Recoveco Market 2024: Seville’s Makers Open Their Doors

Archived event: December 2024. These dates do not refer to the current year.

In Seville’s historic centre, San Julián hides treasures many visitors miss: cobbled streets, traditional corners and a community of women makers transforming daily life into art. In December 2024, these craftspeople shared their talents through Recoveco Market, a route celebrating handmade creativity.

📅 Dates: 14, 15, 21 and 22 December 2024
⏰ Hours: 11 am–8 pm, without a midday break
📍 Location: workshops and homes in San Julián

Much more than a market

Recoveco Market offered an experience beyond shopping: working studios where traditional techniques meet contemporary design. Organisers Natalia Mateu and Ellavled Alcano described a place for unique, sustainable gifts, including jewellery, fashion, crochet, ceramics, illustration, natural cosmetics and decoration from more than 60 local brands.

Celebrating local and sustainable creativity

Founded in 2020, the market became a meeting point for conscious consumption and local creativity. Its twelfth edition welcomed the festive season by celebrating the makers behind its products.

The route spread through Aceituno, San Hermenegildo, Morera, Juzgado, Pasaje Mallol and Sol. Each studio, or “house”, brought resident and guest brands together in a spirit of exchange and collaboration.

A route with a handmade soul

Each participating house offered something different:

House 1: Wud Taller (Aceituno, 6)

Woodworking and design.

• 14–15 December: Curioso Plant brought a botanical selection for plant lovers; Another Flora offered natural cosmetics; My sweet chaos presented handmade fashion; Descará Joyería Creativa offered original contemporary jewellery; and illustrator Carolina Saiz contributed distinctive maps.
• 21–22 December: Fangoyflores and Mamen.ceramica featured cosmetics and artistic ceramics; OH Mami crochet offered handmade crochet; The Sevillaner presented prints inspired by The New Yorker; and KeTeKiero brought creative design for animals and people.

House 2: Athelier Potmic (San Hermenegildo, 6A, left)

Resident makers MATILDA and Macareno presented jewellery, ceramics, recycling and upcycling with a sustainable approach.

Guest makers included:

• 14–15 December: futuristic designs by Pistache, expressive ceramics by SOLITA and sustainable handmade jewellery by Nubla.

21–22 December: Raquel Pérez’s linocuts, Kitxeti’s handmade earrings and nature-inspired illustrations by Issabela Owens.

House 3: The Printed Rabbit (Morera, 5A)

The Printed Rabbit, known for artistic prints, welcomed guest brands including:

• 14–15 December: sustainable practical designs by Hilomandarina, handmade jewellery by Ilanea and functional and decorative ceramics by Mirlo Blanco.

21–22 December: natural cosmetics by AtuVera, illustrations by Carmen Campos and minimalist ceramic designs by planC.

House 4: Nantu (Juzgado, 17)

Resident Nantú welcomed ilo (ropa sin género), an inclusive fashion project without gender labels.

House 5: Telita (Pasaje Mallol, 8, unit 5)

Resident makers included textile studio Telitalab, Niebla, Dariogurumi and La Sentia Design. Their guests included:

• 14–15 December: jewellery by Fátima M. Palma and illustrations by María José Calderón and Mumina, who also created many posters for previous Recoveco editions.

21–22 December: multidisciplinary artist Koko Che Jota, papier-mâché art by Malascaras and a second appearance by Mumina with her graphic design work.

House 5 (additional venue): Pasaje Mallol, 8, unit 4

Resident makers were Miao, with silver and fired-enamel jewellery, and illustrator La Mari Muriel. Guests included:

• 14–15 December: esparto studio Musketa and handmade natural paper by Pilar Rodríguez Rivas.
• 21–22 December: flower-preservation specialists Madreselva and distinctive clay pieces by Montserrat Camacho Muriel.

Pasaje Mallol’s courtyard also offered Borbotea coffee, Fernando Moro chocolate and local organic grains from Harinas de Ronda during both weekends.

House 6: Espacio 1259 (Sol, 86)

Resident studio Vera Conesa presented a selection of brands:

• 14–15 December: bespoke tailoring by Marilene, handmade jewellery by Cucú Joyas and illustrations by Claudia GR Moneo, among others.
• 21–22 December: Marilene, Ivy Studio, Raquel-Papelería con Sur, Adela xD and the edition’s poster artist, Zésar Bahamonte.

House 6 (additional venue): Pinto 11 (Sol, 90)

Residents Stéphanie Da Rocha and La Damajuana combined ceramics and design with guest brands:

• 14–15 December: Rossitta París and Isabel Arias de Saavedra.
• 21–22 December: Delirio y otras plantas, Humana Ecoprint and Chee’ Cultural.

A model for conscious consumption

Recoveco Market celebrated creativity and promoted sustainable living. Its organisers explained that choosing local products supports the people behind them, strengthens the community and contributes to environmental care.

💡 Visitors who completed the route were offered a surprise gift in thanks for their support.

Recoveco Market’s December 2024 edition offered a way to experience Seville through authentic creativity in San Julián. 🌟