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We rode the van to the Lladro Porcelain Factory where we were given a special tour where no photos were allowed in the processing rooms.  Three types of minerals are used in the creation of the Lladro porcelain and I saw the porcelain being assembled, only by women, one tiny piece at a time, then painted by hand by the same person assembling them.  I could see very well why it is an expensive and valuable piece of porcelain to own just watching the tedious and time consuming process.  We were told that no men had those particular jobs because they would not exhibit the patience needed to create those one of a kind pieces.

The porcelain is made from a combination of three minerals shown below.  The work that is involved from the first pour into a mold to putting the tiny individual pieces together and hand painting them; I understand why each finished piece is very expensive.  The guide told us there are no men to put the pieces together because they don't have the patience and steady hand it takes.  They also do not paint faces onto the pieces; for some reason she said they just can't paint a happy face.  I didn't see one man inside the processing plant but we were also there on one of their holidays-off day.  Just a few women were working this day.  

Each little finger had it's own mold and the reason is if the pour was done on the full hand, when opened, the fingers would break off.  So think about it:  each finger, every joint, every small section, every flip or curl on the hair is placed by hand individually.  Tedious and time consuming to say the least. The Flamenco Dancers price is 1.650 Euros. 

This is the largest piece of Lladro porcelain to ever be made and is called The Carnival in Venice.

After the tour, we visited more ruins, the Jewish neighborhood and the Temple of Diana to be shown in another blog posting.