CHAMBA COLOMBIA
"DENOMINACIÓN DE ORIGEN"
Ceramics from Chamba Tolima, also known as black ceramics, received a designation of origin “DENOMINACIÓN DE ORIGEN” from the Superintendence of Industry and Commerce (SIC) Colombia in 2019. With this declaration, 12 Colombian artisan designations of origin are completed.
EXTRAS FROM THE DECLARATION
“ ……..makes “CERÁMICA NEGRA DE LA CHAMBA” a unique and distinguishable product within its genre.”
“………. The ceramic artisans of the villages of La Chamba and Chipuelo Oriente make products that are classified into two categories:
1- Quality one, which is equivalent to the good finish of the product in its traditional presentation, that is, good blackening, standard medium temperature, (750 to 800°C) even burnishing with its shiny effect and good visual presentation, good finish when smoothed initial, achieving a uniform body.
2- Extra quality, the export type, which requires a totally uniform finish, blacking and gloss.”
“The pottery production of the Chamba Tolima products is carried out entirely by hand, making them unique in the country and allowing recognition of their work and added value to their product (it is said to be handmade by the non- use of advanced equipment and machinery, although the use of minor tools for improvement in its processes also gives it the status of handmade) its way of working leads us to a past in return to an ancestral culture, where man discovers the clay turning it into utensils for their basic needs and from there to the present day producing great works with this noble material that mother earth gives us. That is the ceramic work of women and men from this part of the country, who carry out their work with love to offer us a finished product in the following steps:
1- Extraction of the clay
2- Preparation of the clays
3- Preparation of the ceramic paste
4- Manufacture of dies and molds
5- Production of ceramic pieces in different techniques
6- Preparation of the varnish (engobe) and varnishing of the pieces
7- Burnishing (smoothed and polished) of the raw pieces in leather hardness
8- Preparation, loading of the kiln and burning of the raw pieces.
9- Smoked in ceramic reduction to give them the final blacking.
10- Finishing and gloss techniques”
"The geological characterization of the region is of vital importance to understand why in the villages of Chamba and Chipuelo Oriente, as well as in the part of the municipality of Suárez, the mining deposits of the raw materials with which produce the products designated with the claimed Designation of Origin 'CERÁMICA NEGRA DE LA CHAMBA', namely, three (3) classes of clay mineral due to the composition, formation and state of the earth, in this case, the rocks and units sedimentary rocks that originate the aforementioned mineral, among others.”
EXTRAS FROM THE DECLARATION
“ ……..makes “CERÁMICA NEGRA DE LA CHAMBA” a unique and distinguishable product within its genre.”
“………. The ceramic artisans of the villages of La Chamba and Chipuelo Oriente make products that are classified into two categories:
1- Quality one, which is equivalent to the good finish of the product in its traditional presentation, that is, good blackening, standard medium temperature, (750 to 800°C) even burnishing with its shiny effect and good visual presentation, good finish when smoothed initial, achieving a uniform body.
2- Extra quality, the export type, which requires a totally uniform finish, blacking and gloss.”
“The pottery production of the Chamba Tolima products is carried out entirely by hand, making them unique in the country and allowing recognition of their work and added value to their product (it is said to be handmade by the non- use of advanced equipment and machinery, although the use of minor tools for improvement in its processes also gives it the status of handmade) its way of working leads us to a past in return to an ancestral culture, where man discovers the clay turning it into utensils for their basic needs and from there to the present day producing great works with this noble material that mother earth gives us. That is the ceramic work of women and men from this part of the country, who carry out their work with love to offer us a finished product in the following steps:
1- Extraction of the clay
2- Preparation of the clays
3- Preparation of the ceramic paste
4- Manufacture of dies and molds
5- Production of ceramic pieces in different techniques
6- Preparation of the varnish (engobe) and varnishing of the pieces
7- Burnishing (smoothed and polished) of the raw pieces in leather hardness
8- Preparation, loading of the kiln and burning of the raw pieces.
9- Smoked in ceramic reduction to give them the final blacking.
10- Finishing and gloss techniques”
"The geological characterization of the region is of vital importance to understand why in the villages of Chamba and Chipuelo Oriente, as well as in the part of the municipality of Suárez, the mining deposits of the raw materials with which produce the products designated with the claimed Designation of Origin 'CERÁMICA NEGRA DE LA CHAMBA', namely, three (3) classes of clay mineral due to the composition, formation and state of the earth, in this case, the rocks and units sedimentary rocks that originate the aforementioned mineral, among others.”
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