Seville is characterized by its handicraft industry, which is mainly centered on ceramics and pottery. The first works date back to the Neolithic period, although it was during the Muslim period when they acquired their own personality, later enriched by techniques and formulas of classical styles.
The production of artistic ceramics is located in the Triana neighborhood and began in the Islamic period. Hispano-Muslim ceramists contributed glazing and its application to architecture on facades, floors, baseboards and ceilings. Subsequently, Mudejar adopted oriental techniques that formed the basis of the local style. Thus, mosaics and tiles began to be made, with a predominance of hand-painted works with popular motifs.
Surprisingly, today many of these ornaments are still the main protagonists in countless streets, buildings, patios and even bodeguitas or restaurants in our city.
The richness of the Guadalquivir Valley in muds and clays also has its domestic and agricultural application. Especially thanks to the production by the potters of typical elements of our land, such as pitchers or botijos, at first more functional than decorative.
It is also worth mentioning the handmade pieces of La Cartuja, a firm founded in 1839 by Charles Pickman. To learn more about our ceramics, and its neighborhood par excellence, Triana, we recommend you visit the Triana Ceramics Center.
The following selection of establishments has been made in conjunction with the merchants association Al Centro. In our city you will find many other establishments of great interest and quality. For reasons of usability, we have made a selection of establishments that, by their type and products, may be of special interest, mainly confined to the historic and monumental center of Seville.
