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Representing the youngest generation, Márcio Julião talks passionately about his family’s saga. He is building a memorial near his workshop to preserve and inform others about the Julião family’s history. “I think it’s important that everyone knows what the Julião family means to this area and to the country. I don’t have the means but do what I can. One day I want to buy back an ox cart that is still used around here, and that was built by my great-grandfather.”
His sculptures are precise and full of details. “I learned a lot from my uncle Itamar and now I make sculptures with up to 10 lions in a single piece. I also make human figures. I want to make a carving with the image of my grandfather, as I see him.” He also believes the pieces should always be sculpted by hand. “That’s the way they’ve always been made, and that’s how it should remain. We must feel and see the artist’s hand on his pieces.” |
