Ceramics

The technique of manipulating the clay and from it creates and utilitarian objects with unique characteristics is present nationwide. This presence is justified in the fact that our main colonisers, the Portuguese white, black African and Indian who lived here, all working with clay with pottery.The Hinterland and are possessed of highly refractory clay white and red. This is clay that is used for the manufacture of cookware, going to fire, can withstand high temperatures, are suitable for use in cooking. Through various incentives, the artisans who work with ceramics have improved their income and increasing the quality of life of their families and what is even more important, strengthening and perpetuating the culture and local identity Paraiba.

Metals

Roosters, chickens, birds and sculptures are made ​​with flannel and metal crafts by craftsmen who harvest what would turn garbage and turn into beautiful pieces, sold and admired today in Brazil and worldwide. Cans of oil, milk cans, debris automobile parts, screws and nails used, everything is treated, sanded and repurposed to make art. 
With the passing of making handmade, young craft discover the joy of earning their own livelihood and hope to never leave their place of origin. Is the success of a triple alliance: the concern with the environment, with the generation of income and the dignity of the citizen artisan?

Indigenous crafts

The Indian Handicraft Products are the only genuinely Brazilian expression of the segment, i.e., it was not brought by other people. It is the purest and translation of our rich culture, embodied in an object. Basketry, pottery and ornaments, such as trinkets, skirts and headdresses, the parts are produced by our Indians who, until today, still use the same customs and techniques. 

In the forest zone, the Indian craftsmen are mostly in the Village of San Francisco Gallego, Tramataia and Forte Village, part of the counties of Bay of Betrayal, Rio Tinto and Marking. 
Indigenous crafts produced, is the most representative objects of basketry and personal adornment, all made ​​from plant fibers, seeds and coconut.

Macrame

The Macrame is popularly known as the technique of knotting, widely used to produce balconies of hammocks, fringed towels, bedspreads and carpets, can be worked with cotton thread or yarn from natural fibers. Currently, the technique of Macrame is quite also used for applications in parts of women's clothing like sweaters, dresses and skirts. These artisans are more concentrated where there is the production of hammocks, however, at other locations and regions, without any connection with weaving start groups using tapes, yarns and fibers according to this technique appear artisan.

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