I’ve illustrated this zine O tesouro de Cavendish in partnership with my friend Stella Elia, from BabaYaga collective, based on São Paulo city, in Brazil. Starting with her memories about playing and drawing under the kitchen table, she had the idea of making a zine […]
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Look at the rain! (Olha a chuva!)
Olha a chuva! é um poema sobre um dia de chuva numa casa de papel, parceria com a Carolina Moreyra pelo coletivo BabaYaga.

…and what came before? (…e o que veio antes?)
…and what came before? (…e o que veio antes?) begins at the end and ends at the beginning. Text by Carolina Moreyra, published in Brazil by BabaYaga collective. Dimensions: 11x15cm 32 pages 1st edition: 800 copies Click here to go to BabaYaga collective webpage. […]

Who is coming? (Quem vem lá?)
Zine published in Brazil by BabaYaga collective, text by Alessandra Corá. 4 cards folded, cut and sewed one by one. Dimensions (folded): 18x18cm Digital print, laminated Handmade 1st edition: 2016 (sold out) 2nd edition: 2018 (coming soon) Click here to go to BabaYaga collective webpage.

I exist (Existo)
Illustration and lettering for the book I Exist (Existo), text of Vinícius Cardoso, part of a collection Coletânea Amar de Livres Infantis, published in 2016 with funds that came from Edital Proac 2014 de Manifestações LGBT. To capture the inner feelings and to understand the struggles […]

Let’s pretend that I cook today (Faz de conta que hoje eu cozinho)
A handmade artist’s book for children. Furnished kitchen and tiles made with stamps. There is a refrigerator… …full of fresh ingredients. A cabinet with a pan, a tray and a wood spoon. A stove… …and an oven to bake, just under the stove. […]

Night comes (Anoitece)
Night is coming at Mantiqueira mountains: a bird sings on the top of a tree. In the horizon, blurry mountains in layers… while we flip the pages, the sky becomes darker and darker, and the first star shows up, and by the end the sky […]

I miss kaki (Saudade de caqui)
Project selected and made with funds of Edital de Bolsas de Incentivo à criação literária – Literatura Infantil e Juvenil do PROAC 2015, edited by BabaYaga collective, in 2016. My grandmother was an Japanese immigrant in Brazil. We could live together when I was a child, enjoying the nature’s […]

Beyond the dark (Pra lá do escuro)
Beyond the dark (Pra lá do escuro) was my first indie book, published in 2015. It is about facing the fear of pursuing our own dreams, even when it looks just madness for the others. Watercolor paintings illustrations in a concertina folded book, with handmade papercut. […]

Legends of Brazilian fruits and trees (Lendas de frutas e árvores do Brasil)
Illustrations for the book Lendas de frutas e árvores do Brasil, text by Adriano Messias, Editora de Cultura publishing house, 2013.

Have you seen? (Você viu?)
Illustrations for the book Você viu, text by Edmea Campbells, Paulinas Editora publishing house, 2013

Ark of haiku (Arca de haicais)
Illustrations for the book Arca de haicais, text by Lena Jesus Ponte, Paulinas publishing house, 2012

Playing in the bedroom (Brincadeiras no quarto)
Illustrations for the book Brincadeiras no quarto – noite encantada, text by Adriano Messias, Editora Gaivota publishing house, 2013.

Luís Andarilho
Illustrations for the book Luís Andarilho, text by Rejane Nascimento de Sousa, Escala Educacional publishing house, 2011.

What a rain! (Que toró!)
Illustrations for the book Que toró!, text by Adriano Messias, Ed. Gaivota publishing house, 2011.