Valquiria’s Garden begins not as a fixed place, but as a feeling—one that continues to shift, soften, and brighten with time.
Childhood memories are fluid, selective, and inventive. My recollection of the moments spent in my grandmother’s garden may not fully align with the reality seen by adults, yet it endures as something vivid and true. Colors felt bright, forms delicate—an aesthetic shaped as much by imagination as by reality.
The exploration of Oema’s palette is rooted in that ever-evolving space, and color becomes a way to connect, to treasure, to adorn everyday rituals. Each glaze is an ode to those impressions, designed to delight and to last.
—Ana
Petal
2022
Where it began. A first color, soft and intuitive.
Orchid
2022
Valquiria’s favorite flower.
Hortênsia
2025
I remember blue hydrangeas in her garden—or perhaps I remember my aunt’s paintings of them.
Pinturas Botânicas
2025
Valquiria used to paint flowers onto Mario’s pottery, and suggested I might one day do the same.
Terra
2026
First iteration: 2020
Warm, familiar, almost remembered by touch.
Garoa
2026
First iteration: 2025
The sky just before and during rain, softened into grey.
Blue Iris
2026
Seen, or imagined?
New Leaf
2026
The first green of spring—fresh, full of promise.
Reverie
2024
A color that lingers between waking and dreaming—quiet, suspended, slightly out of reach.
Antúrio
2025
First iteration: 2024
The most vivid of all—her red anthuriums, bright, abundant, impossible to forget.
An ever-evolving ode to color and memory.
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