The City of Totana today made a simple institutional tribute to the family of potters next to the emblematic Monument to the Potter of this town, located at the intersection of the avenue of the Rambla de La Santa and Don José María Street, in front of the old Technology Center of Crafts;
thus giving the plenary compliance of last March 2019.
The Consistory totanero agreed, in said ordinary session, to make a public recognition of the figures of Francisco Tudela Tomás and Francisco Javier Tudela, father and son respectively, as genuine representatives of the generations of this family of potters of Totana, and of this millenary and noble trade.
The mayor, Juan José Cánovas, and the Councilor for Crafts, Verónica Carricondo, accompanied by the honoree and their families, discovered the commemorative plaque made for this purpose, in recognition of both potters;
and that has been placed in an urban reference space linked to the pottery tradition in Totana, close to the area where pottery kilns historically existed in this town.
The Tudela family currently represents the seventh generation in the person of Francisco Javier Tudela;
who obtained in 2015 the National Handicraft Prize in the Innovation and Development modality, a potter who demonstrates on a day-to-day basis his ability to improve, overcome difficulties and exhibit his works of art in mud in different places of the Region of Murcia and Spain.
For his part, his father, Francisco Tudela Tomás, is another example of a craftsman who has transmitted his ability and imagination in this professional field;
and who along with his brother Conrado and his father Bartholomew, kept the job on Caridad Street, next to the Rambla de La Santa until a few years ago, going on to expand and modernize their facilities on the current Mazarrón road.
These are living examples of a saga of artisans dating back to 1786, giving the circumstance that Francisco Tudela Tomás also served as Councilor for Crafts of the City of Totana for years, with a management committed to the sector and in defense of the potters and craftsmen in the time that assumed this responsibility.
In the act has gathered numerous public gathering numerous members of the Municipal Corporation totanera of the different political groups, the president of the Association of Artisans of Totana, Rosa María Sáiz, the pastor Francisco José Fernández;
representatives of associations and social and neighborhood groups of the municipality, numerous fellow artisans of Totana, former councilors and former colleagues in the sector, family and friends.
