Born in Loulé, in 1948, he began his career in the Barracha copper workshop – the most prestigious in the city – at the age of 12. There he started as an apprentice, under the guidance of the master of the workshop and remained until he was 27 years old – when he opted for a job in the cement industry. By the time he left the trade, he was already a workshop master.
In 2016, already retired, he returned to his work as a coppersmith at the invitation of the Loulé City Council to coordinate a training course in artisanal coppersmithing implemented by the Loulé Criativo project. The artisanal coppersmithing art was disappearing, and the municipality of Loulé attempted to revitalize it by training new artisans and opening the Copper Workshop, where master Analide continues to work.
Analide Carmo is currently the only coppersmither producing copper and brass pieces in the traditional molds. Cataplanas, wire pots, chocolatiers, everything is made and hammered by hand according to the traditional method.
