artisans

Mostly located between Porto and Minho, the craft workshops I have had the opportunity to visit and document, together with Matilde Viegas, are unique places, with ingenious tools developed by the craftspeople themselves.


  • Matosinhos
    enamel pieces

“The factories that existed in Porto were closing at the time. They used to manufacture kitchen utensils, bathtubs, traffic signs, door number plates, and street nameplates (...) People called us crazy because we were opening up when all the others were shutting down.”
Read the interview here 


  • Braga
    wicker basketry

Photos by Matilde Viegas
Photo-shoot modelling by Mafalda Salgueiro