Dolors Sans

Do­lors Sans Osete was born in Vi­lafranca. She grad­u­ated in Fine Arts and since 1987 she has ded­i­cated her pro­fes­sional life to the de­sign and con­struc­tion of drag­ons, gi­ants, caps grossos (giant heads) and pop­u­lar bes­tiary. She works out of her work­shop in Pacs del Penedès, sur­rounded by vine­yards, fruit trees and there is also a pond with gold­fish. Do­lors de­signs cus­tom pieces, ac­cord­ing to the needs of her clients' groups or or­ga­ni­za­tions. Her sculp­tured fig­ures are made of fi­bre­glass (poly­ester resin).

Just last July Do­lors re­ceived the Diploma of a Mas­ter Craftsper­son awarded by the Gen­er­al­i­tat de Catalunya from the hands of Pres­i­dent Car­les Puigde­mont,. The diploma is awarded to peo­ple who have made a pro­fes­sion of their craft and en­ter­prise and who for over twenty years have ded­i­cated their pro­fes­sional lives to their crafts with ex­cel­lence. The jury high­lighted her cre­ativ­ity and the in­no­v­a­tive pieces that she pro­duces.

Do­lors in­vited us into her work­shop so we could enjoy the magic of her world of fan­tasy.

1.The Lions head' the first piece we see which rep­re­sents a fire-breath­ing dragon, The Chi­maera was a hy­brid mon­ster in Greek mythol­ogy, child of Ty­phoeus and Echidna and sib­ling of Cer­berus and the Ler­naean Hydra. It had the head and body of a lion, as well as the head of a goat that was at­tached to its back, and a tail that ended on a head of a snake.

And then the ma­te­ri­als she works with:

2. Clay: used to model the sculp­ture.

3. Plas­ter, used to make the molds which will later be used for the clay sculp­ture.

4. Burlap: this will be cov­ered with the clay.

5.​Ladder. In­dis­pens­able! The gi­ants and drag­ons are fairly big!

6. Saw disks: for cut­ting the metal and the fi­bre­glass

7.​Level: to cre­ate the cor­rect equi­lib­rium for nav­i­ga­tion.

8. A giant's head: still in the clay process

9. Fi­bre­glass: poly­ester resin that hard­ens to make the fig­ures.

10. Paints: Every­one knows that drag­ons and gi­ants are colour­ful crea­tures!

11. Gloves: a must when work­ing with fi­bre­glass

12. Scis­sors: to cut the fi­bre­glass.

13. Wrench: The size of those drag­ons' feet!! Tough work to fash­ion.

14. Rub­ber mal­let: - to sep­a­rate the fi­bre­glass from the mold.

15. Knives: to scrape and work the fi­bre­glass.

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