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Rita comes to FICA at least once a month. From April, she'll be coming more often due to a new workshop.
She is the first guest of Bones of the tradequestions and answers about inspirations, motivations, but also growing pains.
⧗ reading time - 3 to 5 minutes ⧗
Yes, I do! A tapestry in my bedroom, embroidered in punch needle and with burel appliqués, all in big blue! And I have some prototypes and tests scattered here and there!
Punch needle, traditional embroidery, crochet and tufting.
Cliche question! A cliché answer, but true. Every day my eye encounters great little details, whether in nature or in man-made constructions. I love architectural details, shadows, lines, planes, textures. The same goes for
applies to nature, finding small shapes, compositions and textures.
With great pleasure! Especially the earrings, necklaces and some of the clothes I make!
Difficult... the cocoons I made for the Studio Astolfi for the Hermès, the play Argemela
for the Transformation exhibition and the sculpture Fruit bowl for Factory for the exhibition at
Lisbon By Design 2023.
Only a few! Perhaps only the most important ones!
The tufting screen!
I make a cup of tea! I sit down and plan the day's work.
Yes, depending on delivery times. I'm usually working on several fronts.
From April, we'll be launching a new workshop with Rita Garcia.
In the tufting workshop you'll create your own tapestry, from sketch to finish. Tufting is a type of textile manufacture in which a thread is fed through a hollow needle, which penetrates a fabric of its own.
This technique uses a tufting gun, which is used to automate the process, especially in the area of carpet production.
Without an apron, usually!
It depends a lot! If I have more projects or if I'm dedicated to 100% one piece. A tapestry can take between two and four weeks.
Back and wrist pain! Lack of investment!
I learned crochet very early on as a child. Embroidery, too, I learned during my free time at primary school. Punch needle and tufting are new!
I'd like to go deeper into ceramics.
Always. Sometimes more daily, sometimes less, but always with me.
Yes, I plan. For commissioned work, it's essential. But in the free series I do, it also ends up happening, because I need to see with some distance the viability of the project in terms of technical execution and also because I like to know in advance what's going to come out! The number of pieces I plan to make, the colors I want to use and so on.
Text by the artist
Rita Teles Garcia is the person behind KROH. She grew up in Fatela and came to Lisbon, where she lives and works, to study Fine Arts. She studied equipment design for three years, but graduated in sculpture. She worked for 9 years in the educational service of the now defunct Museu Coleção Berardo, where she developed activities and gave guided tours.
He began collaborating with Studio Astolfi on commissioned sculptures in 2016, by
for example the Cocoons for Hermès, and later joined the team as a sculptor,
he has worked on a wide variety of projects in a wide variety of materials for numerous clients such as
Castro, the Grahams or the F.S. Ritz. She continues to work with the studio as coordinator of the art department.
In parallel, she created her first personal project in 2012, exploring crochet as a technique
based on various accessories, but in 2017 it turned the page and began a new cycle with the current
KROH.
She explores textiles through tapestries embroidered in wool on linen and sculptures made in crochet with materials such as raffia, sisal and wool. Unlikely combinations between materials are a constant, as can be seen in the ceramics collection, in which she combines crochet details made from arraiolos wool with bowls and vases.
He is currently collaborating with various studios and organizations on projects that are usually
associated with textiles and sculpture.
Rita Teles Garcia from KROH regularly comes to FICA to teach. She brings her crafts to the workshop, so you'll find workshops in punch needle, crochet and, soon, tufting.