{"id":15046,"date":"2025-10-01T17:26:28","date_gmt":"2025-10-01T17:26:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/loulecriativo.pt\/comunidade-criativa\/susana-mendez-2\/"},"modified":"2026-04-30T13:14:47","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T13:14:47","slug":"susana-mendez-2","status":"publish","type":"lc_artist","link":"https:\/\/loulecriativo.pt\/en\/comunidade-criativa\/susana-mendez-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Susana Mendez"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"15046\" class=\"elementor elementor-15046 elementor-8713\" data-elementor-post-type=\"lc_artist\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5db17a4c e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5db17a4c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-74df3db2 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"74df3db2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5c6320d1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5c6320d1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p data-start=\"148\" data-end=\"459\">Susana Mendez is a textile artist and the creator of Susana M\u00e9ndez \u2013 Textile Studio, in Loul\u00e9, where she finds her greatest inspiration in nature and the Algarve&#8217;s landscapes. 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