Fine parts by hand
Flowers and fingers attached by hand, piece by piece — what explains the price.
Ravave — CC BY-SA 4.0 · Juan Emilio Prades Bel — CC BY 4.0 · Antonio Cortina Farinós — Public domain
The museum and works of the Lladró porcelain brand, north of the city of Valencia. Lladró is an internationally known Spanish name in porcelain: white and blue-grey figures with elegant elongated forms, founded by three brothers in the 1950s in a village near Valencia and now exported to more than a hundred countries. What distinguishes the visit is that this is a working factory rather than a display: you can see the stages of manufacture — shaping the clay, casting the moulds, attaching fine parts such as flowers and fingers by hand, painting and firing. Every figure passes through several craftsmen's hands, which is what explains the price. That makes the visit closer to watching a craft than to a museum, and it appeals to adults and children alike. It is not in central Valencia: it lies north of the city in Tavernes Blanques and needs transport, and tours normally run at set times and require advance booking. Check before going.
Flowers and fingers attached by hand, piece by piece — what explains the price.
Shaping, casting, painting and firing in front of you rather than behind glass.
Begun in a village near Valencia and now exported to over a hundred countries.
Tavernes Blanques, north of Valencia
Through the official site or by calling ahead. Tours have limited numbers and set times, and may run in different languages at particular slots — ask about language when booking. Turning up without a booking may mean not getting in.
Yes, reasonably well: seeing clay turn into a form and colours painted by hand holds children better than display halls. Note that it is a factory with safety rules and fragile pieces, so very young children need constant attention.
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