Projects
Over the years, we have supported many clients and managed education, research, strategy and design projects in varied creative fields.
A common denominator across all of our projects, is our passion to create value through deep dedication to art, creativity, sustainability and responsible production.
Strategic Mentoring for Formigueiro
Short strategic mentoring project for Formigueiro, a creative space based in Porto, running educational and artistic workshops for children, young people and families, centred on multisensory exploration.
Saber Fazer at Biblioteca Almeida Garrett
Cycle of 11 workshops for children and families held at Porto’s public library between 2026 and 2027. For this first cycle, Saber Fazer organised workshops on book binding, wool felting, weaving and ceramics.
Contamos Todos em Macedo de Cavaleiros
Project management, contents, training, graphic and editorial design. "Contamos Todos" promotes artistic and cultural practices in Macedo de Cavaleiros, a remote region in Northeastern Portugal. Our intervention focuses on the wool and silk clusters and includes training and education for local stakeholders, developing learning materials and registering traditional weaving patterns and techniques. Read more about this subject in our journal
Saber Fazer em Vinhais
Project management, contents, training and graphic and editorial design. "Viver Mais e Melhor" is a follow-up for our 2021-2023 "Cultura para Todos" initiative, when we first piloted a community learning methodology that we are now adopting in other projects at both the national and European levels. Our intervention focuses on the wool cluster and includes training and education for local stakeholders, developing learning materials and registering traditional weaving patterns and techniques. Read more about this project in our Journal.
Natural Dyeing at Soares dos Reis Art School
Assessment and technical consulting for the creation of a dyeing plants garden at the Soares dos Reis school in Central Porto.
CommunityCloth: building capacity for community educators towards sustainable urban transition
CommunityCloth is an Erasmus Plus project (2024) coordinated by Barbot Bernardo, having Alternative Brain Rules from Cyprus and Smuss Studio from Norway as partners. CommunityCloth created tools to promote new training models and provide knowledge for community creation around farm-to-cloth productions. It created a network of educators as a cost-effective way of scaling knowledge transfer. More about this project
Capacity Building for the Serralves Foundation
In 2023, we launched a training project for technicians from the Serralves Park education service to create new activities for different audiences, taking advantage of the Park's existing resources. We organised training sessions on wool processing, weaving and shearing to use wool from the Park's flock and integrate wool processing into the annual educational activities. Once again, we planted flax and organised a long-form linen course from seed to yarn.
Capacity Building for Parque Biológico de Gaia
In 2023, we launched a training project for technicians from the Gaia Biological Park education service to create new activities for different audiences, taking advantage of the Park's existing resources. We organised training sessions on wool processing to use wool from the Park's flock and integrate wool processing into the annual educational activities.
Associação Saber Fazer
Preparation of proposals for cooperation programs for Associação Saber Fazer, a not-for-profit founded in 2021, with the aim of, among others, making Portuguese manufacturing a strategic asset for an inclusive and sustainable development of territories and communities.
Saber Fazer
Editorial design and visual identity for our sibling project. Naturally, our intervention and connection to Saber Fazer is deeper than simple graphic design. However, with so many materials produced throughout the year, this is probably the most visible element of this relationship.
Indigo Dyeing at Museu do Oriente
A project for Fundação do Oriente in Lisbon, where we organised courses dedicated to organic dyeing with indigo and pigment extraction.
Saber Fazer at Teatro D. Maria II
Workshops "Basket Weaving" and "Wool Processing" as part of the event "Portugal em Vias de Extinção" held in 2018 at the D. Maria II Theater in Lisbon.
Saber Fazer at Festa do Outono de Serralves
Since 2014, Saber Fazer has been responsible for organising and guiding educational and experimental activities at the Festa do Outono, a large event that takes place annually in the Serralves Foundation park, in Porto. Our activities, which occupy a considerable area of the event, are dedicated to areas such as Wool Processing, Wool Felting, Weaving and Basketry.
Saber Fazer in Famalicão
This was a research and education project for the Municipality of Famalicão, where activities were carried out in two basic schools, the Museu da Indústria Têxtil da Bacia do Ave and Parque da Devesa. The activities were dedicated to flax, linen, silk, and natural dyeing plants, including demonstration and long-term courses with all the productive cycles.
Saber Fazer in Serralves
Research project and annual educational program for the Serralves Foundation. The project included activities dedicated to natural textile fibres and their processing techniques. The entire program was supported by the production of raw materials in situ, namely wool from the Serralves Park herd, linen, silk, and dye plants.