{"id":1039,"date":"2021-12-21T20:12:56","date_gmt":"2021-12-21T20:12:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/startersites.io\/elementor\/homi\/?page_id=1039"},"modified":"2025-12-08T20:29:13","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T20:29:13","slug":"about-me","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/rqceramics.com\/en_uk\/about-me\/","title":{"rendered":"About Me"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1039\" class=\"elementor elementor-1039\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-92239f2 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"92239f2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6e32769 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6e32769\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-84f9f26 e-transform e-transform elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"84f9f26\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_transform_scale_effect&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;_transform_scale_effect_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;_transform_scale_effect_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;_transform_skewX_effect&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;_transform_skewX_effect_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;deg&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;_transform_skewX_effect_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;deg&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;_transform_skewY_effect&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;_transform_skewY_effect_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;deg&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;_transform_skewY_effect_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;deg&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1165\" height=\"2048\" src=\"https:\/\/rqceramics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Portrait.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-1518\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rqceramics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Portrait.jpg 1165w, https:\/\/rqceramics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Portrait-600x1055.jpg 600w, https:\/\/rqceramics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Portrait-500x879.jpg 500w, https:\/\/rqceramics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Portrait-171x300.jpg 171w, https:\/\/rqceramics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Portrait-583x1024.jpg 583w, https:\/\/rqceramics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Portrait-768x1350.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rqceramics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Portrait-874x1536.jpg 874w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1165px) 100vw, 1165px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c01c774 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c01c774\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dff8746 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"dff8746\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Ceramist Raquel Quelhas<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-289d407 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"289d407\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Raquel Quelhas was born in Maia in August 1970 and graduated in Visual and Technological Education in 1993. Since then, she has combined her passion for art with teaching. Her journey in ceramics began in 1995, at Ant\u00f3nio Pires&#8217; (Didier) studio in Algarve, where she developed a strong connection with this art of fire. In 2015, she furthered her training with ceramist Jo\u00e3o Carqueijeiro at his studio in Senhora da Hora, where she remained until 2018. Her artistic practice focuses on contemporary ceramics, exploring the transformation of clay into unique pieces, marked by the fusion of technique, creativity and a deep connection to the raw materials of the earth.<\/p><p>Driven by a passion for ceramics, she channels her unlimited creativity into her work, putting a unique blend of inspiration and artistic talent into each piece. Her creations are proof of her dedication to her craft and her innate ability to evoke beauty from the raw materials of the earth. In her artistic practice, she finds deep satisfaction in the alchemy of transforming clay into captivating forms that resonate with the soul. Through her distinctive approach to ceramics, she invites us to immerse ourselves in a world of tactile beauty and timeless expression.<\/p><p>&#8220;My artistic journey is built on my relationship with colour, matter and the serene contemplation of nature. It is in this encounter \u2014 where light, shapes and textures dialogue \u2014 that I find the impulse to create. From careful observation of natural elements, organic surfaces and the rhythms of the world around me, I transfer emotions, memories and the harmony I discover in the natural environment to ceramics. Composition, the integration of textures and chromatic harmony become my language \u2014 a way of transforming sensory experiences into pieces that invite contemplative viewing and reflection. 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Porto<\/td>\n        <td>2022<\/td>\n      <\/tr>\n      <tr>\n        <td>\u201cN\u00e3o \u00e9 um estado de Monocromia\u201d<\/td>\n        <td>Geraldes da Silva Gallery - Porto<\/td>\n        <td>2023<\/td>\n      <\/tr>\n      <tr>\n        <td>Collective exhibition \u201c20 anos\u201d<\/td>\n        <td>the Geraldes da Silva Gallery - Porto<\/td>\n        <td>2024<\/td>\n      <\/tr>\n      <tr>\n        <td>10th Geoje International Art Festival - Haegeumgang Theme Museum<\/td>\n        <td>Yukyung Art Museum Exhibition Hall 1-5, Geoje - South Korea<\/td>\n        <td>2024<\/td>\n      <\/tr>\n      <tr>\n        <td>\u201c\u00c1rvore de Natal \u2013 Festa de M\u00faltiplos\u201d<\/td>\n        <td>Cooperativa \u00c1rvore - Porto<\/td>\n        <td>2024<\/td>\n      <\/tr>\n      <tr>\n        <td>Collective painting and poetry exhibition \u201cUni\u00e3oEntreArtes\u201d - 8th edition of the Guarda International Contemporary Art Symposium (SIAC)<\/td>\n        <td>Guarda 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