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The burel bag that wears a tile: the craft of the Capuchinhas of Campo Benfeito
A burel bag from Serra da Estrela, hand-cut by four artisans of the As Capuchinhas Cooperative, wears patterns that echo the Portuguese tile.
Quadro Poupa: the marquetry that brings wood to life, layer by layer
A hoopoe bird rendered in marquetry by Jacky Cavallari, using 25 woods and an 18th-century technique where the colour is the wood itself.
Esparto Donkey Head: the memory of a companion that almost vanished
A donkey head woven in esparto by Isidoro Ramos, in Paderne, keeps alive the memory of an animal nearly extinct in the Algarve and an inherited craft.
Hedgehog: the clay that closes to protect itself, by António Ramalho
António Ramalho's glazed clay Hedgehog, great-grandson of Rosa Ramalho, turns the idea of protection into a rounded form whose spines warn without attacking.