We could go on for a long time explaining a thousand things about the Tasmania workshop. The first would be to clarify that we are not named after the beautiful island, but rather we are fanatics of the "tas", a basic tool for artisan jewelry. Many years ago, we decided that our obsession would be our name, and that's why we are called Tas mania.
Tasmania is a workshop open to the public, with a small shop where we sell the beautiful jewelry that we craft by hand.
The truth is that it is a beautiful space, full of tools everywhere —some of them very old—, jewelry benches from different eras, old hand-crank and motorized rolling mills, or oak trunks with all kinds of stakes scattered around the workshop.
With a deliberately chaotic decoration: wooden furniture, a rug, a table with beautiful chairs inspired by Gaudí, and a sofa with a ceiling lamp made of fabric softener bottles.
The scent of the incense we burn, with its woody aroma, mixes with the smell of the flames from the blowtorches. Discreet lighting, with small points of light, illuminates the paintings by our friend Sagi, photographs of Marilyn Monroe or Andy Warhol, and, above all, the good music that always plays through the workshop's speakers. The result of all this is a warm, pleasant in every sense, and very welcoming space.
Perhaps we should also add that this is the workshop of Jordi —Sanx to his friends—, a craftsman from Cardedeu who has been designing and making jewelry for over forty years.
You'll always find him there, with his inseparable apron on, fingers dirty and worn, filing, sawing, turning the crank of the machines, or hammering to create textures on metals. And always waiting for you to ring the doorbell so he can show you the jewelry he makes, give you a lecture —usually too long, as Marga, Amadeu, and Jordina would say— about the craft of jewelry making, or advise you on how to design the special piece you want.