Clay was already her passion when she worked as a contemporary art manager. Today, it has become her livelihood. From her studio in the mountains northwest of Madrid, she creates objects, both utilitarian and non-utilitarian, for exhibitions, designer shops specializing in contemporary ceramics, restaurants for which she creates sculptural tableware, and institutions such as the Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza.
According to Marta, "Ceramics is an honest medium. When you pick up a piece, you can feel the hands that shaped it, imagine how it was born from the fire, how it hardened with heat. By feeling its breaks, its imperfections, its cracks, you can invent the story of the artisan who gave it life."
Marta works alone because she creates unique pieces. The process is entirely manual; she shapes each piece by hand, minimizing the use of tools. She lets the pieces dry slowly at room temperature, then fires them initially at 900��C (900��F), then decorates them individually using various techniques. She sometimes repeats this process until she achieves the desired result. Finally, she fires them at a high temperature, between 1230 and 1300��C (2,000 and 2,200��F). To create textures in her work, she uses organic materials, which she sometimes also incorporates onto the pieces in the kiln. She decorates with oxides and eclectic colored enamels, mixing them to achieve glaze effects.
