{"id":4606,"date":"2025-08-06T14:23:54","date_gmt":"2025-08-06T14:23:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/loulecriativo.pt\/comunidade-criativa-artista\/maria-da-graca-carvalho\/"},"modified":"2025-12-29T10:46:52","modified_gmt":"2025-12-29T10:46:52","slug":"maria-da-graca-carvalho","status":"publish","type":"lc_artist","link":"https:\/\/loulecriativo.pt\/en\/comunidade-criativa\/maria-da-graca-carvalho\/","title":{"rendered":"Gra\u00e7a Carvalho"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"4606\" class=\"elementor elementor-4606 elementor-4601\" data-elementor-post-type=\"lc_artist\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5bb5b1ac e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5bb5b1ac\" 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-50b00adb e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"50b00adb\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3471b97 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3471b97\" 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>From an early age, she showed curiosity for crochet when she watched her grandmother and great-aunt at work. 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