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Rooted in Place. Made for Regeneration in Toursim.
Cabo Verde
Atelier: @ateliersolm

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welcome to our classroom.
as seen through @yahninreallife lens

0 SOLM Atelier de Barro
1 orientation letter by @jahirka
2 course overview
3 coiling with Zenaida
4 dreams with coach @emiliennemacauley
5 Zenaida from Tras Di Munti, Santiago
6 collective vessels
7 bosta pit firing ceremony
8 torno with @jobonetto
9 atelier notes
10 líder de turma nossa @silviaandrade92
11 cylinders practice
12 recycling in butter bins
13 vibe check
14 glazing in more butter bins
15 wheel instruction with @nannibonetto
16 recycling our wild clay with @fortes.nelsontavares
17 more clay recycling
18 our backyard
19 day 0 set up of learning atelier in Centro Social

SAB by @solm.land & Partners
Terracota Atelier, Mindelo
El Patio, Barcelona
Ban Workshop, Dakar
olio, Mindelo

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Halfway through our SAB program at @solm.land , sitting outside our little learning atelier in Calhau.

I’m incredibly proud of how far we’ve come, while knowing there is still so much more ahead of us. These past few months have been full, beautiful, chaotic, challenging, and deeply rewarding.

This photo feels like a small pause in the middle of it all.

Thank you @yahninreallife for capturing these little moments in between, too.

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Now that you all know where Cabo Verde is thanks to our fantastic ⚽️ Team. Please take time today to support @solm.land I’m blessed to be a part of this Non Profit that is seeking to reduce harm, and actively repair and revitalize the social, cultural, and ecological fabric of communities impacted by tourism and hospitality. We do this by empowering women, youth, and communities to shape regenerative hospitality.
We believe in honoring local voices, traditions, and environments through collaborative initiatives. PLEASE SUPPORT BY DONATING. Link in Bio

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Looking for a creative experience during your time in #mindelo #saovicente #caboverde ?
Local nonprofit association @solm.land is hosting a series of ceramics workshops throughout the month of June, inviting visitors and residents alike to slow down, connect and create with their hands.

From relaxed coffee and ceramics (THIS Sunday June 14) to pottery wheel experiences and ceramic painting evenings, these workshops offer a unique opportunity to engage with our rich ceramic traditions while supporting an inspiring mission.

All proceeds help fund @solm.land programs for women & youth in regenerative tourism practices and community impact.

Time to find your creative outlet during your travels!

visit @solm.land or www.solm.land/calendar to reserve your spot.

Incredible phot taken by @yahninreallife

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Zenaida at SAB in Calhau, Cabo Verde.

School bench made for @solm.land one year ago. Built with Ghana boss wood and finished with Lindseed oil.

Made for @solm.land captured by @yahninreallife

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Life lately ✨
New journey with @solm.land @ateliersolm 💎

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Silvia & Nelson. Dôs pessoa txeu special q conhecemos este ano através do nosso trabalho com @solm.land

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Nelson, lead ceramicist at Terracota, welcomed us into the world of clay. He is our neighbor, teacher, and friend. Earlier this year, after the rains, we were cleaning buckets of clay in his studio. Today, that same space stands renewed, once again a place for gathering and learning.

Silvia is a local architect. She also experiments with clay, creating some of the most captivating pieces we have seen on the island under the guidance of @atelier_mestre_djoy_soares and @billywilsontheartist to great ceramicists of Cabo Verde. We feel deeply touched by both of these souls and are honored to witness their journey's unfold.

@yahninreallife has been teaching us to get behind the lens so we captured this moment while foraging for clay together with @outrosbairros coordinated by @jakenr13

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Nelson, ceramista principal da Terracota, acolheu-nos no mundo do barro. É nosso vizinho, professor e amigo. No início deste ano, depois das chuvas, estávamos a limpar baldes de argila no seu ateliê. Hoje, esse mesmo espaço está renovado, mais uma vez um lugar de encontro e aprendizagem.

Silvia é uma arquiteta local. Também experimenta com o barro, criando algumas das peças mais encantadoras que vimos na ilha, sob a orientação de @atelier_mestre_djoy_soares & @billywilsontheartist grandes ceramistas de Cabo Verde. Sentimo-nos profundamente tocados por estas duas almas e gratos por acompanhar os seus caminhos.

@yahninreallife tem-nos ensinado a estar por trás da lente, e foi assim que captámos este momento, enquanto recolhíamos argila juntos com @outrosbairros, coordenado por @jakenr13.

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To rebuild is to reimagine. From clay molded by hand to coastlines reshaped by tide, creation becomes an act of defiance, dignity, and deep care. Barro i Mar: Clay and Sea, Creation and Resilience in São Vicente, Cabo Verde is a story of transformation, of how beauty returns not as repetition, but as renewal.

For small island states, rebuilding is not just survival, but a declaration of continuity. Every gesture; shaping, mending, restoring, becomes a quiet revolution against erasure. In ceramics, we witness this same resilience: the belief that what is broken can be made whole again, that imagination itself is a form of resistance.

This chapter, The Rebirth of Terra Cotta, is both a tribute and a reminder that creativity is sovereignty. Through craft, community, and collaboration, new worlds are continually being shaped… patient, imperfect, and profoundly human.

A heartfelt thank you to the incredible creatives who shared their vision and journey with us:

Terra Cota Atelier (Nelson, Flavio & Nelton)
SOLM: Non-profit organization based in São Vicente (@solm.land )
Respiro (Thibault and Marin)
Photography & Video: Yahn De Oliveira (@yahninreallife )
Your hands, your eyes, your stories, each one part of this ongoing act of world-making.

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Part II: After the Storm - Clay, Community, and Care

When Terracota collapsed, it was not only walls and roofs that fell, but it was the beating heart of a neighborhood shaken. And yet, from the dust of destruction rose the pulse of solidarity. Streets once emptied by floodwaters became spaces of gathering, where neighbors, friends, and diasporic kin came together, shoulder to shoulder, to sift through rubble, rescue what could be saved, and begin the slow, deliberate work of repair.
Nelson, Flavio, Nelton, and many unnamed hands shaped clay not just as material, but as testimony; a language of resilience spoken through sweat, patience, and shared experiences. Children and elders watched, learned, and lent their energy, passing buckets, stacking bricks, and mending broken ceramics. In every gesture, the story of an island’s endurance was written: it is in community, in the collective refusal to surrender, that survival takes root.
Here, there was no waiting for external rescue; survival was mutual, improvised, and profoundly intelligent. Meals were shared, tools borrowed, expertise pooled, and care extended to those too weary or wounded to rebuild alone. Clay became metaphor and anchor, shaping not only objects but the rhythm of communal life, a quiet declaration that São Vicente’s independence and its spirit, cannot be outsourced.
This is not just repair. It is an island speaking to itself: we endure, together.

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Clay remembers. The sea rises. Heritage breaks and is rebuilt.

On 11 August, São Vicente’s floodwaters swept through homes, streets, and the very heart of creation: Atelier Terracota. This was more than a storm. It was a reckoning, with fragility, with neglect and a testament to resilience.

Barro i Mar: Clay and Sea, Creation and Resilience in Cabo Verde begins here: With hands that shaped the earth long before the waters came. With stories still held in the clay.

✨ Part II and more details coming soon.

Credits for Project Storytelling and Creative Direction:
Terra Cota Atelier (Nelson, Flavio & Nelton)
SOLM (Non profit organization based in Sao Vicente) @solm.land
Respiro (Thibault and Marin)
Photography & Video: Yahn De Oliveira @yahninreallife

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