Crafts in Ronda

They can be seen in every journey around the city, the craft tradition in Ronda leaves a mark in each of us that observe it. Decorated balconies with a fantastic method of treating the foundry, furniture carved in noble types of wood which make the halls of palaces and big houses more comfortable, beautiful ceramics that hang from the walls on the streets, like the murals that give color and call the attention of those that pass by.

Foundry in Ronda

The lock of Ronda’s Bullring, typical forge in Ronda, and the carving of foundry in the city come from centuries ago and had a great tradition. Today, even though it’s been a really big tradition, very few artisans still work on this. We can find an example of this art on the bars of balconies, and handles of doors and furniture; like those of the Real Maestranza or those of the Espinel Street.


Woodcarvings

Since the end of the 19th century woodcarving reached great importance, the multiple forest resources of the mountain chain gave work in the field of noble woods like chestnut and walnut wood. The School of Arts and Crafts Alfonso XIII was created in Ronda with the support of the Duchess of Parcent and directed by Santiago Hernandez, natural from Granada, who came to Ronda to restore the House of the Moorish King.

Today we have the Ciudad del Tajo Association that keeps offering us Ronda’s artistic woodcarvings. The Municipal Company of Furniture in Ronda was also created, waiting only for their origin denomination to be assigned.

Ceramics

This work brings us back to the tile-work that is still latent in Arcos de la Frontera; in the city of Ronda the white varnish is a characteristic of its ceramics, in the Gaucin Station they work with artistic and decorative ceramic for both murals and constructions.

Talabartería

A profession that makes an art the manipulation of materials such as cloth, leather, rye, straw and wool, among others, to build tools for life and work in the field, like belts, clothes and ropes, among others.

Today there are very few that dedicate themselves to this field, but thirty years earlier Ronda had more than twenty five “talabarteros” who have left magnificent samples of their work.






Art and other materials

To mention also the importance of esparto grass and palm leafs in the process of creation of curtains, carpets, baskets, etc… very characteristic on the zone; also the work on leather as a design material and cork for the creation of house tools.

Art and Food

The alimentary products that are made artistically in Ronda are known worldwide. We find from chacianas and Iberian products to traditional sweets, honey, liquor, horse chestnut conserves and fruits all of them made like women used to in the old days.

Artisan and ecological products, animal or herbal, and the way of making them are acquiring great importance in Ronda, we have the Biodiversity Exposition of Cortes de la Frontera.
 

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