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Ra-Ro Journal
Rare Stories
Stories, news and behind the scenes of Portuguese craft. What’s happening in the workshops, at the fairs and at Ra-Ro.
Hammered Copper Plate: the metal reborn in the hands of a young man from Loulé
Nuno Palma, from Loulé, is rescuing the art of hammered copper: he cuts, softens in the fire, shapes and hardens with the hammer, scrubs with sand and polishes by hand.
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The burel bag that wears an azulejo: the craft of the Capuchinhas of Campo Benfeito
A bag in burel from the Serra da Estrela, cut by hand by four artisans of the As Capuchinhas cooperative, wears patterns that recall the Portuguese azulejo.
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Hoopoe Picture: the marquetry that brings wood to life, veneer by veneer
A picture of a hoopoe made in marquetry by Jacky Cavallari, with 25 woods and an 18th-century technique in which the colour is the wood itself.
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Hedgehog: the clay that curls up to protect itself, by António Ramalho
António Ramalho's glazed clay Hedgehog, by the great-grandson of Rosa Ramalho, turns the idea of protection into a round form of spines that warn without attacking.
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