“Rendas dos Açores – Ilhas do Pico e do Faial” is the published result of a partnership project between the Regional Secretariat of Economy, through the Regional Centre for Handicrafts, the Association for the Regional Development, Adeliaçor, and the Association for the the Development of Patrimony, the “Alvião”, which in 2004 aimed at the promotion […]
To increase the value of the Embroidery of the Azores, is essential to know its historical roots, beyond the technical aspects involved in their implementation and regulated by the brand’s certification “Artesanato dos Açores”. This was the purpose that motivated the Competition/Exhibition of Antique Embroidery of the Azores, an initiative of the Regional Secretariat of […]
As the catalog of the Handicraft of the Azores, this publication focuses on the image, in close-up and brightness, valuing the handmade piece as “work of art” signed and known. Each chapter opens with a picture of the natural element that gives rise to the raw material of each type of handicraft product. The final […]
The uniqueness and the enormous wealth of the Azores Embroidery are the reason for its systematic dissemination and consequent promotion, since it is a product with certificate of origin and quality since 1998. With texts of Alexandra Andrade and graphic designs from José Carlos Silva, this book shows us some examples of undoubted patrimonial value […]
This publication is intended to, once again, promote, spread and increase the value of older and even some of the most primitive techniques of working with clay that in the Azores is sublimated in traditional pottery, tile factories, faience industries and also in domestic production units. It’s one more certified production under the collective brand […]
The cult of Senhor Santo Cristo dos Milagres, of great devotion and attraction, is also the reason for the creation of the “Registo”, a beautiful piece in homage to the patron. It was the monastic work of the Sanctuary nuns, competent in many of the manual arts. Nowadays it´s a piece of interest for many […]