Carmen del Viboral

This traditional hand-painted ceramic pieces are so unique because of their resilient history. The tradition of making and painting ceramics started as a business idea for the region knowing it has good access to water and natural clay sources. Many people started to train to learn to make the ceramics by hand and soon it became a very well-known item for Colombian homes all the way into the late 1980s. The demand for their cermics was so high that the local government opened schools to train more people to make these ceramics.

With time, they innovated in design, learning to hand-paint intricate designs, the majority of them inspired in Colombian nature. Today these ceramics are considered patrimony of the nation and have become an incredible example of a local economy thriving in the region and preserving hand-made techniques.