VERA Platform_1854 Handcrafted sheet metal work (working with zinc sheets). "Traditional practice of working with zinc sheet metal to produce utensils (e.g. gutters, grain measuring troughs, funnels, pitchers). Today, tinsmithing is merely a residual activity, reminiscent of other crafts that were once more prominent. The municipality of Tondela is no exception. It is therefore important to learn about this art form, which is almost extinct, and to understand the whole range of objects that tinsmiths used to make in the past, now struggling against competition from equivalent items made from other materials, mainly plastic." iain Portuguese Intangable Heritage TEXT University of St Andrews VERA Platform 918 "Traditional practice of working with zinc sheet metal to produce utensils (e.g. gutters, grain measuring troughs, funnels, pitchers). Today, tinsmithing is merely a residual activity, reminiscent of other crafts that were once more prominent. The municipality of Tondela is no exception. It is therefore important to learn about this art form, which is almost extinct, and to understand the whole range of objects that tinsmiths used to make in the past, now struggling against competition from equivalent items made from other materials, mainly plastic." 40.521326 -8.032804