An artistic journey centered on reactivating female-led ceramic traditions in contexts where these heritage lines were interrupted by colonial processes. Through close collaboration with heritage bearers, the project brings these practices back into motion and builds a collective, visual archive of reconnection.

The images shown emerge from phases developed in Portugal and Cape Verde. On the island of Boa Vista (2025), a residency with the last remaining practitioners of the local tradition contributed to its continuity through intergenerational dialogue and experimentation with ancestral techniques. In Portugal (since 2024), an interrupted lineage is reactivated through workshops with Isabel Sanches, heir to the Trás de Monti tradition (Santiago, Cape Verde).
Each phase unfolded on canvas, which absorbed the local clay and recorded the gestures of transmission. Suspended, folded, or layered, the canvases enter into dialogue with ceramic forms shaped from local earth, using methods specific to each tradition bearer. Together, they form a collective body in which clay — a symbol of shared origins — intertwines with local trajectories.

The installation will continue to evolve through new collaborations and residencies, beginning with a next phase in the Netherlands. It is becoming a living archive of reconnection with a female ceramic heritage: once interrupted, now set in motion again.