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Polígono Industrial El Manchón, Calle Tarifa 38 – 41940 Sevilla
ACTIVITY
Antonio Campos is a potter who has been plying his craft for some 50 years. His workshop produces decorative articles for buildings and gardens: finials, lamps, fountains, balusters, roof tiles, decorative tiles, cups, pots, etc. Many of these objects are made in large quantities, sometimes… by the hundred, and all by hand.
His team reproduces and replaces pieces of various periods, styles and forms, from Roman amphorae to regional-style finials, with many models inspired by the work of the Sevillian architect Aníbal González.
Clay was traditionally extracted from the river and then processed in the workshop, although today Antonio’s firm uses quarried clay so as to reduce production times and costs. The manufacturing process starts with the clay’s transformation into pieces shaped by hand on the potter’s wheel. There follows a first or “bisque” firing. The articles are then decorated with a coat of enamel using a glazing technique involving mineral oxides. Finally they are fired again in the kiln at 890º and left to cool.
Large articles that would be hard to install in one piece are made in several parts. These are then suitably assembled with fastening ribs and if necessary also an adhesive mortar.
TRAINING
Antonio is wholly self-taught. Born in La Rambla, a town near Córdoba with a tradition of pottery-making, Antonio learned the trade from the tender age of 13. Later he moved to Seville, where he went on learning his craft in the district of Triana.
TEACHING
Tras 50 años ejerciendo la profesión, ahora enseña el oficio a sus hijos.
SELECTED WORK
Los trabajos de alfarería de Antonio Campos se pueden encontrar por todos los rincones de Sevilla: los remates de innumerables edificios, las copas del Real Alcázar, las macetas en el parque de María Luisa, etc.
