I'm Eva.
My work is guided by the memory of gesture, the simplicity of form and an intimate relationship with the material. I work with clay the way one returns home, to the essence, with respect, attention and presence.
I have always felt connected to nature, perhaps because my family comes from a small village in the north of Portugal. Growing up surrounded by slow rhythms, simple materials and everyday objects shaped the way I see, create and feel.
My first encounter with clay happened at sixteen, at the António Arroio School of Arts. From the very first touch, I felt an immediate connection. There was something ancestral, familiar, almost like a memory held in the body. Those were three years of intense discovery, during which I learned to listen to the material and to trust the gesture.
Later, I studied Sculpture at the Faculty of Fine Arts, specialising in stone. Working with a hard and resistant material taught me about time, patience and the importance of respecting the essence of matter. But in my final year, clay called me back. It was in that return that the project which would become a pomar was born, without me knowing all that would blossom from it.
The beginning.
a pomar was born from my fascination with antiquity and ancestral rituals, especially the rituals of water and bathing. I am captivated by the journey of water, from the spring to the home, and by the objects that accompany it: amphorae, pithoi, vessels made to hold, to carry and to serve. Simple, essential objects, full of gesture and intention.
Each piece is made by hand, created with a slow and conscious rhythm. There are no series: each object is unique, imperfect and alive. The forms echo an ancestral language, where function and poetry coexist.
I believe that the objects we surround ourselves with in our daily lives take part in our rituals and can reconnect us with something deeper.
A return to the essential, through clay.