Vaso Formigueiro 001
Domingos Tótora works from a studio in Maria da Fé, a small mountain town in Minas Gerais, Brazil, where he developed a process of transforming discarded cardboard into dense, sculptural paper pulp. The Vaso Formigueiro 001 is one of the most direct expressions of that practice: a vessel whose form and surface are inseparable from the landscape that inspired it.
The name references the formigueiro, the termite mound, a structure built from earth with astonishing precision and without instruction. Tótora finds in these formations a model for craft: patient, material-driven, and deeply rooted in place. Each piece is hand-formed, sun-dried in the open air, and finished with natural pigments that shift in tone depending on light and angle.
- Material: recycled paper pulp with natural pigment
- Process: hand-formed, sun-dried, individually finished
- Origin: Maria da Fé, Minas Gerais, Brazil
- Produced in collaboration with Gardeco
The result is an object that carries texture, time, and a specific geography. No two pieces are identical. As a sculptural vessel, the Vaso Formigueiro 001 holds its own in both residential and institutional settings, and pairs naturally with the Vaso Formigueiro 13A from the same series.
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Vaso Formigueiro 001
Domingos Tótora works from a studio in Maria da Fé, a small mountain town in Minas Gerais, Brazil, where he developed a process of transforming discarded cardboard into dense, sculptural paper pulp. The Vaso Formigueiro 001 is one of the most direct expressions of that practice: a vessel whose form and surface are inseparable from the landscape that inspired it.
The name references the formigueiro, the termite mound, a structure built from earth with astonishing precision and without instruction. Tótora finds in these formations a model for craft: patient, material-driven, and deeply rooted in place. Each piece is hand-formed, sun-dried in the open air, and finished with natural pigments that shift in tone depending on light and angle.
- Material: recycled paper pulp with natural pigment
- Process: hand-formed, sun-dried, individually finished
- Origin: Maria da Fé, Minas Gerais, Brazil
- Produced in collaboration with Gardeco
The result is an object that carries texture, time, and a specific geography. No two pieces are identical. As a sculptural vessel, the Vaso Formigueiro 001 holds its own in both residential and institutional settings, and pairs naturally with the Vaso Formigueiro 13A from the same series.
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Domingos Tótora works from a studio in Maria da Fé, a small mountain town in Minas Gerais, Brazil, where he developed a process of transforming discarded cardboard into dense, sculptural paper pulp. The Vaso Formigueiro 001 is one of the most direct expressions of that practice: a vessel whose form and surface are inseparable from the landscape that inspired it.
The name references the formigueiro, the termite mound, a structure built from earth with astonishing precision and without instruction. Tótora finds in these formations a model for craft: patient, material-driven, and deeply rooted in place. Each piece is hand-formed, sun-dried in the open air, and finished with natural pigments that shift in tone depending on light and angle.
- Material: recycled paper pulp with natural pigment
- Process: hand-formed, sun-dried, individually finished
- Origin: Maria da Fé, Minas Gerais, Brazil
- Produced in collaboration with Gardeco
The result is an object that carries texture, time, and a specific geography. No two pieces are identical. As a sculptural vessel, the Vaso Formigueiro 001 holds its own in both residential and institutional settings, and pairs naturally with the Vaso Formigueiro 13A from the same series.
