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In the backyards of São Miguel there are banana plants that fruit only once. After that, the trunk was waste. Today it is fibre, and the fibre is basketry.

1 harvestis all each banana plant gives
2022the first experiments with the fibre
2025the Musaz brand is born

The plant that gives only once

Vanessa Melo, an architect with a PhD in urban planning, began in 2022 to collect banana plants from the backyards of friends and family, to extract, dry and work the fibre from the trunks. The experiment became a book and, in 2025, the Musaz brand: baskets, coasters and textile pieces made from what used to be thrown away, and workshops for those who want to learn.

Take the whole island home

The same pieces, from the same maker, gathered in packs that cost 10% less than buying them separately.

类别陶器,软木,木工及更多工艺。
地区从米尼奥到阿尔加维,作品有其独特的来源地。
所有作品,均为葡萄牙手工制作。Ra-Ro 地图查看所有产品
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