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Jávea port: the craft market
For the fifth year running Amata (the regional craft association) joins forces with the local shopkeepers to liven up the promenade along the sea front near Jávea port with a craft fair selling good quality original craft work, lovingly and carefully made by real craftsmen
and women living and working in Spain. Amata has chosen the slogan "Artesanía de Autor®" to describe the fairs it organises, which means that you can buy original work directly from the "author", the person who made that particular piece.
Some of the craftsmen and women live in the area, others come, often with their family, to spend just a week or two by the sea. That's why the stalls at the fair can vary from week to week but usually you will find stalls with leather bags, leather belts, original lamps from recycled material, rag dolls, wooden toys and puppets, jewellery from silver, copper, ceramics, macramé or dried orange peel, hand painted designer clothes and even some paintings and sculptures.
Many of the people on the stalls
bring
their tools and can add a name or a detail to a chosen item, or, if you can wait a few days, you can get them to make something to order. Every Saturday
a
potter is there with his wheel to let
children (of all ages!) make their own bowl or cup. And from time to time there is live music.
A visit to the market can be combined with a stroll to the port (with its fishing boats and fish market) and back along the promenade with its attractive bars and restaurants, shops and terraces, to enjoy the cool sea breezes and watch all the other visitors walking, jogging and cycling along. And, if you like modern architecture, you can have a look at the Virgen de Loreto church, a concrete structure shaped like a ship!
The market is held every evening until 6th September and is open from 7pm until midnight.
For further details ring 639 979 678 (Elvira speaks English); photographs of what was on offer in last year's market are on
http://www.amata.es/JaveaSum16.html.
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