Tierra Negra Ceramic Oven-to-Table Cookware - An Ancestral Tradition

This is the story of the artisan families who, following a 700-year-old ancestral tradition, make the satin-black ceramic cookware we know as Tierra Negra oven-to-tableware. Part of the cultural heritage of a few remote villages in the Colombian Andes, their skills have been handed down from generation to generation. Using only basic tools and locally-sourced clay, the pottery is crafted to designs unique to each family, and with each running their own small business.
These clay pots are widely used in restaurants and in homes throughout South America, where the rich flavours of slow cooking are highly cherished. The casseroles, cooking pots, saute dishes and tagines are typically seen in use on open fires, on other sources of direct heat and in ovens, before being brought to the dinner table.
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[@jeremycrochtiere6317]

Id much prefer to go to this village and buy directly from them, to ensure they get the majority of the $ for their dedicated hardwork and for sharing the beautiful creations of their culture. Absolutely stunning pieces.

[@Xochitlgarden]

I’ve owned three pieces of this pottery for about 8-10 years now and use them regularly. They are beautifully crafted and such hard work is put into each piece. It passes from person to person, from digging the clay all the way through to the finished product. So I say it carries with it a bit from everyone who touched it, and that’s what comes to mind each time I touch and cook in them. The ones I have are between $120 - $300. All three were gifts from one of my sons. It saddens me that the artisans are not fairly paid for the work they do. They should be supported by the “fair market” organizations that support the artisans and make sure the are paid fair livable wages.

[@TA-hx2tg]

Hi, I have a few of this beautiful pots, but I’m always afraid of not taking good care of them. May I ask, how do you take care of them? Thank you and have a great day!

[@merryhunt9153]

@@TA-hx2tg I can make some guesses. The main thing is, don't drop them. Don't pick them up with wet, slippery hands. Don't let somebody who is in a bad mood or who has been drinking handle them. Let them cool before washing them. And although the company says you can put then on a flame, I wouldn't do it. Use them to serve food or bake food in the oven.

[@kwhatten]

The artisans will ask for a price that they think is fair for them.

[@leefrankel4191]

These pots are beautiful. That they’re also practical makes them magical.

[@luyu1478]

I hope that their cultural traditions live on strongly for generations!

[@elmerg.melliza3910]

A craftmanship with lots of sacrifices, ingenuity, hard work, and love. 🇨🇴🇨🇴🇨🇴Viva Columbia!!!

[@henriettaabeyta1457]

Quite happy to discover a tradition of my southern cousins, the statement of Edinburgh was a helpful one thank you. I'm one of the Mexican American cousins. Bravo Buena Suerte Mi Mesoamerican Amigos. Plus Te Amo Celts and Basques, you're two of the groups I can't stop hunting for the secrets of💙.

[@catherinemartina6469]

Beautiful, I hope you teach either your children or someone elses children to keep up this beautiful skill and art work. Magnificient

[@indraneesenanayake2092]

So painstakingly done and with a lot of love and focus on detail, make this type of work a work of art. Exquisite.

[@RubinaMerchant]

My kind of cookware! Loved all the pieces. This is real art. Practical and amazingly beautiful.

[@phatchick96]

That us some of the most beautiful pottery I've ever seen.

[@vedadevotee8654]

Skill❤️ cooking is clay pots is 100% more healthy then any other cookware , it retains maximum nutrients

[@jyotisitapure9521]

so much hardwork for the masterpiece... all the best for the people who make this the pots are so so soo beautiful luv from india

[@Bickidan]

I would love a set of this cookware! I would hope the family are paid well.

[@ConniRandwulf]

I have a 3.5 quart La Chamba pot and it's been a real fun experience using it. I really like that it is natural and ancient. I love mine and highly recommend this cookware.

[@UNCORAZON8]

Hi, Conni Randwulf :) How do you cure it?

[@vssudha1350]

Can we cook directly on the gas stove

[@jyothiramireddy3494]

@@vssudha1350 yes we can. I am using them since past 3 years

[@jyothiramireddy3494]

@@UNCORAZON8 they come with instructions. But I just boil water slowly for some time

[@estefa541]

Yo compré una olla en Cartagena pero no se de dónde es ni quién la fabricó pero cuando la limpio sale mugre negro quiero saber si es malo o puedo tragar en ella en paz

[@fabianmunoz6626]

I just hope those family artist are getting a good money for there great efort skills and art. exelent job potters

[@KellyJ0212]

Unfortunately they don't. My family is from there and my family was actually used a representation in this video. But my family is still very poor where in moments the sometimes go to sleep with only bread and water in their stomachs

[@fabianmunoz6626]

muy triste que en estos tiempos todavia no se valore el trabajo y esfuerzo de nuestros artistas alfareros

[@gowildamit1463]

Sad to hear that. Would it be possible for you to put us in contact with these artisans, we are interested in their products. We may help. Many thanks

[@browneyesgreensoul342]

Yes I would like to purchase from the actual producers.

