#Alentejo

Large pieces of quartz are baked in the kiln, then broken into tiny pieces and sieved to obtain fragments of three different sizes.

Lavishly decorated pots are rarely produced, but they reveal the exquisite work that the women artisans can produce. (Pot from the collection of the Museu de Arte Popular)

Nisa’s inlaid ceramics were traditionally used for water, but nowadays they are produced mainly for decorative purposes.

Drawing the decorative motifs in the wet clay with a needle and other instruments is the responsibility of the more experienced pedradeiras’