{"id":50,"date":"2026-09-13T01:31:05","date_gmt":"2026-09-13T01:31:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/demo.gatilab.com\/indium\/about\/"},"modified":"2026-09-13T01:31:05","modified_gmt":"2026-09-13T01:31:05","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/demo.gatilab.com\/indium\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull is-style-section-paper has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained is-style-section-paper--1\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide are-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9ff813e7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-container-core-column-is-layout-6cfef297 wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:58%\">\n<p class=\"is-style-sticker wp-block-paragraph\">Paper artist in Porto<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-xxx-large-font-size\">Hello, I am Ada, and I work in paper<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-lead is-style-lead--2 wp-block-paragraph\">I trained as a printmaker and fell for scissors instead. Every picture here was cut by hand at a big table by a tall window, glued on board, and scanned for print.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-style-large is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"#\">See the work<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--3\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"#\">About the studio<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-handwritten wp-block-paragraph\">Studio visits on Fridays. The kettle is always on.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:42%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-print\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/demo.gatilab.com\/indium\/wp-content\/themes\/indium\/assets\/images\/photo-portrait.webp\" alt=\"Ada Reyes in her studio in a mustard cardigan, holding small scissors and a red paper circle\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull is-style-section-kraft has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-34f1cd04 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained is-style-section-kraft--4\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-6f589e37 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">A short CV<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Shows, clients, and the training behind the scissors, newest first.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide is-layout-grid wp-container-core-group-is-layout-c745ba3e wp-block-group-is-layout-grid\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-container-core-group-is-layout-f755663b wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-top-color:var(--wp--preset--color--contrast);border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:2px;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-lead-font-size\">Solo shows<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list is-style-plain has-small-font-size\">\n<li><strong>2026<\/strong> Small Suns, Sala Clara, Porto<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>2025<\/strong> Paper Birds, Kite and Compass Books shop, Porto<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>2023<\/strong> First Cuts, the studio window, Porto<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-container-core-group-is-layout-f755663b wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-top-color:var(--wp--preset--color--contrast);border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:2px;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-lead-font-size\">Group shows<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list is-style-plain has-small-font-size\">\n<li><strong>2026<\/strong> Night Garden, a two-person show, The Fold, Lisbon<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>2025<\/strong> Cut and Pasted, The Fold, Lisbon<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>2024<\/strong> Small Works on Paper, Sala Clara, Porto<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>2014<\/strong> Printmaking degree show<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-container-core-group-is-layout-f755663b wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-top-color:var(--wp--preset--color--contrast);border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:2px;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-lead-font-size\">Selected clients<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list is-style-plain has-small-font-size\">\n<li>The Harbour Review<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Kite and Compass Books<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Little Orbit Records<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Casa Verde Market<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Moth Lane Theatre<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Salt Road Press<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-container-core-group-is-layout-f755663b wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-top-color:var(--wp--preset--color--contrast);border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:2px;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-lead-font-size\">Study and residencies<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list is-style-plain has-small-font-size\">\n<li><strong>2024<\/strong> Offcut House residency, six weeks of paper and quiet<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>2016<\/strong> Evening course in bookbinding<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>2014<\/strong> Printmaking degree<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull is-style-section-paper has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-34f1cd04 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained is-style-section-paper--5\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-6f589e37 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Kind words, <mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-contrast-color\">pinned to the wall<\/mark><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">A few notes from the people I make pictures for. I keep the paper copies taped above my desk for slow days.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide is-layout-grid wp-container-core-group-is-layout-079f1919 wp-block-group-is-layout-grid\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-style-note is-vertical is-content-justification-stretch is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-df4de65a wp-block-group-is-layout-flex is-style-note--6\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We sent Ada a story about tides. She sent back a fish made of forty paper scales, and readers wrote in asking for the print.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-meta is-style-meta--7 wp-block-paragraph\">Jonah Pell, editor, The Harbour Review<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-style-note is-vertical is-content-justification-stretch is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-df4de65a wp-block-group-is-layout-flex is-style-note--8\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our old market posters came down in the rain. The ones Ada cut come down because people take them home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-meta is-style-meta--9 wp-block-paragraph\">Lucia Amaral, owner, Casa Verde Market<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-style-note is-vertical is-content-justification-stretch is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-df4de65a wp-block-group-is-layout-flex is-style-note--10\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ada listened to the album twice and cut a sleeve that sounds like it. We pressed 500 copies, then 500 more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-meta is-style-meta--11 wp-block-paragraph\">Theo Brandt, founder, Little Orbit Records<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide are-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9ff813e7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-container-core-column-is-layout-6cfef297 wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:62%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Press and studio visits<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Interviews, reviews, and one very thorough studio visit. For images and a short biography, write to the studio.