[@fabianmunoz6626]

Kelly Gutierrez. algunas personas desean poder comunicarse con los artesanos para poder comprar sus productos.

[@Abiti3131]

Our pottery from Ethiopia dates back more than 100 bc !

[@va8049]

As well as nubia and kemet.

[@ivacarlagomes4146]

Hi Abitti this os Iva from Mozambic (southern África). Id like to know a bit more of your ceramics. Ive been seeing youre beautiful pieces Please contact me on [e-mail]

[@Abiti3131]

VA 804 yes

[@Abiti3131]

iva carla gomes sure but I am in Denver co

[@annewambui9911]

@Abiti D

[@seagrape]

beautiful work by the artisans

[@peteacher52]

Magnificent! I would hope that the local potters receive the lion's share of the ultimate profit and not a series of gouging middle-men.

[@irish-medi-weed-grower5240]

lovely sentiment .

[@jayxbape]

​@Concerned Citizen concerned capitalist-idk what your bent is about defending the wonders of market equilibrium prices and/or some kind of rational actor theory but you fail to even engage with the word choice of "profit" if that's what you're on. profit is revenue above input costs including capital and labor...so the mere practicality of a supply chain in connecting potters to eventual consumers does not address where along that chain profit should be allocated. considering that scot columbus (the name is columbus lol, if that doesn't hint that something is being appropriated and taken advantage of i don't know what does) has the trademark in their name, control of the end sale website where they get to set prices, and i'm sure several negotiating advantages, i would certainly imagine that the lion's share of the profit is on their end. that is not to say there isn't value in organizing and maintaining the chain and that they don't need revenue in order to maintain operations, but more so to say that I assume the profit scot columbus makes puts several people in nice homes in the UK whereas the potters (and probably a lot of people involved in the transport as well) remain in cycles of poverty. sure, thats "the way it works", but should it be, and why are you so glib about it? essentially your argument claims that what scot columbus is doing adds more value to the product than the manufacture of that product (materials, time, knowledge, skill, imparted culture etc), and just because capitalist systems imply that through profit allocation, does not mean it makes inherent sense or is right or fair. this is why fair trade practices exist, and ultimately why consumers ought to at least do their homework to see if those practices are in place and should pay more if it's morally relevant to them-seems like it isn't for you.

[@DarkMoonDroid]

@@jayxbape Thank you.

[@CircmcisionIsChi1dAbus3]

