Nu Cerâmica

Yes they can! However, everything that is handmade deserves a lot of love and affection and the use of the washing machine and the microwave can shorten the lifespan of the pieces. But they are all produced with materials that allow it.

"It comes from everything actually. The people around me, the places I go, music, the skin touch, trips, landscapes,...
Essentially everything around me! I avoid just looking for inspiration in other ceramic pieces. It's much easier to create the temptation to do the same or similar. That's why it's very important for me to get more inspiration from sensations than from things."

Her sister lived in Japan for a while and when she went to visit her she noticed the huge ritual around tea. Most Japanese teapots have a wooden tubular side handle. Once she arrived in Portugal she sketched and sketched, submersed in all the influences she saw regarding tea, teapots and Japanese nature and culture, and she came up with a draft design of what is now the Ameno teapot.