Ráquira, La Chamba, and Carmen de Viboral are three communities that, thanks to their great talent in working with clay, make pottery a very important tradition in Colombia and have also gained international fame. History of Pottery in Colombia About 6,000 years ago, the first traces of pottery were found in San Jacinto, a municipality […]
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What is Chamba pottery? Chamba pottery, also known as black pottery because of its color, are household items such as pots, bowls, pans, frying pans, dishes, and more. All of these objects are the result of a mixture of three types of clay extracted in the village of La Chamba in Tolima. The types of
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What is pottery? According to Oxford Languages, pottery is the “art or technique of making artifacts of earthenware, clay, and porcelain of every kind and quality”. In other words, pottery is the manufacturing of objects from different types of clay or earthenware such as porcelain, stoneware, and others. Some items made of ceramics can be
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