​@@jayxbape I think they're trying to remind you that without the connections, transport and market in place, these people wouldn't have as successful an opportunity because they would be limited to their small communities. The fact is, without the product there's nothing to sell, and without the market, there's no profit to produce. So you can't put all the emphasis on the product, since none of them are driving the materials to the ports, to shit them THOUSANDS of kilometers away, nor are they investing in the warehouses to store them, or the resellers shops to make them available. YOU as a potter, I come up to you, I want to buy not just 1 pot, I want to buy 100 pots. For for simplicity let's say 10$ each. That's how much you'd be making if you sold it over a long period of time to your local villagers who realize they have all the opportunities in the world to make them on their own without paying you. So you say, "hell yeah, what great business" that person then spends money to then bring those 100 pots to a market on the opposite site of the world, and sells them at a profit. The potter already made their money. The money that gets returned is for the reseller. Whether or not you think its "fair" is not up to you. If the potter wants to use their knowledge of the market to increase the price of their pots to cut into their profit, that's up to them. But you can't sit here and try to judge people for profiting of reselling, the vast majority of everything you currently own has had that to some degree. Even before global markets, the spice trade for example worked the same way. If you had a product with high demand in the UK, but it originated in the middle east, in order to get from the UK it had to pass through DOZENS of merchants, who along the way made a profit selling it to the next merchant until finally at the end of the road, the final buyer is spending money on something that cost several times more than the original product. "where profits should be allocated" and you're going to dictate where those profits should go? Or the market will? Because these potters are still making these pots. its not china sweat shop labor. You think these potters should make more money, good for you, feel free to write a check and send it over. Are you actually crying about colonialization? You realize the entire country of Columbia is a colonist country yeah? The entire south americas were colonized by Spain and Portugal. "I would certainly imagine the lions share of the profit." as is the advantage of living in a first world country that has a massively stronger economy...when I go to Iceland I have to deal with the fact my money is worth a ridiculously smaller amount, same with Norway, but you wouldn't claim their country is exploiting anyone for their massive economic prosperity or a product of colonialism lol "potters (and probably a lot of people involved in the transport as well) remain in cycles of poverty." lol i must say for someone who probably thinks of themselves as doing a service for the people of columbia sticking up for their right to "make more money." there's something inherently racist about what you're saying. Assuming that selling products to more prosperous countries keeps another country in "cycles of poverty" XD because you, as a privileged person see these videos and think "gross, look at all that poverty, it must be white peoples faults for keeping them poor" when in reality....you're uneducated and you think that's poverty instead of the normal state of the countries working class lmfao no one is encouraging poverty by buying pots from Columbia XD its the exact opposite. THEY set the prices. WE buy it, generally for ridiculously inflated prices based on the fact that where it was made it would be a fraction of the price. but we pay for it because by OUR standards that's CHEAP even at inflated market price. Try buying a fucking UK made pot of similar hand made quality. the profits put people in the UK in nice homes? yeah just like the profits puts people in columbia in nice homes...the difference is they have a lower standard than the UK....based on a massive factor of difference in how the two countries economies operate. I went to cuba and was amazed on how eagerly cubans will try to rip off tourists with inflated prices on junk so dont pretend like its only one side that profits from inflated prices lol "mbus is doing adds more value to the product than the manufacture of that product" because it does by definition add more value to the product, bringing it to people who pay MORE money for it. if I had something NO ONE ELSE HAD, and brought it to them, I had the price advantage to determine the value of the items resell..... by all means, if you wanna give someone 100 POUNDS for something they'd have sold for 5 pounds, you go right ahead man, people might think you were either rich, or stupid, but you do you. no one's stopping you from over paying because of your imagined...colonial white guilt (despite it has nothing to do with white colonialism) "why fair trade practices exist," kzbin.info/www/bejne/oJfFqaOeZdGUgKM and doesn't actually work not only that, is what you explained, isn't an issue of fair trade. You have a problem with profiting "unfairly" when you haven't even demonstrated that this is an "unfair" exchange, whatever that even means. is it 50/50 ? 60/40? what the hell and who the hell determines fair? Equality of opportunity, not equality of outcome. the fact is, cost of living in the UK, is a lot higher. Cost of living in columbia not so much. So when you talk about putting profits into columbian hands and get upset that UK based potter resellers are making a profit, you're also failing to address the fact that UK money goes substantially further in Columbia than the UK. You're putting UK living standards....on columbia...when there's nothing similar about the standards between columbia and the UK. but this assumption that, profiting in the UK means taking food out of hungry poor peoples mouths in Colombia, is not only wrong, its also inherently racist.

[@drakekoefoed1642]

i would not hope that because capitalism.

[@Farooqueakhan]

Beautiful place .. Beautiful products .. beautiful people .. ❤👍👍👍

[@Algorithmicgeneratedwordsalad]

They're absolutely beautiful

[@MrGreidinger]

Trabalho de Alto Nível desses Ceramistas 700 anos de Arte em Cerâmica transmitida de gerações.

[@dianarowland167]

Oh I really love that. I bet it is expensive by the time it leaves the country though. It's beautiful I would like several pieces

[@12sisters1bride7]

Hand design is so very elegant,such beauty made by hand.i admire your craftsmanship.these are much better than american manufacturing and should be priced as such with higher value.

[@howardpohatu3868]

Geez I hope they are well paid for their pottery skills, I'd buy them if these items were here in Gisborne NZ.Awesome work.

[@yaddahaysmarmalite4059]

I know these people have to work very hard just to survive but I'm also jealous of their lifestyle. now I have to go buy some of these pots.

[@joelsonnogueira5755]

Não me canso de ver esse vídeo. Verdadeiros artista 👏😍

[@DarkMoonDroid]

Gorgeous!!!

[@selinadevapalan7261]

This looks similar to the pottery from Manipur , India called Longpi

[@MrJacksuper]

loved it...

[@pritamsinghdhar1056]

I love you my dear sister from India a Sr citizen person When I will be UK probably in 2023 I will purchase thanks

[@mindyhyler8188]

Absolutely beautiful!

