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Soul of an Artist Table | Tables by Yankatu | Yankatu - design com alma in Vila Nova Conceição
Soul of an Artist Table | Tables by Yankatu | Yankatu - design com alma in Vila Nova Conceição
Soul of an Artist Table | Tables by Yankatu | Yankatu - design com alma in Vila Nova Conceição
Soul of an Artist Table | Tables by Yankatu | Yankatu - design com alma in Vila Nova Conceição
Soul of an Artist Table | Tables by Yankatu | Yankatu - design com alma in Vila Nova Conceição
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Soul of an Artist Table | Tables by Yankatu | Yankatu - design com alma in Vila Nova Conceição

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Soul of an Artist Table

Featured In Yankatu - design com alma, Vila Nova Conceição, Brazil

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The table design is based on the choice of the soapstone sculpture made by the master craftsman sculptor Expedito Jonas de Jesus, in Tiradentes, Minas Gerais. The women are recurrent in the Expedito’s sculptures, perhaps because of this, the desire to pay homage to them.

The sculpture’s sinuous contours are welcomed by the solid pink jequitibá, which follows its movements when forming the table top that welcomes it, The top also shelters a small water puddle symbolized by a bronze mirror, where the woman confronts her reflection and seems to enter her soul.

An unique piece that is a summary of what designer Maria Fernanda seeks to make ahead of Yankatu: to highlight the artisan's work.

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Wescover creator since 2019
Design and Art with Brazilian Soul

My motivation came from my soul and flows openly, on my face and my work. I love what I do and
I do it with intensity, I live every moment and I transmit every emotion.

In each project I dive deep into the region, into their craft and into the lives of the people who do them.
It is a dive governed by research and gaze, guided by the heart, made with respect and with the
rhythm dictated by time. I transform and provoke transformations, attitudes that reflect in the
surroundings and beyond.

I believe that design is one of the ways to value and eternalize these ancestral knowledges and the
importance of nature around us, so I try to use all the tools that I have to stitch all of this together
into a patchwork of infinite possibilities, creating feelings and generating emotions.

Through Yankatu I expose not only my work, but also, and perhaps most importantly, the work of
artisans connected to mine. It is a huge responsibility that I feel because I end up bringing with me
the dream of many.

I hope to be able to respond to all the affection and confidence that I receive from these
wonderful people, and I hope to be able to pass on to you, reader, these same emotions, so I
can continue to do that for as long as I live.

Thank you for taking the time to know a bit about my work.

Maria Fernanda Paes de Barros