The hands behind the clay
I had a happy childhood between Lisbon and my grandmother's house in the countryside. With nothing but nature and time, I learned to pay attention to ants carrying food, wind bending the grass and birds hidden in the trees. The rest of the time I was making things, surrounded by paper, glue, scissors, and craft shows on TV.
I studied Product and Interior Design at university. My first contact with clay was there, but it didn't catch me at the time. A few years later I went back and fell for it completely.
For two years I took classes with a ceramicist, until I felt ready to work on my own. Now I work alone in my studio on the edge of Lisbon, spending my days making pieces that make me smile, and that I'd want to live with myself.
The Process
Ceramics is slow, demanding work. Each piece is shaped by hand and fired twice in an electric kiln, reaching around 1260°C, which makes the clay dense, strong and durable.
I build every piece one by one, so even when I'm making several of the same model, they never come out perfectly identical. The beauty of this process is that the one that ends up with you is unique.
I’ve always been obsessed with the idea of “making a house a home”, and I believe the objects we choose to live with become part of our daily story and the moments we live around them. So every piece is made to give a bit of warmth to your life, with just enough whimsy to sweeten the everyday.