{"product_id":"cabeca-de-burro","title":"Donkey Head","description":"\u003ch3 dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThree cheers for the donkey! May it live forever.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIt was once considered an inseparable working partner to farmers. Both in subsistence farming and in transport. Especially in the hill country, but today the donkey is an almost vanished species in the Algarve.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFortunately, there are those who remember it, and who want to give it new value - in organic and regenerative farming, in nature tourism, or in conservation projects.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIsidoro Ramos, an artisan born in Paderne, chose esparto to celebrate it. And he makes decorative donkey heads in several sizes.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEsparto is a native plant, which Isidoro watches grow in the fields and hills of the Algarve until it is ready to be pulled, between July and September.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOnce pulled, the esparto is left in the sun to take on a golden tone, and is then soaked, to become softer and workable. It takes shape in braids - the empreita - which are then coiled and stitched together, with a thick needle and jute or sisal cord, to make this donkey.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA donkey made purely for decoration. With a large, prominent muzzle, alert, pricked-up ears, and almost gentle eyes, on a head interwoven with colour. Which gives it a sense of joy and playfulness.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIsidoro Ramos won't let the donkey disappear. Nor the esparto. Nor the traditional craft techniques that his grandmother's and mother's hands taught him.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Isidoro Ramos","offers":[{"title":"Large","offer_id":47775186616425,"sku":"04PT02ISI0003","price":54.2,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"Medium","offer_id":47775186649193,"sku":"04PT02ISI0004","price":42.2,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"Small","offer_id":47775186681961,"sku":"04PT02ISI0005","price":26.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0591\/0187\/2233\/files\/isidoro-ramos-hand-made-esparto-leaf-sculpture-donkey-head-set-side.webp?v=1781534988","url":"https:\/\/ra-ro.eu\/en\/products\/donkey-head","provider":"Ra-Ro","version":"1.0","type":"link"}