Studio journal

I'm Laura

Founder of this pottery studio in Sitges. A place where clay, fire and emotion meet, and where I invite you to create.

Fig. 00 · Laura in the studio patio · Sitges

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01 · How it started

From garage to workshop

This studio was born, literally, in a garage. A space we transformed with patience and love until it became a place of art and well-being, designed for living unique moments, learning pottery and enjoying the magic of creating with your hands.

My training combines local workshops here in Catalonia with international courses, where I learned artistic pottery and wheel-throwing techniques. But beyond technique, I'm always exploring new forms of creative expression, seeking the balance between fire, clay and emotion.

What began as a personal corner is today a long table where hands of all ages sit together. I like to think that everyone who passes through here takes away, along with a piece, a slower way of looking at things.

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Laura pulls up a clay cylinder on the potter's wheel, surrounded by the studio's glaze shelves — Fig. 01 · The studio, once a garage, now a pottery workshop. Sitges · Kodak Portra 400

02 · Manifesto

Pottery, art and well-being

I · The gesture

With your hands

Creating is also sharing. Every piece begins with a slow, unhurried gesture, attentive to what the clay wants to become. The process matters as much as the result.

II · The fire

Fire and transformation

Fire is the moment when the piece stops being ours. We accept what the firing gives: the crack, the unexpected colour, the surface that changed.

III · The source

Nature and food

Nature and Mediterranean food are endless sources: textures, colours, aromas and sensations reflected in every piece and every detail of the studio.

IV · The spirit

Shining together

A place of well-being before a classroom. Pottery, art and well-being come together here to shine as one: that's what I want you to take home.

03 · The journal

9 Sep 26

Sagrados Corazones

Laura in front of the studio wall decorated with ceramic Sacred Hearts under the bookshelf — Fig. 02 · The studio's Sagrados Corazones. Sitges · Kodak Portra 400

Santa Laura’s passion is born from the Sagrados Corazones, symbols present in many cultures as a representation of fire, light, love and transformation.

For me they are energy and spiritual connection. Through them I create unique pieces that convey strength, texture and colour. It’s not decoration: it’s the idea that every object can hold something of that inner glow and share it with whoever holds it.

Hence the name, and hence everything else. Santa Laura is that heart made clay: a promise to shine with spirit.

16 Sep 26

A day at Santa Laura

Laura welcomes a group of students around the studio's big table — Fig. 03 · Welcoming at the studio · Kodak Gold 200

What every person brings to the studio: one of the things I love most about Santa Laura is welcoming people. Everyone arrives with their own tastes, their doubts and their own way of looking. I love accompanying them while they discover what they want to express with clay.

Sometimes their choices and their questions also spark something in me and inspire me. I think this is one of the most beautiful parts of opening the workshop: people who come to enjoy, disconnect and create something of their own, to create a new story.

29 Sep 26

The Mediterranean and the Sicilian pigna

In case it isn’t clear yet, I’m Italian. My friends say I’m “very Italian” and, although I’ve spent half my life in Sitges, I still keep a lot of that side of me. Maybe that’s why I’m so drawn to baroque art and love creating Sicilian pignas in ceramic.

They are pieces that take time and many steps. First I throw a shape similar to an egg on the wheel. Then, also on the wheel, I make the foot that holds it. And then comes the handwork: adding each little ball, one by one, until the piece is covered.

I love this contrast between the shape born on the wheel and the patience the finish demands. And I love the result. Here you can see it.

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Tuesday16.30 – 18.30 h

Wednesday18.00 – 20.00 h

Thursday11.00 – 13.00 h