A opala de Pedro II (Piauí): artesanato e design

• Autor(a) principal: Sousa, Márcia Fernanda Miranda de
• Data de Publicação: 2018
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações do Mackenzie
• Texto Completo: http://dspace.mackenzie.br/handle/10899/25059
• topic: Opala; Pedro II; design; artesanato; CNPQ::LINGUISTICA, LETRAS E ARTES::ARTES::ARTES PLASTICAS

The opal of the municipality of Pedro II, in the state of Piauí, is of noble quality in Brazil and its reserves, together with the Australian reserves, form the only deposits of opal of importance in the planet. The research carried out an interdisciplinary dialogue between the Line of research in Languages and Technologies with the research line Culture and Art in the Contemporaneity, where it approaches the extraction of the opal in Pedro II and its artisan production. The purpose of this work is to present a representative picture that portrays the current stage of evolution of the Pedro II opal extraction, the work with this stone, the production of jewelry, as well as the results of the designer's work and its effective and significant influence in creation and execution of these parts. This work uses bibliographical studies, field research and interviews with residents, who experience extraction, stoning and artisanal production and the influence of design in the promotion of locality and its people. It was also presented the stage of the opal extraction, its development and the need to seek improvement in all its particularities. Finally, it was observed that there is the raw material, the labor, the interest in doing, the improvement and professional qualification, the pride of the Piauí people to own in their own lands a wealth like the opal. However, it is necessary the support of federal institutions or state organs, especially so that the potential of the work developed by craftsmen and designers can be recognized, valued and marketed nationally and internationally.