Ceramics · Barcelos
Alexander Stadter
“We chose Barcelos over bigger factories in the south so we can talk through every detail with the makers.”
Alex and Sílvia design Botica Amano and have the pieces made a few minutes down the road. He came from Germany after years in the shoe industry and stayed; she was born and raised in Barcelos and came to the label from psychology. Every production partner sits within 25 kilometres of their base, close enough that the two of them are regularly on the workshop floor. The vase workshop is a family business of six, two of them rodistas who raise every shape on the wheel. Batches stay small on purpose.
