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Prato Midori
Raku · esmalte Midori
Almaviva Collection · Selected works 2021–2023
Fire
decides,
the hand
follows.
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N.º 01Manifesto
Ceramics where tradition and art meet.
We are a ceramics studio offering pieces where tradition and art meet. We take a singular approach to each project, seeking to connect people through ceramics. Every piece carries the gesture of the hand and the memory of fire — what survives the kiln is what deserves to exist.
— Atelier Almaviva
N.º 02Almaviva Collection — 2021 — 2023
Unique pieces,
numbered, signed.
Each work is born of a single irreproducible firing. Limited availability. Reservations on request.
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Raku Midori
Raku · redução em serragem
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Série Forças da Natureza
Alta temperatura · grés
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Linha Shino Tsuchi
Esmalte Shino · branco cremoso
Selected works from the collection. For the full catalogue, availability and commissions, talk directly to the studio.
See Full Gallery →N.º 03Techniques & Process
The hand guides,
the fire consents.
In Raku, the piece is drawn from the kiln still glowing and plunged into sawdust or water. Thermal shock draws crackles and smoke fixes metallic tones — no firing repeats, none is corrected.
In high-firing, above 1,200 °C, the clay vitrifies: it becomes stone, impervious and resonant. The glaze stops being a layer and becomes the piece’s definitive skin.
From Japanese Shino we take the beauty of the imperfect — the creamy white, the pinholes, the variations that record the kiln’s atmosphere. Asymmetry is not a flaw: it is the human gesture.
“Fire is the last sculptor.”
N.º 04The Studio · Process
Each piece, a singular
approach.
In the studio, every project starts from scratch — from choosing the clay to the hand-formulated glaze. We unite the tradition of age-old techniques with the research of each piece, seeking to connect people through ceramics.
Glazes are developed in-house: vegetal ash, iron oxides and the ongoing study of Shino. Between Campinas and the hills of Gonçalves, fire writes the final chapter of each work.
Studios
Campinas
Gonçalves
Gonçalves
Techniques
Raku · High-fire
Shino
Shino
Collection
2021 — 2023
Campinas · Gonçalves — Brazil— almaviva studio
N.º 05Contact & Acquisition
For those who gather pieces like one who gathers
silence.
We welcome collectors, architects, interior designers and curators interested in unique pieces, limited series or bespoke commissions.
The conversation begins by message. Studio visits are by appointment.
StudiosCampinas — SP · Gonçalves — MG
VisitBy appointment
Emailsou@almaviva.art.br
WhatsApp+55 19 98154-3121
Instagram@almaviva_ceramicas