The name Rodrigo Rabello may be a bit unfamiliar to many collectors who love knives, but after seeing his works, they will be deeply fascinated by the simple and simple retroism. This rising star in the knife world, who is gradually emerging, has a unique creative style.
39 years ago, this star-like fire of genius was born on a huge farm in the South American continent on the far side of the ocean. As a child, Rodrigo was taken by his loving grandfather to experience the vast nature life and exciting hunting traditions. Every time between hunting, my grandfather would take out a delicate antler-handled knife that he carried with him, cut paper and shred tobacco like magic, and turned into a full cigarette in less than ten seconds. Looking at his leisurely grandfather, Rodrigo said: “I also want a knife of my own!”. So, my grandfather found a piece of pink Peroba wood unique to Brazil and spent a few days with him to complete a delicate small wooden sword. Ronaldinho cherishes this wooden sword that looks like a toy very much and spent several days ingeniously slotting in the wooden sword and embedding decorative wires. Perhaps this experience in the dark determines Ronaldinho’s future. the way.
The talent for design shown since he was a child allowed Ronaldinho to become a designer and creative director of a news agency at the age of 16, which is unimaginable even today when the genius is extremely young. Here, Ronaldinho met his future wife, Carla, who worked as an illustrator for the same news agency. Carla and Ronaldinho have a lot in common. They have been carving black bears, puppies and other works since they were young, and they have a high artistic talent.
As an adult, Carla’s creations won the Editoria Abril award of the Brazilian media circle very early. Under the impetus of love, Ronaldinho’s career is thriving, and he has continuously achieved success in various domestic and foreign design competitions, including the world-renowned IDEA Award, and has received high praise from major clients including the largest Santander Bank Group in South America, Coca-Cola, etc. recognized.
A steady stream of honors constantly inspires young people, as if only the sky is the limit. The knife left by his loving grandfather aroused the childhood fascination of little Luo Er, and at the age of 25, he began to receive professional hand-made sword making and goldsmithing courses. Here he met the star of the Brazilian sword at the time: Ricardo Villar. It can be said that Ricardo was Ronaldinho’s first teacher in the true sense. Ricardo appreciated Ronaldinho’s talent very much and taught Rodrigo many unique skills. Soon after, he recruited Ronaldinho into his production team. At the beginning, Ronaldinho’s tools were very simple, and his time was quite limited. He could only use his spare time to build knives, and most of the time he could only work on existing orders. But this persistent young man was not discouraged at all and kept making time to create works that truly belonged to him.
Things turned around in 2004, when Ronaldinho participated in the first Brazil Knife Expo. Here, he met another Brazilian knife genius: Rodrigo Sfredo (currently the president of the Brazilian Swordsmiths Association). The dazzling array of works and endless designs have knocked on Ronaldinho’s heart. Ronaldinho’s entries were not lost among the numerous exhibits, and he won the Best Newcomer Award at the exhibition, which is undoubtedly an affirmation of his talent. With the continuous encouragement of Sfredo and others, Rodrigo gained enough motivation to give up the promising position of creative director and devote himself to the business of customizing high-end art swords.
When it comes to Rodrigo’s works, each one has its own uniqueness, and they are all excellent reflections of his unique insights into art. Roderigo personally completed the forging of Damascus, and he believed that only in this way can the potential of the metal itself be maximized. The signature “kaleidoscope” Damascus is superb, especially when viewed through a high-power magnifying glass, it can be described as unpredictable and mesmerizing. Perhaps because of his nostalgia for life in nature, Rodrigo chooses more natural animal materials as decorations, equipped with exquisite stitching and polishing, to vividly show the traces of time in nature. And at the end of the knife, you can often find exquisite carvings with various animal themes. Here I must talk about Carla, the good partner who has been with Rodrigo all the time:
Carla and Rodrigo met when they were 16 years old, and their 10-year long-distance love race finally married. The deep relationship of more than 20 years has enabled this artistic couple to continuously promote each other in their careers and lives, and they have also created excellent cooperative works one after another. The beginning of the story was in a sunny summer several years ago, Kara saw Ronaldinho sweating profusely in the forging and said: “Can I carve your work?” So they worked together again. Ronaldinho recalled: “This feeling is really good. Carving on steel is a completely different experience, but we observe and develop new techniques and forms of expression together. The work of trust, slowly, the cooperation between the two tends to be perfect and tacit. It is not difficult to find that the animal carvings on the handle are all lifelike, exquisite but not lacking in wildness. “To achieve the unity of works and beauty is our goal as artists. The ultimate goal’ exclaimed Rodrigo.
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