Crafts, design and materials engineering, a possible dialogue
International Journal of Development Research
Crafts, design and materials engineering, a possible dialogue
Received 2nd June, 2018; Received in revised form 17th July, 2018; Accepted 29th August, 2018; Published online 30th September, 2018
Copyright © 2018, Isabella B. G. Grego et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
The interaction between Materials Engineering, Design and Social Sciences was the key point for the development of this article. The article evidences the planning, development and insertion of a new composite in the productive chain of a small family company, from empirical techniques, in the production of sacred artifacts in plaster. The developed composite comes from the combination of a brewing residue (diatomaceous earth) and plaster. The project aims at territorial valorization without discarding the cultural, social and economic aspects so that the demands are processed and later applied according to the local demand.
