Josep Matés"TO ME CERAMICS ISN'T A JOB, BUT A WAY OF LIFE"
By Emma Aixalà
Photo Paula da Lua
The sunlight spreads across his workshop in Fonteta, full of clay, shelves, pieces, fragments, and ideas waiting to be crafted. Josep Matés is a potter, passionate about old trades, and happy doing what he likes. |
ROSA REGÀS«CREC EN LA LLIBERTAT DE TOT COR, MALGRAT QUE UN S'EQUIVOQUI»
By Txema Seglers
Photo Andrea Ferrés
Escriptora d’una època i fundadora de la mítica editorial La Gaya Ciència, Rosa Regàs (Barcelona, 1933) parla dels aprenentatges recollits al llarg dels anys: de la família i els nets, del fet d’escriure, de la llibertat. D’aquella nena que fou filla d’exiliats per la Guerra Civil, fins a la matriarca d’una família nombrosa al seu mas de Llofriu, en queda la dona rebel, sàvia i... |
Pat BrosA COMMITTED LOCAL FISHERWOMAN
By Lola Puig
Photo Javier Almar
Men typically crew offshore fishing boats. We may sometimes see a woman handling nets in the port, but rarely on board a ship. Originally from Colera, Pat Bros, @patbrosp, is one of the few fisherwomen plying her trade around the Cap de Creus. I had the pleasure of meeting a young, passionate woman whose eyes shine when she talks about the sea. |
VERMOUTH, NOW AND ALWAYSThe classic vermouth is now the aperitif par of excellence. A tradition that has made a powerful come-back as the multi-dimentional phenomena of ‘the aperitif’... musical, poetical and literary — vermouth culture is reborn! Fancy a vermouth? With olives, ice, soda, in a cocktail… and, of course, along with some tapas, cockles, ‘patatas bravas’… In this realm, the scope of our imagination has no end! |
UNIQUE EXPERIENCES WITH SOUL. GET UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL WITH SOME LOCAL PROFESSIONAL PROJECTS AND EXPERIENCE THE REAL EMPORDÀ!We want to tell you about some of the souls who live this land with intensity, so much so that they have transformed their work into a source of creativity. They bring us singular local experiences of gastronomy, wine, craftsmanship, culture, tourism… by their hands we are guided, meeting people and discovering secret places, into the authentic soul of Empordà. |
