You'll be met at the airport and brought straight to our home, where snacks and drinks are welcome you while you settle in.

4pm: Once everyone's arrived, we shake off the journey with an unhurried walk through the Eixample — a typical Spanish Sunday — guided by architect Brian Gallagher of the B-Guided design guide.

7:45pm: We end the evening at Cafè del Centre, a 19th-century Catalan institution, over aperitivo and live jazz — the first of many conversations about what we're here to make...followed by a leisurely Catalan dinner.

9-10am: Breakfast of Catalan Pa de vidre amb Tomaquet etc

10am: We take a leisurely walk after breakfast and explore the Gothic with Suzanne Wales (writer of Hand Made Spain) or her partner Brian (if she is not available). We will visit the shops of some amazing artisans... the oldest apothecary, a jeweler working with archeological artifacts, see one the oldest and quintessential shoe workshops in Spain, and visit Barcelona's oldest shop where they still make candles.  

1/2pm: Lunch at Santa Caterina market or the alleys of the old Jewish Quarter (El Call).

4pm: Back at our home workshop, I talk through the history and material choices in handmade shoes.  You'll then dye your first pieces of leather. 

Freetime at dinner.

9-10am: Breakfast

10am: We start our day with a home session learning the meditative craft of batik on silk.  2pm: Lunch at home as we steam our Batik pieces

4pm: Then we head into the oldest part of Barcelona to historic Raval to visit Catu and Ignacio's shoemaking workshop — a completely different approach to the craft, full of innovation and creativity rooted in tradition.

6pm: La Boqueria market for a tour as we gather ingredients for our Paella making class for our dinner.

9-10am: Breakfast

10am: The morning you've been building toward — we cut into your leather and begin constructing your own Sevilla Smith shoes. It's a long, satisfying studio day as the pieces slowly become a pair.

2pm: Lunch at home, Mediterranean pica pica so we can work as we craft

4pm: In the late afternoon, we shift to sandal-making, learning the menorquina, a classic Catalan design.

Freetime after you are done with your menorquinas.

9-10am: Breakfast

10:30am: We are picked up and head to a home workshop in the hills to learn about indigo dyeing and fermenting.  I will have some local pieces for you to dye, but also bring pieces of your own (just make sure they have been washed 5x). 

1:30pm: Then we head to Barcelona's only vineyard for a lunch and then an full afternoon among the vines and olive groves, where we will work with local aromatic plants gathered in the summer to create an autumn oil blend for the body. We will explore the physical, emotional and skincare benefits of the wild plants to hand and take home a botanical skincare blend.

7-9pm: The vineyard is also where we learn more about their grape cultivating source and process.  We have dinner at the vineyard farmhouse.

9-10am: Breakfast

10:15am: A bustling day in the city — a tapestry-weaving session in the morning where we learn about weaving and elevate it as illustration. 

1:30pm: lunch in Poble Nou or Gracia

4pm: Then we head to Gracia to make jewelry or own jewelry: rings, bracelet, earrings...whichever you choose.  Silver is provided.

8pm: I will take you to a great local place in Gracia, and show you where you can have churros and chocolate on your way home.

9-10am: Breakfast

10am: We begin with the history and technique of bobbin lace — one of the oldest and most hypnotic crafts in Catalonia.

1pm: lunch nearby

The afternoon is left open: pack, wander, or finish anything on your Barcelona list.

8pm: In the evening, a farewell dinner of Kamayan, a traditional Filipino meal eaten by hand with friends — a fitting close to a week built on making things together.