This soft scarf was hand woven in a taffeta structure on a manual loom. The colours and texture of the threads are inspired from a sunset image on a recently-ploughed field.
©Rita Martins Pereira
©Rita Martins Pereira
©Rita Martins Pereira
©Rita Martins Pereira
©Rita Martins Pereira
Rita Martins Pereira
- Cross Lights
- Weaver
- Odivelas, Portugal
- Rising Star
Contact
Portuguese, English, French, Spanish
Hours:
By appointment only
By appointment only
Phone:
+351 925073990
+351 925073990
©Rita Martins Pereira
Colours in motion
- • Rita uses a manual wooden loom to weave all her textile pieces
- • She focuses on the vibrancy of colours and diverse fibres
- • Her work is expanding from wearable to decorative textiles
Rita Martins Pereira thanks her secondary school textile teachers for instilling in her the passion for weaving. “They touched my heart. The courses were given in an exciting atmosphere, a big weaving studio with lots of looms.” She went on to study fashion design only to return to weaving. “I felt happiest weaving, so I invested in a loom and opened my workshop," she explains. Determined to sustain her craft activity, the artisan has also followed entrepreneurial courses. To complement her wearable pieces, Rita now welcomes interior decorators and clients to her atelier where they can access her loom and consult an array of samples of fibres and threads for inspiration. Currently, Rita is working on an interior design project for a UK-based five-star chain hotel opening soon in Lisbon.
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Photo: ©Rita Martins Pereira
Sunset scarf
Photo: ©Rita Martins Pereira
Cascais large scarf
This is a soft scarf that is hand woven in a taffeta structure on a manual loom. The colours and texture of the threads pay tribute to the fishermen of Cascais, a traditional and charming Portuguese fishing town near Lisbon.
Photo: ©Rita Martins Pereira
Lousal large scarf
This is a soft scarf that was hand woven in a taffeta structure, on a manual loom. The colours and texture of the threads are inspired by the scenery of the abandoned mines of Lousal in Portugal and its rusty waters.
Photo: ©Rita Martins Pereira
Alentejo large scarf
This soft scarf was hand woven in a taffeta structure, on a manual loom. The vibrant colours and texture of the threads are inspired by traditional crafts of Portugal’s Alentejo region.
Photo: ©Rita Martins Pereira
Nautical large scarf
This soft scarf was hand woven in a taffeta structure, on a manual loom. The colours and texture of the threads are inspired by the nautical elements present in the marinas and boats along the river Tagus in Lisbon.
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