GRES GALLERY – NEW CERAMIC GALLERY IN DEIA

06/07/2018

 

Just opened on June 8th.  Featuring resident artist Dora Alzamora Good’s ceramics.

Located on the main street in Deia, across from the Hotel Belmond La Residencia.

The gallery is open Monday through Friday 10am to 1pm, closes for lunch time, but opens again 4.30pm to 6.30pm.  As well as Saturday’s 12noon to 6pm.

 

About Dora:

I am ceramicist based in a small mountain town called Deia on the island of Mallorca. I have been around clay since I was little in my family’s ceramic studio, but my real passion  with clay started a little over four years ago. After seeing a potter at work, I quit my job and bought a wheel. I taught myself how to throw, and with my mother converted and old electric kiln to a gas kiln and started my adventure. It has not always been easy, but it has been extremely rewarding.

 I create unique and one-of-a-kind pieces,the whole process begins and ends with my hands. Everything I make is hand thrown and handmade. All of my pieces are made from stoneware clays, and finished with high fire glazes or primitive techniques, such as black firing. The inspiration for my designs come from my surroundings; I feel that my work is a quest to express the balance of nature, of imperfect perfection, the crude and the refined, the line and the curve, the space or the lack of it. I find the whole process of transforming earth into an object of beauty, whether it be ornamental or functional, completely captivating. 

 

Gallery Address:  calle Archiduque Luis Salvador #4. – 07179, Deia, Mallorca, Spain

Tel. +34 971 639 390 –  Email  info@gresgallery.com

www.gresgallery.com

MICHELIN STARS IN MALLORCA

30/01/2018

These are the fabulous restaurants in Mallorca with a Michelin Star or two.  And one of them is in Deia!

1.Racó d’es Teix in Deia– German chef Josef Sauerschell’s and wife Leonor have their wonderful restaurant in Deià.  www.esracodesteix.es/en/

BEST MUSEUMS TO VISIT

29/10/2017

While in Mallorca these are some of the top Museum’s to visit… according to ABC Mallorca

1. Es Baluard Museum of Modern & Contemporary Art in Santa Catalina
2. Royal Palace La Amudaina in Palma
3. Fundación Juan March in the center of Palma
4. Chopin Museum in Valldemossa
5. Museum del Juguete Ca’n Planes in Sa Pobla
6. Fundación Pilar & Joan Miró in Palma
7. Museum Ca’n Prunera in Soller

SPAIN’S GOLDEN VISA

01/05/2017

According to ‘El País’ the Spanish newspaper over 27.000 residency permits have been issued to individuals and their family members, under the ‘Golden Visa’.

The Spanish government introduced a legislation offering these residency permits to large investors and highly qualified individuals.

Since it all started in 2013, it has brought 2.16€ billion in investment to the country, 72% of this which has gone into property.

BALEARICS’ HOUSING LAW

15/04/2017

As the Housing Law is linked to property transactions, it affects us from day to day in a personal and professional manner.

The new draft of the Housing Law of the Balearic Islands, even though not published or in effect yet, is undergoing some very important changes.

SAN SEBASTIAN BONFIRES

07/01/2017

After Christmas & The Three Kings the fiestas are not over… The island celebrates San Sebastian, the patron saint of Palma, one of the largest celebrated festivals of Mallorca. 

The program of the Sant Sebastian festivities in Palma will start the 13th of January.