Get to know, applying and deepening techniques in the work of copper – planning, cutting, shaping, hammering, bending and finishing – and creating and developing new pieces, are the goals of the artisanal boilermaker course that the Municipality of Loulé will promote. From December, within the framework of the strategy of giving value to the knowledge of traditional crafts and as a starting point for the creation of new products.
This initiative will take place in a similar way to the course that started the process of reactivating the brazier’s craft in the city and, afterwards, the opening of the “Brazier’s Workshop” which is part of the Loulé Criativo’s workshop network, whose operation is ensured by master, Analide Carmo, and by two of the participants of the course who, meanwhile, acquired the skills to develop the activity, Davide Ganhão and Jürgen Cramer.
The appreciation and dissemination of the work developed in Loulé around copper, over the last 3 years, evidenced the need to train more professionals to perform the activity, and may reinforce the group of boilers to develop activity in the workshop provided by the Municipality. , or enhance the opening of other private or other spaces in the county.
The course will last 175 hours, organized in 3h30 sessions, each participant bearing the cost of the materials used.
Interested parties should apply until November 22nd, followed by an interview and selection test that will include practical work, also in order to allow contact with the materials and self-evaluation of each interested party.
For information and registration requests, contact: loulecriativo@cm-loule.pt or 289 400 829