DDC TRAINING

Cores da Terra

Cores Da Terra is a ceramics studio in Ibirataia, Brazil. The studio was founded in the fifties by the Brazilian ceramist Selma Abdon Calheira. The name Cores Da Terra, meaning Colours of the Earth, reflects a core value of the studio: sustainability. Another core value that Selma Calheira carries out, is social responsibility. At Cores Da Terra, Selma trains the people of Ibirataia and neighbouring cities as professional ceramists. In this sense, Cores Da Terra actively contributes to the local economy, providing jobs that allow families to live and work in their own cities. In 1996, Calheira was even awarded the prize ‘Gente que Faz’, for her work with economically disadvantaged people in one of the poorest areas in Brazil. Cores da Terra uses organic resources such as clay and natural pigments to create sustainable art objects that spark the imagination.

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