Learn the Techniques Behind Maria Roca’s Signature Tableware

with Maria Roca

Maria Roca’s ceramic plates have a quality that’s hard to pin down — something in the way colour sits against clay, the balance between precision and looseness, the sense that each piece was made with real attention. In this workshop, you’ll get a window into exactly how she does it.

You’ll spend 1.5 hours working on a pre-fired ceramic plate (22 cm), learning the same techniques Maria uses in her own practice: painting with engobes — the specialised ceramic paints that give her work its distinctive, matte depth — alongside ceramic pencils for fine lines and detail. Together, these tools open up a surprising range of textures and colour combinations, and Maria will show you how to use them in a way that feels natural rather than technical.

The session starts gently: flipping through books for inspiration, sketching on paper, cutting out shapes to use as templates before committing to clay. Then you paint, at your own pace, while Maria works alongside you on her own plate — so you can watch her process in real time, not just hear about it.

Maria is also an interior designer, and her studio looks like it. Concrete floors, high ceilings, a space that feels calm and purposeful — the kind of place that’s genuinely hard to access unless you know someone, or you’re here for a workshop.

Your finished plate will be glazed and fired, and ready to collect from the studio about a week after the workshop — or, if timing allows, as early as three days later. Shipping is also available for an additional fee.