ties, decimals may be added. All the cakes will be valued together and cold, both for the note on puff pastry and for the balance between dough and filling. Once the cold evaluation has been carried out, the cakes will be heated for tasting.

A minimum of one eighth of the piece will be tested and a maximum of one fourth by each member of the jury. From 4 to 6 cakes from each participant will be shown to the members of the jury, some of which will be broken into pieces and others whole. The cakes will go on a tray with the number assigned from the presentation and collection and that only the person designated for this purpose will know.

6. product tasting

The trays of cakes will be served to the jury at five minute intervals. The cakes will be heated for 5 minutes in an oven at 200 degrees Celsius. The person who heats the cakes will use a tray per participant, that is, a maximum of 6 cakes can be heated on each tray, which will belong to the same participant so that they do not mix at any time. The tray will go with the assigned box number, and at all times the cakes will be identified with their number. From the time they come out of the oven until they are presented to the jury, no more than two minutes may elapse. Once the first ones have been served, the next batch will be heated until all the participants are covered.

7. Awards

The meatloaf with the highest score will be recognized as Best Meatloaf 2023 in the IV Regional Artisan Meatloaf Contest and will obtain a trophy and a plaque for the establishment.

The General Directorate of Consumption and Crafts, and the Regional Association of Pastry Entrepreneurs of Murcia (AREPA) undertake to publicize this event and the winning cake in their promotional elements.