Arts and Makers of the Luxury Design & Craftsmanship Part II – Continuing in the series of the Arts and Makers, we celebrate the most important and rarest forms of heritage that must be preserved, today we continue looking at those unique techniques and masters that make luxury with their own hands!
Read the part I here: Arts and Makers of the Luxury Design & Craftsmanship Part I
Art of Marquetry – Master Vitor Querido – CULTURE Project
The art of wood marquetry is the process of applying thin wood pieces to a structure to form decorative patterns, designs or even pictures. The wood veneers are drawn, cut, colored and burnt, and placed using different cutting tools, glue, and temperatures.
Oil Painting Art – Michaeli
Bobbin Lace Art – Master Ester Costa
The Bobbing Laces are present in the history of Vila do Conde since the 17th century. Since then these have always had a fundamental importance in the economy and in the city’s society. Industrial development removed many women from this activity who went to the factories in search of a steadier income at the end of the month.
Embroidery from Madeira – Master Maria Abreu
Embroidery from Madeira is reflected in the refinement, the elegance, the purity of the lines, the movement of nature evident in the drawings, and the perfection of the work carried out by the skilled hands of the Madeiran women, who leave in each piece their personal stamp and the perfection of a work to which they spent about 40 hours. The drawings are made and then passed through a machine that will perforate the long vegetal paper of the whole drawing. Then follows printing on the paper with a sponge with a special blue paint that when passing in the small holes will mark in the fabric the areas that should be embroidered.
