The inspire an aura of greenness, freshness and quietude in their dark surroundings. Life is born again out of their confines. Flowers, bushes and even the odd timid vegetable garden. Water, the source of life, with goldfish swimming in a world utterly foreign to and innocent of the machines.
Sensitivity among the iron, unusual in such a squalid place.
Nevertheless, the aim is to protect the workshop from damp, from water filtering through the walls. That which is necessary for the workshop to function and prevent dilation of the cement, becomes a decorative and humanizing element or even an aid to subsistence with small vegetable patches.
Note: The captions were written in 2001, on the occasion of the publication of the book Eibar, the factory city.
