Manu Reva or ''bird in sky''

Why an exotic name for local products?
Poterie Manu Reva got its name from a dream comme true ... a beautiful sailboat named "Manu Reva" on which I sailed on as a teenager. I knew the name was tahitian, and because the whole scenery was so beautiful and perfect, I assumed "Manu Reva" meant "my dream" ("mon rêve" in French).
I made a promise to always associate that name with any future dreams I would come up with. Years later, in my late twenties, one of those dreams was to open a specialized pottery store with an adjacent studio , in Montreal, in the Mile-End district, the new neighbourhood I had landed in. So Poterie Manu Reva was born. It is only shortly later that several people informed me that Manu Reva means « bird » (manu) and « sky » (reva ), that it might be the name of a Tahitian god (unable to confirm that information) and that today it also means plane.
Poterie Manu Reva . is a long term project, it believes crafts is part of the cultural identity of a community and that it should be easily available for the local population, not just for the tourists. It offers a window for local potters, some of which are already well established and some of which are “young” ceramics graduates.