I met Gabi, one of the inspiring women entrepreneurs in Madrid, on a sunny summer morning. She welcomed me into her studio with a big, warm smile and a table topped with bright yellow flowers, a small detail that felt perfectly in tune with her space and her energy. Her workshop, Neko, is filled with light, color and that calm buzz you only find in places where things are truly being made. We sat down, chatted about our creative lives and bonded over something very familiar: finding our own voice over time, by living, trying, failing, and trying again.
Gabi is a ceramic artist, and clay has been part of her life since she was nine years old. What started as childhood classes slowly grew into a lifelong practice. She learned in many ways, on her own, in different workshops and later at the Escuela de Arte Francisco Alcántara, shaping a body of work that moves between functional ceramic objects and sculptural pieces. Since 2016, she has also been teaching ceramics at Neko, sharing not just techniques, but her love for the material and its rhythms. Teaching, she says, has become a fundamental part of her professional path.
Ceramics is a slow craft and Gabi embraces that fully. Nothing can be rushed, the material has its own timing, and you learn quickly that patience isn’t optional. She enjoys every stage of the process, but there’s something special for her in the final phase, when she can focus on the last details and let them quietly elevate the piece. That patience also brings tolerance for frustration: cracks, kiln surprises, imperfections that sometimes can’t be fixed. Accepting them or letting a piece go is part of the work.
Her studio reflects who she is. After years of working in shared spaces, borrowed corners and even her living room, this is the first place entirely her own. It’s carefully organized, full of tools, works in progress, finished pieces and always changing depending on what she’s creating or teaching. Lately, color has been a big source of inspiration for her, a noticeable shift from the softer, neutral tones that defined her earlier work. That curiosity, and willingness to evolve, runs through everything she does.
This session is part of Creativas de Madrid, a personal project where I photograph women who are deeply connected to their craft and their way of working. Spending a morning with Gabi talking, observing and documenting her in her own space was a reminder of how powerful it is to tell these stories slowly, honestly and in context. More coming soon.
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