Las Rozas Village marks its 25TH anniversary by inaugurating a year dedicated to craftsmanship with Mano a Mano, a journey that explores the support for talent over the past 25 years, paying tribute to the artists who keep traditional crafts alive and celebrating artisanal expertise.
As a starting point, raw materials take center stage in the Village through three themed episodes throughout the year: ceramics, textiles, and natural fibers. Kicking off this anniversary dedicated to craftsmanship, Las Rozas Village will host three artists, each offering a contemporary vision of ceramics, inviting visitors to dream through their works.
Ceramics shape history, molded by hands that imprint gestures and traditions onto materials capable of withstanding centuries. This essence inspires the first episode’s installation: 3,600 bricks and over 100 botijos (traditional Spanish water jugs) will be displayed throughout the Village, serving as the visual narrative’s guiding thread.
This ancestral piece, an emblem of Mediterranean pottery, is reinterpreted through repetition, allowing visitors to rediscover its meaning along their path. The botijo transcends its function, becoming a poetic symbol—a bridge between our past and our imagined future—immersing those who walk through the space in a sensory and evocative experience that revalue the heartbeat of craftsmanship.
Adriana Cabello – April 1 to April 20
Artist, architect, sculptor, ceramist, and painter, Adriana Cabello defies disciplinary boundaries to explore the beauty of the unrepeatable. Each of her pieces is unique, conceived as if the material had a predestined fate before being shaped. No two works are exactly alike, as her creative process rejects repetition—each stroke, texture, and volume is a dialogue with the material.
A specialist in decorative arts, her intervention in the Village will pay homage to intentional imperfection, the mark of time on clay, and the connection between art and space. Her ceramic pieces will transform into a live workshop that visitors can admire in the Glass House of the Village.
In this workshop—an exact replica of the one the artist has in Valencia—a retrospective of the evolution of her work is displayed. Here, clay and various finishes come together with the tools Adriana uses to create her art.
Bussoga – April 21 to May 12
Irreverent, bold, and unafraid to challenge convention, Bussoga has turned ceramic design into a limitless field of exploration. Founded in 2012 by Irina Grosu and Josep Motas, this studio moves between art, design, and craftsmanship with a playful and provocative approach, where mathematics, muralism, and tradition converse with sophisticated surrealism.
Their name—meaning “bump” in the Empordà dialect—declares their intent: ceramics that refuse to conform, instead aiming to stand out. Bussoga will infuse the Village with its creative universe: tiles are reinvented without rules, dishware transforms into iconic pieces, and installations adopt unexpected forms.
Andrea Santamarina 13 May to 31 May
Their distinctive mark, third-fire glaze screen printing, grants each piece a unique identity, distancing them from mass production. Awarded Best of España 2022 by AD España, Bussoga offers more than design; they propose ceramics that challenge, narrate, and transform reality. In this second chapter of Mano a Mano, Bussoga reminds us that craftsmanship is both memory and innovation.
As the final ceramicist featured in Mano a Mano, Andrea Santamarina will close this cycle with a proposal that, like her works, explores the depth and beauty of tradition reimagined through the lens of contemporary art.
With Mano a Mano, Las Rozas Village returns to its roots while projecting them into the future. Art speaks to us, connecting who we were with who we will become. And on this 25TH anniversary, Las Rozas Village opens a dialogue between past and present, guided by artists who keep the heartbeat of craftsmanship alive.
