Marcelo Ferreira

Aug 20, 2023

No Comments In that sector of Posadas, where the streets meander away from the urban noise to enter the natural greenery, is the place where Marcelo Ferreira decided to settle decades ago to give free rein to his trade and passion: working with wood. Dirt streets and children playing ball. Arriving at Marcelo Ferreira’s workshop is almost like a trip back in time. The progressive rock that sounds pleasant in the environment of his home (which at the same time is also the showroom of his works) only confirms the feeling of having returned a couple of decades, when daily life passed at a different pace. , away from the tribulations of our current maelstrom. Marcelo Ferreira, a man passionate about his craft, finds his canvas and his tool in wood, creating works that fuse traditional crafts with the living energy of nature. His workshop is his sanctuary, a refuge where logs are transformed into dreams sculpted by expert hands. Wood is his muse and his challenge. From cabinet making to sculpture, his creations are born from a fusion between the natural essence of wood and the whimsical shapes he adopts in the constantly evolving city. “A tree that grows upright on the mountain is not the same as a tree that grows parasoled in a lonely place that has a lot of sun, so it creates another shape, right?” Marcelo’s site is also a discovery corner, where tree species multiply like shared secrets. “An arboretum with more than 100 species of trees” becomes a lumber station, a response to urbanization that threatens to take away the city’s trees. «Civilization is everywhere, and the trees bother the most, you have to build, they are in a dividing line, or just where a piece, a building, is going, and they are taking it out of the city, right?». Marcelo’s work transcends the limits of the conventional, embracing everything from the spoons with which he started the trade several decades ago, to bas-relief carvings, furniture and doors, and recent forays into the creation of sinks for bathrooms or kitchens, which they can be made to measure. His versatility is a reflection of his constant desire to keep his imagination alive, not to let routine dampen the creative spark. » doing an assortment of things, the imagination is kept alive. That restlessness there is always latent, isn’t it?». In every piece he creates, in every corner of his shared workshop, Marcelo Ferreira carries with him the very essence of wood, art and passion. His story is the story of wood sculpted by life, of creativity that flourishes in the hands of a passionate craftsman, and of the Future that keeps the secrets of his creations. To visit Marcelo and get to know his works and escape from the city maelstrom just 20 minutes from the center of Posada, just send a message to 376-468-5625. To see some of his work: IG: @ferreiramarceloenrique / FB: marcelo enrique ferreira