[@cheri1687]

[@hussainali9999]

Very beautiful, and unique

[@glorianancymarin7620]

la comida es deliciosa me recuerda a mi abuelita ella cosinaba en estas ollas

[@grayish6963]

Can you burnish any sort of super fine slip? I’d love to make one of these in a pit kiln so I can use my own cookware that is durable and characteristic

[@Thirikalee]

Really beautiful. Amazing colour and sheen. Love it.

[@arielgeda523]

Napakaganda ng gawa ( the work is great)

[@amiemagar2294]

wow...beautiful!

[@Livoirienyvoitrien]

How wonderful. Wunderbar.

[@Happy_HIbiscus]

dude, this is so cool !🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️

[@veronicagamboaalvarez1772]

So muy muy hermosas todas las artesanias d color negro por favor pais colombiano exporten al perú😍😍🥰🥰🥰

[@chaviropalaciosloba7038]

Hermoso trabajo felicidades desde México

[@annewambui9911]

Oh wow! I want one

[@ngreat4390]

Wow! I like it. I need it

[@LWJCarroll]

Its also a “technology” they have figured out themselves…. Really interesting. 😮😮😮

[@ElHombreDePapel]

the original is from Oaxaca, México... but don't worry, God bless you...!!!

[@UNCORAZON8]

Hola Hector Pimentel. Yo quisiera comprar ollas de barro Mexicanas, pero muchas contienen plomo. Me gustaria saber donde comprar que no tengan plomo.

[@leoalfonso1162]

Jajaja. My ancestors didn't go to Oxaca 700 years ago. God bless you...!!!

[@ilianegron7770]

Hermoso trabajo!!!

[@endurance8910]

is it expensive? looks amazing - thanks for taking the time to make and upload this video

[@UNCORAZON8]

I bought my set of four pieces for about $240 dollars

[@pritamsinghdhar1056]

@@UNCORAZON8 too costly

[@beatrizcortezdekeller2993]

Hermoso trabajo y todo el proceso

[@cazaestadosunidosth8162]

Beatriz Cortez de Keller un bonita arte

[@Halleys1212Naga]

I want to know the name of this particular village, pay them a visit and see their artistic work first hand.

[@hyremoueaou4940]

Amazing magnifique artisanat waouh félicitations

[@guiladlevy3152]

Hello , would it be possible to have more informations about villages and this place please ?

[@ezec5578]

Hermoso hermoso. 👏👏👏

[@totemwisdom4870]

Very interesting! They make such beautiful pieces!! Please share the name of the spanish melody that you have as background music at the beginning of the video. :) thanks for sharing the amazing work of this community!! 💖🌷😀

[@fionamurati9359]

Interesting love it

[@daintyflygirl4va]

How can we order?

[@ruthcastle8270]

I wonder if inhaling the dust they use when moulding the clay into its shape, to stop it sticking, is bad for their lungs/chest? Beautiful beautiful work though x

[@valeriebracey6696]

I have some of this cookware. I used it all the time..planned to get some more gradually..For some reason, when I 'updated' my kitchen and got a ceramic hob, these dishes started to smoke which they had not done on my solid electric cooker.. Strange. Any comments anyone?

[@ThePinkBinks]

Ceramic hob. Say that again. Ceramic… hob. Hot stone on stone of a similar type like that equals cracks. You’re gonna break them.

[@aimanartandcrafts]

It's also famous in nizamabad azamgrh

[@cazaestadosunidosth8162]

Este es hermoso

[@jwilson544]

Anyone know that song playing at the beginning?

[@OrganicAlumination]

Omg the stones tho @9:35

[@b.y.c.1746]

Where to buy this pot?

[@harisuthandera1]

Hey very nice pottery making and the technique that makes turn Black is awesome. What type of dry herpes r theyuse

[@fausbi6094]

Good! Please how many clays did you mixed together to make it

[@shillanassi]

what are the names of the villages where this pottery is made?

[@moniquedarquea2147]

Question for anyone who may know: I notice that whenever I wash a piece of this pottery, it turns the water a dark grey. Is this color getting into the food when I cook with it or eat/drink from it? Thank you

[@estefa541]

La mia cuando la limpio también sale el Trapo negro eso será normal como dicen q son al humo

[@Kianquenseda]

I bought my first earthware

[@itslalithasworld3713]

From where can we bought these cookware

[@catherinemartina6469]

can you use this on a stove with a ceramic flat top?

[@peiyingchen516]

Very good quality please ship to Singapore for sale but low prices and must be in One Color BLACK

[@Kayenne54]

2:55 Would love to have more explanation of what processes are going on here (what did he put down on his work surface first? anyone know?) I'm not a potter, obviously, but interested...

