stores

I'll be sharing with you, on this post, stores addresses where to buy supplies and tools. I'll keep it updated and always available by a link on the right column of this blog. You can also know their exact location consulting the same list at Google Maps or even Google Earth.

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ASF - Arte Sacra de Fânzeres
FACTORY:
R. de Barreiros, 158
4510-502 Fânzeres, Gondomar
Portugal
phone [+351 224830526]
fax [+351 224831626]
asfanzeres@hotmail.com
www.artesacrafanzeres.pt


STORE:
R. D. Diogo de Sousa, 159
4700-422 Braga
Portugal
phone [+351 253267435]
mobile [+351 936546692]
asfbraga@net.novis.pt

buy:
glass eyes
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D. Maria Fernanda
R. Chaves Oliveira, 110
Porto
Portugal
phone [+351 225105509]

buy:
paper
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SolTecno s.r.l

Via Volta, 22

20094 Corsico (MI)

Italy

phone [0039 0245864671]

fax [02-45864423]

soltecnocom@tin.it

www.soltecno.com

buy:
spray can
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Santilal Canji, Lda.

R. 7 – Lt. 13
Zona Industrial Varziela
4485-252 Fajozes, Vila do Conde

Portugal

phone [+351 252248080]

fax [+351 252248089]
www.bijubrinque.com
geral@bijubrinque.com

buy:
cutters
magnet
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Drogaria da Corujeira

R. das Escolas, 317

4300-170 Porto

Portugal

phone [+351 225102160]

fax [+351 225102354]

buy:

springs
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AGAL - António Gomes Amorim, Lda.

R. da Lapa, 1525
Pólo Industrial Nascente
4480-757 Vila do Conde
Portugal

buy:

springs
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Bastos Viegas, S.A.

P.O.Box-24
Guilhufe (A4 – Exit 12)
4564-909 Penafiel

Portugal
phone [+351 255729500]
fax [+351 255729501]

www.bastosviegas.com

buy:

alginate

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A Central da Borracha, Lda.

R. dos Caldeireiros, 141

4050-140 Porto

Portugal

phone [+351 223392850]

fax [+351 222001669]

buy:

sponge
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Gonçalves & Gonçalves, Lda
Praça do Município, 1 R/c
6300 Guarda, Portugal
phone/fax [+351 271223450]

buy:

rotring
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M Sousa Ribeiro - Material de Belas Artes, Lda.
R. Sampaio Bruno 12, 3º - s 7
4000-439 Porto
phone [+351 222052757]
fax [+351 222006499]

buy:
dough
modelling tools
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Casa Rocha

R. St. Catarina, 469
Porto
Portugal
phone [+351 222002622]

R. Marques Sá da Bandeira, 489
Vila Nova de Gaia
Portugal
phone [+351 223713389]

Av. Dr. Alfredo de Sousa, lj 73
Lamego
Portugal
phone [+351 254619249]

R. 12, lj 637
Espinho
Portugal
phone [+351 227311070]

R. do Bom Jesus, 9 R/c
Funchal
Madeira, Portugal
phone [+351 291233289]

R. Júlio Dinis, 755
Boavista, Porto
Portugal
phone [+351 226005524]

buy:
plastic thingys

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Emaús Caminho e Vida (second hand store)

R. do Almada, 138
4050 Vitória, Porto, Portugal
phone [+351 222024018‎]

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Associação Reto Esperança (second hand store)

R. Fernandes Tomás, 71

4000-214 Porto, Portugal

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springs

I've just bought this small spring assortment with 200 pieces. You can easily find it at online shops,  just  google it, yet the delivery costs are high. Its price rounds $6,60 ~ $11,90 without postage fees.

I've ended up buying it at a local store by 20€.

Drogaria da Corujeira

R. das Escolas, 317

4300-170 Porto

Portugal

phone [+351 225102160]

fax [+351 225102354]

the creature [Bzzzoira Moira]

The Creature, that's how we've named this nameless character. These are the first pictures of it being built.

x-ray view

While reviewing a previous post I've noticed something funny. The skull drawing.

Well, it happens I draw it a lot, 'cause ... well... it's just something funny to do. So, I'm posting here some of the several puppet skulls I've drawn 'till today. I've maybe started doing it because it was amusing or just because on that particular drawing I could rest a little while inventing some character, but the truth is that sometimes I end up drawing one more skull once again, and it helps a little to understand the structure of someones cranium.

 

 

 

 

florbela ferreira

She came to us months ago asking if there was any kind of rare possibility to help us in some sort of way because she wanted to learn something more about how to build puppets.

The true is that months passed by and she has been contributing whenever she can, and only in the past few days she had the time to restart building her own puppet with our help.

I give you here, a picture taken by Clara Ribeiro.

random seeding [Bzzzora Moira]

Here are some studies where I implement the random effect as seed for my drawings. Can you remember that little game where you have to draw something from a random line previously drawn by a second person?, well ... the process is similar. The property we have to recognize or see faces, objects or others on things is called Pareidolia. Pareidolia also manifests with sounds, smells and other stimulus.

Remember the Rorschach inkblot tests?

read more at Wikipedia:

face perception

pareidolia

The main idea is to use random seeds in order to create whatever you need. And then, for each time you redraw those first lines, you'll be sculpting the object with your pencil according to what they must look as character. This process will work whenever it seems you can't draw anything that day, otherwise you're just wasting time.

random effect

Everyone that knows me can tell you how much I enjoy the random effect. Even when you have all things sorted out, some random seeding can bring something truly exceptional to your work. Here are two printscreens from some VB tests I've made years ago. Any geek out there can tell you that there is nothing less random than a computer random decision. In order to your computer could seem random, it will execute several mathematical equations using, as seed, your time or a list of numbers previously created. There are a few ways it can pretend to be random but really it is just pretending.

The best way to see that is to really visualize your data. In the following pictures you can tell that there are areas more populated and some regular textures being created. The slower the delay between routines and procedures the less random it will look.

second hand stores

You can find a variety of products at second hand shops, and they are almost anywhere.

From books (my addiction), to LP's, household appliances or even furniture.

Here are two where I usually buy:

Emaús Caminho e Vida

R. do Almada, 138
4050 Vitória, Porto, Portugal
222 024 018‎

Associação Reto Esperança

R. Fernandes Tomás, 71

4000-214 Porto, Portugal

fisherman and princess [Benilde Bzzzoira]

Some curious details from the fisherman and princess.

Alguns curiosos detalhes do pescador e da princessa moira.

fish [Benilde Bzzzoira]

Yet another character made out of metal.

Outra personagem feita de metal.