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. |
Dolça AbellaA JOURNEY TO FIND THE BEST FLOWERS
By Cristina Gaggioli
Photo Andrea Ferrés
It's the darkest hour of the night. The silence out in the middle of the Cap de Creus is only broken by the waves in the background that continue crashing against the coastal rocks. Along the trail, an approaching engine is heard. It's the sound of Laura and Sergi's jeep carrying a trailer loaded with thirty boxes of bees and embarking upon a very special journey. |
Fishing for a village, a disappearing tradeWE'RE TALKING WITH RAFEL LLINARES, CADAQUÉS FISHERMAN
By Stephen Shemella
Photo James Rexroad
A team of skilled boatmen together with the proper knowledge and a modest fleet can still work the waters off their local coast for a successful day fishing. That catch, with the help of a streamline marketplace, can be shared daily within a community to provide the ultimate resource of quality: local fish, minimally handled, right off the boat. |
Can Bosc del BaróA FARM OF EXPERTISE
By Stephen Shemella
Photo Andrea Ferrés
Pere came into the business of being a pageso from his family, but each generation had their own unique take on what it meant to be a farmer. Sustainable agriculture is becoming more desired by patrons, chefs, and regular parents who put food on the dinner table. |
Carlus Trijueque: the shepherd of the GavarresA FLOCK OF HIS SELECTION, A FOREST IN THE EMPORDÀ, AND HIS LOYAL CANINES, CARLUS TRIJUEQUE LIVES THE SLOW LIFE
By Stephen Shemella
Photo Andrea Ferrés
Amidst the rapidly accelerating technologies of the 21st century, the calming pace and cyclic rhythm of Mother Nature still persist in the forest. After spending only a few days with this young shepherd, his love for his work is apparent. |
La remeiera PlàcidaWISDOM AND PLANTS
By Pepa Clavería
Photo Andrea Ferrés
Plácida Vidal, healer, has been living in Vilarnadal for ten years. Both herslef and her husband, originally from the area of Camprodon, came down from the mountains looking for another kind of life. From a family of peasants, with their cows, orchards and pastures, they always used plants and fruits from nature to heal human and animal ailments. |
Marítim BarIRREPETABLE COCKTAIL, INDEPENDENT REPUBLIC
By Eudald Camps
Photo Andrea Ferrés i arxiu privat
This must be one of the secrets of the success of the Maritime: to be a meeting point and catalyst for sensitivities beyond periods and modes. |
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. |
@ramaderes.catA COLLECTION OF PASTORS, WOMEN AND WOMEN
By Stephen Shemella
Photo Andrea Ferrés
The term ‘shepherd’ has always brought the image of a man, usually Jesus, alone with his staff, pastures and flock. Despite two thousand years of development, many of us may find it difficult to imagine a different shepherd. This preconception is intertwined with the male dominant society, which, despite the vast improvement in the past few decades, still lingers ... |
Rocío MorenoOR WHEN TO SEE PASTORA IS THE NATURAL EVOLUTION OF THINGS
By Stephen Shemella
Photo Andrea Ferrés
In life, all it takes is having one thing clear in order to pave the road to dramatic change. Rocío had this clarity, and 13 years later we find her; a loving partner and mother of three rapidly growing adolescents, a business owner, and a caretaker of 160 pastured ruminants that roam over two farmsteads and many hectares of forest. |