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-container-core-group-is-layout-d557495a wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-top-color:var(--wp--preset--color--contrast);border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:2px;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-container-core-group-is-layout-f8de4000 wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-bottom-color:var(--wp--preset--color--contrast-3);border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1px;padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\">\n<p class=\"is-style-meta is-style-meta--12 wp-block-paragraph\">2026 \u00b7 The Harbour Review<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"#\">A studio visit: scissors, glue, and a great deal of blue<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-container-core-group-is-layout-f8de4000 wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-bottom-color:var(--wp--preset--color--contrast-3);border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1px;padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\">\n<p class=\"is-style-meta is-style-meta--13 wp-block-paragraph\">2026 \u00b7 Little Orbit Records<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"#\">Behind the sleeve: one record, eleven colors of paper<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-container-core-group-is-layout-f8de4000 wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-bottom-color:var(--wp--preset--color--contrast-3);border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1px;padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\">\n<p class=\"is-style-meta is-style-meta--14 wp-block-paragraph\">2025 \u00b7 Kite and Compass Books<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"#\">How the Paper Birds cover was cut, one feather at a time<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-container-core-group-is-layout-f8de4000 wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-bottom-color:var(--wp--preset--color--contrast-3);border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1px;padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\">\n<p class=\"is-style-meta is-style-meta--15 wp-block-paragraph\">2025 \u00b7 Salt Road Press<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"#\">The printmaker who put down the press and picked up scissors<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:38%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-taped\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/demo.gatilab.com\/indium\/wp-content\/themes\/indium\/assets\/images\/art-tide-2.webp\" alt=\"Cut-paper collage of a blue fish made of overlapping paper scales among curling waves\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Scale Fish, 2026. It ran across two pages with the Harbour Review visit.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull is-style-section-paper has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-34f1cd04 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained is-style-section-paper--16\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-6f589e37 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Who I have made things for<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Magazines, books, records, a market, and a theatre. Most of them came back for more.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide is-layout-grid wp-container-core-group-is-layout-59fb2a06 wp-block-group-is-layout-grid\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-container-core-group-is-layout-e7a2c5cb wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-top-color:var(--wp--preset--color--contrast);border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:2px;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-x-large-font-size\">The Harbour Review<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A spot illustration in every issue since 2024, and three covers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-container-core-group-is-layout-e7a2c5cb wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-top-color:var(--wp--preset--color--contrast);border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:2px;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-x-large-font-size\">Kite and Compass Books<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Covers for their fiction list, and the shop window every spring.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-container-core-group-is-layout-e7a2c5cb wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-top-color:var(--wp--preset--color--contrast);border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:2px;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-x-large-font-size\">Little Orbit Records<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sleeves for four albums and a box set of singles.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-container-core-group-is-layout-e7a2c5cb wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-top-color:var(--wp--preset--color--contrast);border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:2px;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-x-large-font-size\">Casa Verde Market<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Posters for the Saturday market, and a long paper wall above the fruit stalls.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-container-core-group-is-layout-e7a2c5cb wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-top-color:var(--wp--preset--color--contrast);border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:2px;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-x-large-font-size\">Moth Lane Theatre<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Posters and programs for a whole season of five plays.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-container-core-group-is-layout-e7a2c5cb wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-top-color:var(--wp--preset--color--contrast);border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:2px;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-x-large-font-size\">Salt Road Press<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Covers and endpapers for a set of small poetry books.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide are-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9ff813e7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:42%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-style-note has-x-large-font-size is-layout-flow wp-container-core-group-is-layout-e5295db9 wp-block-group-is-layout-flow is-style-note--17\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Say hello! Tell me about the picture in your head, even if so far it is only a feeling and a color.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ada, at the big table<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-container-core-column-is-layout-6cfef297 wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:58%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Write to the studio<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Commissions, print questions, a show you think I should see, or a photo of one of my suns in your hallway. I read every letter myself and answer most within two days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-style-large is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"mailto:hello@example.com\">Email the studio<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--18\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"#\">How commissions work<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-no-title","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-50","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.gatilab.com\/indium\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/50","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.gatilab.com\/indium\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.gatilab.com\/indium\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.gatilab.com\/indium\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.gatilab.com\/indium\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/demo.gatilab.com\/indium\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/50\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.gatilab.com\/indium\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}