| In the mid-1950's in Almacera near the city of | | | | techniques on all fronts: pigments, molds, |
| Valencia, on Spain's Eastern Mediterranean coast, | | | | varnishes, and firing times, resulting in pieces that |
| a small family workshop was born-Lladro pottery | | | | not only incorporate great beauty, but emphasize |
| and figurines. Three brothers Juan, Jos and | | | | quality of the highest kind. One of the reasons |
| Vicente decided to dedicate their free time to | | | | why the Lladro pottery is considered costly, |
| making ceramics as a means of improving their | | | | hence the luxury. |
| prospects for the future. | | | | Many themes can be turned into a new figurine. |
| As a first step, brothers Juan, Jos and Vicente | | | | With their special feel for art, the Lladro family |
| enrolled in the Valencia School of Arts and Crafts. | | | | inspires their sculptors and collaborators to |
| They studied drawing and painting, while the | | | | transform thier stripped idea into a fine work of |
| youngest brother, Vicente, took up sculpture. To | | | | art with the use of porcelain. |
| put their new knowledge into practice, they built a | | | | Lladro first started creating items such as vases |
| Moorish-style kiln in the patio of their parents' | | | | and jugs and later moved on to producing |
| home. They began manufacturing and selling their | | | | sculptures in 1956. It was because of this move |
| first Lladro pottery on the local market. | | | | that they became most famous for their |
| Meanwhile, they had started to design and | | | | porcelain figurines. Enthusiasm for the items |
| produce their own collectible figurines in porcelain. | | | | produced by the Lladro brothers saw their small |
| Later they moved to an Almacera, Lladro pottery | | | | workshop expand several times until eventually |
| markets its creations in over one hundred | | | | they moved to Tavernes Blanques in 1958. |
| countries around the world. It's a good thing that | | | | Now, Lladro is far from the family workshop that |
| with the artistic skills and talent of the Lladro | | | | started in the family home's patio. The fame of |
| brothers, they have created a masterpieces | | | | Lladro pottery and figurines has reached both |
| through the Lladro porcelain figurines and pottery. | | | | ends of the world and will continue to be a huge |
| The brothers created their own formula for | | | | part of collector's porcelain pottery and figurines. |
| porcelain paste and refined their manufacturing | | | | |