[@ThePinkBinks]

Looked like dry clay to me. You won’t get answers about their trade secrets though. That’s literally their secret.

[@Kayenne54]

@@ThePinkBinks Fair enough too. But I hate mysteries lol.

[@ThePinkBinks]

Kayenne54 Same here yeah. Unfortunately trade secrets are a person’s bread and butter and crafts people are always used if they let on what they are. Thing is though: this is a marketing video. Maybe the crafters are happy to share. It’s an ancient technique known around the world so you might find more info that way. Scroll down the other comments and you’ll see people posting alternative names for this pottery in their local culture. I’m pretty sure that powder was the same grey sieved clay they make the pots out of as it wouldn’t make sense to me to use anything else. It looks exactly like dusting the board with flour before rolling bread dough and for the same reason. It’d give a nice smoothness to the side facing the board that would then transfer to the mould without getting micro cracks in it. At least that’s what I think. I’m no expert obviously but it’s a mystery I’d like to figure out as it may come in very useful.

[@MandakiniMadhavi]

I'm from india where it is get in online shop..Plz give me the link..

[@nancyeliezer7721]

Where can we get in Mumbai - India?

[@armorlebihan6062]

Its from Colombia Tolima from a village called LA CHAMBA. Can find product online www.artesaniasdecolombia.com.co/PortalAC/Catalogo/CatalogoIndex.jsf

[@m.b.8671]

NANCY ELIEZER. You can buy La Chamba Collection at www.ancientcookware.com

[@christineglenn319]

Where can we buy it indiA

[@daniesza]

How could you appropriate the name of Andean pottery for your website... no respect UK

[@catherinemartina6469]

allowing the amimals to roam is healthier for the amimals too

[@AlphaChimpEnergy]

That’s awesome you can use it in any way in modern cooking. I want one! They look great too! Most potters age their clay in plastic or a large jar to let microbes multiply. I guess it makes for stronger pottery. Maybe the guy was full of shit..?

[@fausbi6094]

How can l get some to buy

[@arvindshukla8244]

India also make Black portrays

[@AndulairahOfEarth]

The music is so overbearing.

[@patricia107691]

Yo quiero vender sus lindas artesanias

[@TheLonelyPanther]

Rodrigo y Gabriella?..

[@crisfer22]

Almost twelve minutes thinking it was a documentary, when it was in fact an add for a middleman in Britain making money off of these people.

[@TheGrmany69]

Los pisos de concreto tienden a calentarse, no a mantenerse frescos. In Colombia and Venezuela the traditional architecture have always been "bahareque", mud and rammed earth construction which remain very fresh and sturdy but industrialisation marginalises these techniques as primitive and inefficient.

[@Crealvaro]

Me da la impresión que esos artesanos están siendo explotados.

[@msomasekhar91]

Plez addsre

[@simonrobinson143]

[@sarahjustice526]

African pots lol

[@Luckingsworth]

Lmao its ceramic cookware. Used everywhere in the world. And 100% inferior to metal and borosilicate glass which is why wealthy nations switched.

[@eg-g]

Hermoso, love it! Que rica se ve la comida.

[@juliewatson2281]

Exquisitely beautiful pottery! Fascinating to see how it is made, molded, fired, then treated to seal. I always wondered why pottery was as expensive as crystal glass. Now I know, it is extensively, heavily labor oriented. So appreciative of the skill and craftsmanship of these people.

[@dirtpoorchris]

The dark black clay looks very nice.

[@TheMutteringMagpie]

I'm in love!! These are absolutely gorgeous!

[@matmasara]

Maravilhoso. Parabéns a todos os artistas que fazem esses objetos tão lindos e úteis.

[@benefitsboss9158]

I would love to purchase some sets…DIRECTLY FROM THE ARTISANS ‼️‼️💯💯

[@scothunter3221]

I sort of backed into a recent interest in pottery from trying to find out how to find clay for a straw bale home. I’m getting all sorts of suggestions for ceramic channels to view but I had to stop and watch this one, simply because You spell your first name with one T, as I do. We are a rare breed indeed!

[@UNCORAZON8]

How do I cure it? Also, does it contain any lead?

[@leeshanchannel6653]

Good people and work keep it up 👍 I like hand craft ideas

[@carolokinyi3773]

beautiful art

[@davidlyall7346]

Amazing. Seeing it done makes you realize anybody can do it, if you know how.