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Craftwork

Terço dos Romeiros

The rosaries are executed with natural seed berries, whose plant – Coix lacryma-jobi – resembles a corn stalk. It is a tropical plant, from Brazil, which has the most common designation of “Mary’s Tears” or “Job’s Tears”. In this wild variety, the berries range in color from pearly white to darker tones, oval in shape […]

Patchwork

The work with traditional patchwork from the Azores is the technique that unites fabrics with an infinity of patterns, formats, varied colors and diverse stitches for ornamentation, in a more contemporary version the “crazy patchwork”, in the traditional version the “azorean crazy work”, that the combination and random union of different patches were made in […]

Gold embroidey

Gold embroidey is associated with the principal religious festivals of the Azores. The cults of the Holy Ghost and Jesus Christ of Miracles provide the main examples in their ornamental accessories including flags, standards and religious garb. The patrimony of the Convent of Esperança (Hope), which includes the capes of Jesus Christ of Miracles, constitutes the […]

Wicker Furniture Manufacturing

Casing is another technique applied to wicker and complementary to the basket work. Using similar techniques, using the same materials and tools, are lined glass bottles, chair seats and a series of pieces of furniture, created from a wood or metal structure that is then lined and ornamented with wicker braid.

Beret from Corvo

The beret from Corvo, whose origin is lost in time, but the production endures to this day, is done in tricot with a set of 5 needles, originally with local wool dyed in dark blue with a narrow bar (grega) , worked with the traditional natural white. In some cases, in the edge is also […]

Viola da Terra

The ’12-string guitar’, arriving in the Azores in the 15th century, assumed common characteristics in all the islands, maintaining its primitive features, but was acquiring different tunings and particularities. Thus, it becomes the most typical musical instrument of the archipelago of the Azores , playing over time an important role in the festive singing, dances, […]

Wood Locks

These locks, a traditional production on the smallest island of the archipelago, associated with rural life, some still remaining, especially in agricultural shelters, are an emblematic product of the local handicraft that has maintained its relevance throughout the centuries, becoming inseparable from the history of the Region and the people from Corvo. In the production […]

Dolls

Some plant elements that were introduced in the Azores, such as corn, wheat and the dragon tree, gave rise to the production of artifacts of a decorative nature, such as flowers and dolls. To make corn leaf dolls, the leaves are chosen, dried and, when necessary, slatted and sometimes even dyed. There is also a […]

Basketry

A arte de trabalhar as fibras vegetais revela um entendimento da terra, do clima, dos ciclos vegetativos, das plantas e suas características. Revela, também, saberes antigos e técnicas transmitidas de geração em geração. Os açorianos sempre procuraram dar resposta aos desafios do seu quotidiano, demonstrando imaginação e engenho na aplicação e transformaçã[…]

Ceramics
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