Craft Production Unit
JOÃO ANTÓNIO ARAÚJO ANDRADE
Island:
São Miguel - LagoaBiography:
He began to
enjoy the life of a basketmaker at an early age, by living with his grandfather
who every year made baskets for agricultural work, used on the harvest of
potatoes and beets. In 1963 he began to work in the basketry industry in Água
de Pau, learning with the master João Constantino until 1967, when he emigrated,
passing into the hands of Manuel de Arruda, who died in 1971. Guardian of
knowledge, the work of João Andrade perpetuates the rural living experiences of
the islands in all its space-time dynamics, with pieces such as the grape harvest
basket, the fisherman's basket, the laundry basket, the fruit basket, the snack
basket, among others.
Address:
RUA MARIA DOS ANJOS AMARAL, 15,9560 - 221, ÁGUA DE PAU
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