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Otávio Marcelo Melo
Master of shoemaking, now teaching apprentices
- 🇧🇷 São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
- The St. Joseph's Works
- Since 1990
- Portuguese
I've worked in shoemaking since 1990. I learned from my grandfather and passed what I could on to 1,260 apprentices.
I can still tell good work from rushed work from across the street. I make terrible puns.
It has been a good run and I'm grateful for all of it.
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What gifts mean to Otávio: A gift would go toward tools for apprentices who can't afford their own.
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- Amaka Abosede OkonkwoNeighbor🇳🇬
You fixed our roof in 2007 and charged half what others asked Greetings from Lagos.
- Gabriela F. AcostaFormer student🇪🇸
everything you built for us is still standing. Greetings from A Coruña.
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