The “ninot”, cardboard figures(cardboard, wood or expanded polystyrene
Ninot indultat falla Quart - Palomar
(white cork)) that accompany the monuments of the falleros. These are true works of art, carefully done by fallero artists “Artista Fallero” who worked on them during the year.
The typical structure of a Fallas monument is as follows:
- The base: this is obviously the “foundation” of the Falla. The “ninots” or figures are set up on them, representing different scenes. These are explained to visitors by posters in verse located below the “ninots”.
"Queridas mascotas" - "Dearest Pet"
- The finish: the Fallas’ top part. A figure, or figures, of colossal size, located above the central body. There is also a “counter-finish” – another gigantic figure, though smaller in size than the main one – located on the opposite side, acting as visual counterpoint to round off the structure’s artistic harmony.
A Fallas monument is, as a whole, a mammoth-sized work. As a result, the figure of the “artista fallero”, or Fallas artist, cannot be ignored, as the person responsible for the project and its execution.
Every monument has a subject-matter, or general theme. On that basis, the artist plays with intentions and ideas, using the subject as a pretext to portray what he or she wants to say.
Ninot Barraca Espadan 2009
