In the book Tea in the Azores An Afternoon at Gorreana, Maria Emanuel Albergaria tells the story of Rita, a girl who spends an afternoon at the Gorreana Tea factory, where reality and dreams mix, where characters from different times and places appear to talk about tea, in the world and on the island of São Miguel, its origins, how it is produced, etc. All this is interwoven with the history of the factory itself.
My illustrations complement and expand the text, enriching it and opening the way to dreams and a journey that goes beyond formal knowledge.
To do the illustrations I was lucky enough to have the chance to do an artistic residency in S. Miguel, Azores. I did more than one thousand photographs and dozens of drawings in loco, enriching this illustration project’s final result.
My illustrations complement and expand the text, enriching it and opening the way to dreams and a journey that goes beyond formal knowledge.
To do the illustrations I was lucky enough to have the chance to do an artistic residency in S. Miguel, Azores. I did more than one thousand photographs and dozens of drawings in loco, enriching this illustration project’s final result.