Studio Visit Joana Vasconcelos

Portuguese artist Joana Vasconcelos impressed all visitors of the Venice Biennale of 2013 with ‘Trafaria Praia’, a decommissioned passenger ferry boat that used to ply the waters of the Tagus, transformed by Vasconcelos and her team of painters, seamstresses, carpenters, metalworkers and electricians into an inside-and-out work of art. Vasconcelos works a lot with Portuguese crafts – it’s all about knitting, embroidering and crocheter really! An impression of our visit to her studio in Lisbon.

Vasconcelos' employees attaching the lace made by craftswomen to ceramics from the iconic Portuguese brand Bordalo Pinheiro.
Vasconcelos’ employees attaching the lace made by craftswomen to ceramics from the iconic Portuguese brand Bordalo Pinheiro.

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