About
Hi! My name is Gaëlle Van Branteghem and founder of Gaelle Ceramica. I moved to Ericeira in 2017 and was ‘forced’ to rediscover myself and what I want to do in life besides being a devoted mom. I subscribed for a ceramics workshop and knew immediately that I wanted to discover more within the world of ceramics.
By coincidence I started talking to a local ceramist in Mafra, Mister Paulo, and asked him straight to the point if he wanted to teach me the technique of wheel-thrown pottery and so I started throwing two times a week. I fell in love with the wheel the moment I started. The mesmirizing proces of making a piece of ceramic out of a ball of clay is so fulfilling.
I straight away knew I wanted to continue with this craftsmanship and make it my business… I continued my learning process with Paulo and invested in my own wheel. Little by little I improved and my small business concept, Gaelle Ceramica, was born.
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