Ceramics Mallorca (Felanitx)

Trade: ceramic-felanitx

• Who: factory-workshop founded in 1947 by Pere Bennàsar Montserrat; Today her daughter Francisca Bennàsar wears it.
• Where: Felanitx (directory: C/ Sant Agustí 42; it must be confirmed that it is the same company). Shop and factory: the entire process, from clay to decoration.
• What it does: decorative glazed ceramics; utilitarian line (bowls, jugs, plates) growing. Linked to the tradition of the felanitxera gerreta.
• Singular: vintage pieces «C. Mallorca Felanitx» circulate in the international design market.
• Do you update the tradition? Turn towards the utilitarian; unverified collaborations.

For the project

Factory with the entire process in situ: candidate to produce a co-designed utilitarian line (bowls, jugs) from the felanitxera gerreta. Visit for the atlas.

Sources

• masmallorca.es/en?p=21423
• mallorca.com/en/directory/business/ceramicas-mallorca-felanitx
• mallorcamagazin.com/nachrichten/kultur/2019/01/24/67675/die-ursprunge-der-gerret

Working text from the Disseny Indígena knowledge base, machine-translated from Spanish.

Open it in the atlas →