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Isabel Silva – Decoração

Category

Interviews

Publication date

13/02/2023

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Describe your profession, with details on products, services, expertise and know how.

Comecei a querer decorar diferentes locais em épocas festivas (e.g., natal e páscoa).

What materials do you use? Where and how you purchase them?

Utilizo diferentes tipos de têxteis, nomeadamente: rendas, sedas, serrapilheira, panos, cetim, cordas, fios. Em combinação com a época do anos em que estamos adequo o produto aos materiais.

Describe the techniques, the tools and the materials you use in your work.

Utilizo tesouras, dedal, agulhas, cola quente, isqueiros (fogo), ferros para moldar diferentes tipos de materiais.

What is your “ideal” client’s profile?

 

At what age and under what circumstances did you start this job?

Comecei a pouco tempo a coisa de 2 anos com vontade de fazer qualquer coisa artesanal

Where and how long have you been trained before you were ready to start your own business? In a training institute, with a craftsman or both? What do you think is the best way to learn your job today? Schools, training with craftsmen …?

Formação

What role do “talent” and “creativity” play in your profession?

Tirando ideias em vários sites como Pinterest, ideias manual perú

And what about innovation, what are the changes since you started? Do you use new materials, tools, or processes in manufacturing and marketing? What is the impact of innovation on your performance? How could your profession be even more innovative?

What is the best way to learn your profession?

Vendo vídeos artesanais

What is your message to younger generations who might choose your profession?

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