and Industrial Tourism: Algarve Soul Manufactures

Industrial Tourism Itinerary

CURATORY PORTUGAL DOES GOOD

Algarve soul manufacturers make it known the different techniques of the pre industry present in the Algarve

In this script for the manufacturers of Algarvia soul, in a model of and Industrial Tourism performed from Faro, will visit pre -industrial production units that preserve the Algarve's patrimonial tradition, linked to the clay and its different applications in the construction, and utilitarian and decorative elements of arts and crafts workshops, promoted for the revitalization of handicrafts as a profession of the future.

O program of 2 days, It starts at the Santa Catarina Telheiro, Go to Pottery Francisco Eugénio, where the traditional algarve chimneys are made in a potter, passes on the facilities of the TASA Project that shows the strategic innovation of handcrafted activity through the discipline of Design goes through the space of the Creative Loulé workshop and finally ends in the Algarve Porches Pottery Pottery, founded in 1969, by the artist Patrick Swift and Lima de Freitas.

PLACES TO VISIT

Artisanal Ceramics Alberto Rocha

At the Santa Catarina Telheiro where, bricks and bricks using the locally produced clay, We can witness the complete production process from the extraction of the raw material to the final product. The Santa Catarina tiles represent a very Portuguese tradition and are handmade by masters artisans, based on ancestral production techniques there are 60 years.

Pottery Francisco Eugénio

Production of utilitarian and decorative dishes and traditional algarve chimneys, so characteristic of vernacular constructions.

TASA

With the motto “Ancestral Techniques, Current Solutions ”The TASA Project has the mission of bringing strategic innovation to artisanal activity through design, affirming it as a profession of future for the new potters, Latoeiros and Masters of the Provision.

Loulé Creative and Loulé Design Lab

Loulé Creative Workshop Network is made up of spaces that want to keep alive striking activities for the municipality of Loulé, contributing to value and promote local identity. Workshops can be accompanied by the execution of the pieces that can be purchased on site. Integrated in the Loulé Creative Program, The Loulé Design LAB City Council project aims to actively support ideas and projects in the design area, applied to local culture.

Pottery Pottery Pottery

Founded by artist Patrick Swift and Lima de Freitas in 1969, This pottery has been inspired by the rich decorative collection of southern crash of the Iberian Peninsula, Gathering the Iberian influences, Arabs and Phoenician. The loose stroke and the balanced range of colors used, result in pieces of dishes and elegant expression tiles.