Sandra Cagol

‪I am Sandra Maria Cagol. I was born on the 8th of March 1974 in Caxias do Sul, southern Brazil.‬
‪My great grandparents migrated from northern Italy to Brazil at the end of the eighteenth century and found themselves surrounded by jungle. They began to develop the area, they worked and earned little money from the land. They built houses, produced food and made clothes.

‪My father used to make wine and I remember the colours and smells of the grape juices, also not forgetting the rain and the wet leaves on the ground. I was often found playing with my sisters in wineries and on the farm, surrounded by plants and jungle.‬
‪Life in the countryside was delightfully delicious, so many vegetables and varieties of fruits including grapes, oranges, peaches and many many others.‬

‪My desire for art started at early age, I enjoyed drawing at primary school and when I was 15 my father took me to a short course in fashion design. I quickly fell in love with drawing fashion. It was multi-sensual with many different styles. A new world for me. Later I went to university and took a degree in fashion design, after which I got a job with a local textile company creating fabrics, jacquard patterns and fashion drawings.‬

‪In 1998 I was ...