Ten years ago together with my friend we decided to go very far for holidays. I said we may go to Spain but she suggested to go further, to the ocean, to Portugal. So we did it. Since that journey I can’t forget about the force of the Water. I’m coming back to this country in dreams so as in real life. This time, through the Erasmus Entrepreneurs Programme I got into the atelier of Helena Loermans – handwoven studio in Odemira, in Alentejo. “Helleńska”, that’s how I call her, is a real magician and so called Minha Madrinha. Every day I enter this kindergarten for adults, where innocence is mixed with consciousness, knowledge and master craft skills. I call it Painting but with threads. Besides realizing my projects I also participate in production for Helena’s collections. I risk. I make mistakes. I’m not afraid. I become better. This craft is based on logic. Once Helena said that one of the weaving techniques - Jacquard technique, is a kind of the first computer. Everything is based on zero - one code. What is simple is the most difficult to understand. Sometimes you just have to feel it. So I lift this cross crown with a rose till the end of January, because this is the statement in our agreement. Or maybe longer, all my life...
Ten years ago together with my friend we decided to go very far for holidays. I said we may go to Spain but she suggested to go further, to the ocean, to Portugal. So we did it. Since that journey I can’t forget about the force of the Water. I’m coming back to this country in dreams so as in real life. This time, through the Erasmus Entrepreneurs Programme I got into the atelier of Helena Loermans – handwoven studio in Odemira, in Alentejo. “Helleńska”, that’s how I call her, is a real magician and so called Minha Madrinha. Every day I enter this kindergarten for adults, where innocence is mixed with consciousness, knowledge and master craft skills. I call it Painting but with threads. Besides realizing my projects I also participate in production for Helena’s collections. I risk. I make mistakes. I’m not afraid. I become better. This craft is based on logic. Once Helena said that one of the weaving techniques - Jacquard technique, is a kind of the first computer. Everything is based on zero - one code. What is simple is the most difficult to understand. Sometimes you just have to feel it. So I lift this cross crown with a rose till the end of January, because this is the statement in our agreement. Or maybe longer, all my life...