Antic Mallorca (Araceli Iranzo)

Who is / What is

Brand of handbags and llata (palmito) objects founded by Araceli Iranzo, who arrived from Madrid and learned with Ses Madones de sa Llata ​​de Capdepera. Workshop in Llubí. Traditional technique; new colors, shapes and uses. Selected by Homo Faber.

Featured work

• Bags: Sac Bag «Dama i cossiers», Sarrià Bag, Clutch, Sea Shore, Knot Bag.
• Slow, eau de parfum with a tin-lined cap (cited by Glamor Spain).
• Palm fans (the first, woven with Ses Madones).
• Jewelry line with Teixits Vicens (Prior; year to be verified).

Relationship with the office

• Craft: palm work (llata) . Objects: senalla · sarrià i sarrió · Ventall i Ventador de Palma · Vestit de cossier .
• Teachers: Ses Madones (Capdepera) . School: The artisan school (Llubí) . Collaboration: Teixits Vicens .

History

• 2009: begins to sell his designs as Antic Mallorca.
• 2018: with Ses Madones and two other artisans, she begins to give llata workshops.
• 2021: The Artisan School (Llubí) opens.
• 2022: file in the Homo Faber guide.

Why is indigenous design

It takes the Capdepera llata, a profession of older women, to a fashionable product that is sold today; The name of the pieces (sarrià, cossiers) comes from the Mallorcan vocabulary itself.

For the project

• Bag-icon for a photo session with Ses Madones.
• Perfume as an example of how a trade dresses a product that is not its own.

Photos

 — Slow Perfume. © Antic Mallorca

 — Palm heart fabric. ©Antic Mallorca / Homo Faber

Sources

• homofaber.com/en/artisans/antic-mallorca-basket-weaving-spain
• 2022.homofaber.com/en/discover/antic-mallorca
• anticmallorca.com/
• priorworld.com/editorial/the-makers-of-mallorca

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

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