Ep 51 / Chatting with Bárbara Pan about Pan's dishes and being grateful in life
In today's podcast, our guest is the incomparable Bárbara Pan from Soraluce, a great friend, artist and businesswoman, since she is the creator of the famous “The Pan Plates” , which are exquisite porcelain plates hand-painted with botanical motifs, insects or marine animals. She has had great success thanks to social networks, especially thanks to Instagram, which has catapulted her immediately. Full of energy and a good vibe that infects you as soon as you walk through the door, we talk to her about what dishes have meant in her life and how lucky she feels to have been so lucky and to be able to do what she wants. he likes, which is being in his studio painting. Furthermore, he firmly states that “it is his time,” Rosa Benito , comment that reveals her as a close friend of Abraham Menéndez, Abe the Ape . They both have that wonderful virtue of being able to talk to you both about Richard Avedon , as of Rosa Benito . They are incredible!
Bárbara created “The Pan Plates” approximately 5 years ago. It came suddenly, out of nowhere and at the perfect time. As she says, like “the perfect storm.” He compares it to a ship that was placed right in the current, in which everything was in place so that it would reach the end, just when other ships began to arrive. She is enormously grateful, because she says she has gotten where she is thanks to people and Instagram, which has been her showcase from the beginning. It all started when his daughter Bubi He saw what she was doing and told her: “This is worth it, Mom.” Since then, since she does not handle social networks very well, it is her daughter who is in charge of answering messages, controlling delivery times, etc. He was even in charge of choosing the name, which arose from his mother's last name.
He paints plates freely, so he doesn't care if the drawings are more or less centered, because he says that makes them unique. Everything behind each dish is something that no one knows and is very difficult to quantify. It is intangible. For her, it is an enormous illusion and privilege that people choose her and she says that, thanks to that, she experiences a gift every day. He recognizes that since this adventure began, he loves teaching himself, and that there is nothing he likes more than a famous person, which is why he has fulfilled one of his greatest wishes, which was to meet people he would never have imagined he would meet.
We have also talked about her family, and how they support her in all this, especially because she has the oven at home and says that they are horribly hot. That's love! He also boasts of having the love and support of his friends, who are even involved in which bow to use to make a shipment. Before starting this project, Bárbara was dedicated to her children and her husband, whom she idolizes in the same way that he does.
A woman full of good values and joy. Successful, optimistic, aware and happy of the moment in which she has had to live. A podcast full of good energy that will brighten your day. We leave you with him.
