{"id":4784,"date":"2025-08-13T09:21:45","date_gmt":"2025-08-13T09:21:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/loulecriativo.pt\/comunidade-criativa-artista\/sonia-mendez\/"},"modified":"2025-12-29T10:46:54","modified_gmt":"2025-12-29T10:46:54","slug":"sonia-mendez","status":"publish","type":"lc_artist","link":"https:\/\/loulecriativo.pt\/en\/comunidade-criativa\/sonia-mendez\/","title":{"rendered":"S\u00f3nia Mendez"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"4784\" class=\"elementor elementor-4784 elementor-4755\" data-elementor-post-type=\"lc_artist\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-13f72edf e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"13f72edf\" 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-1dc913fc e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1dc913fc\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1c3662cf elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1c3662cf\" 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=\"349\" data-end=\"807\"><strong data-start=\"349\" data-end=\"365\">S\u00f3nia Mendez<\/strong> was born in Venezuela in 1961, the daughter of Portuguese parents. She came to Portugal at the age of 8 and settled in the outskirts of Loul\u00e9, where she had her first contacts with the art of palm, by the hand of her maternal grandmother. She liked to accompany her to the meetings they held at the neighbors&#8217; houses to work on the contract. Children were not allowed to participate, but whenever they could, they &#8220;stole&#8221; some clapping to experiment and imitate adults.   <\/p><p data-start=\"1731\" data-end=\"2018\"> <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b1e228 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b1e228\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/loulecriativo.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Loule-Criativo-082-1-683x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-9929\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/loulecriativo.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Loule-Criativo-082-1-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/loulecriativo.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Loule-Criativo-082-1-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/loulecriativo.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Loule-Criativo-082-1-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/loulecriativo.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Loule-Criativo-082-1-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/loulecriativo.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Loule-Criativo-082-1-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/loulecriativo.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Loule-Criativo-082-1-scaled.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-43f95764 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"43f95764\" 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=\"809\" data-end=\"1245\">He grew up in a family where everyone worked with their hands. His mother, a seamstress by profession, tried to get him to follow in her footsteps, but that was not her vocation \u2014 her love for the palm spoke louder. From an early age she showed herself to be creative and curious, with a taste for working manually. Throughout his life he experimented with various techniques and materials, such as <strong data-start=\"1142\" data-end=\"1242\">painting on ceramics and tiles, works in clay and glass, lace, embroidery, sculpture and wood<\/strong>.   <\/p><p data-start=\"1731\" data-end=\"2018\"> <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6511f0d2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6511f0d2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/loulecriativo.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/550A7796-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-9925\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/loulecriativo.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/550A7796-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/loulecriativo.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/550A7796-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/loulecriativo.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/550A7796-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/loulecriativo.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/550A7796-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/loulecriativo.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/550A7796-2048x1366.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2d92e51 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2d92e51\" 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=\"1247\" data-end=\"1367\">For eight years he taught recurrent school students, where he discovered the pleasure of teaching and sharing his knowledge.<\/p><p data-start=\"1369\" data-end=\"1729\"> <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-01093df elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"01093df\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/loulecriativo.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/DSC_0169-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-9943\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/loulecriativo.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/DSC_0169-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/loulecriativo.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/DSC_0169-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/loulecriativo.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/DSC_0169-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/loulecriativo.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/DSC_0169-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/loulecriativo.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/DSC_0169-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bcd0fdb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bcd0fdb\" 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=\"1369\" data-end=\"1729\">A versatile artisan with a passion for challenges, <strong data-start=\"1412\" data-end=\"1428\">S\u00f3nia Mendez<\/strong> has received <strong data-start=\"1437\" data-end=\"1474\">several awards at national level<\/strong>.<\/p><p data-start=\"1369\" data-end=\"1729\">In 2019 he conceived and coordinated the construction of a <strong data-start=\"1524\" data-end=\"1568\">nativity scene in almost real scale<\/strong>, a unique piece that involved about <strong data-start=\"1607\" data-end=\"1632\">500 hours of work<\/strong> and the collaboration of <strong data-start=\"1652\" data-end=\"1667\">15 artisans<\/strong>, representing the different techniques of palm 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