----------------------------------------------------------------------- Documented by Goa Desc Documentation Service & circulated by Goa Civic & Consumer Action Network (GOA CAN)<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Ph:2252660 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------- Missing in Goa ------------------- Old beautiful furniture, made by Goan craftsmen under the Portugese influence, is to hard to come by and even more difficult to restore. But diehards like Daniel Ferrao are trying to breathe new life into it.
Ferrao, who "wisely" got himself an electronics and communications degree before "I returned to my roots" says there is just no respect any longer for furniture craftsmen or, for that matter, any artisan.
"Everyone wants to be a professional or wants a white collar job". The beauty and richness of the broken-down furniture too, waiting to be restored in the huge colonial -house-turned workshop in Camarcazana, has not been able to convince anyone to switch streams.
reports Lionel Messias Humanscape May 2003 page 26-27 www.humanscapeindia.net
Lionel Messias is a Hyderabad-based journalist and can be contacted at [EMAIL PROTECTED]
for more details on the work of Daniel Ferrao, visit www.danielferraoantigues
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