Professional Affiliations
Marcelo Martins is a recognized professional member of seven national and international associations in the fields of visual arts, crafts, living heritage, and the textile industry.
The only association legally mandated to represent all visual artists in Quebec. The RAAV card is recognized as a skill card on public art sites.
View Profile →An organization recognized by the Act respecting the professional status of artists, the CMAQ represents over 1,300 professional artisans in Quebec. Marcelo is listed there as a textile and spinning artisan.
View Profile →A grouping of practitioners of Quebec's living heritage: traditional crafts, ancestral knowledge, and cultural practices. Marcelo is recognized there as a spinner and textile artisan from Lanaudière.
View Profile →A network that brings together over 400 museum institutions in Quebec. Marcelo is a member as a professional in cultural mediation and textile visual arts.
smq.qc.ca →An international scholarly association dedicated to the study, preservation, and promotion of textiles as art, history, and culture. Marcelo published there in 2025: Around the World with 80 Textile Artists.
textilesocietyofamerica.org →An international organization bringing together weavers, spinners, and other fiber artisans. The HGA promotes education and the preservation of traditional textile techniques in North America and internationally.
weavespindye.org →A national non-profit organization dedicated to promoting the Canadian wool industry. Marcelo serves on the board and is the first Quebec artisan to obtain "100% Canadian Wool" certification.
View Profile →Quebec's circular economy platform. Makeloo Studio is listed there for its initiative to promote local wool: transforming a material perceived as waste into a traceable and eco-responsible textile resource. Favorite 2025.
View Initiative →Commissions, workshops or mediation projects — contact the studio.
Contact@makeloo.comLa Texture dans la discipline textile via les fibres et les techniques
Histoire du filage et du tissage au Québec
Around the World with 80 Textile Artists — Exhibition Review
Laine, pourquoi tu piques ?
Felting as a Social Practice: Connection, Resilience, and Community Engagement
Les types de laines
A Versatile and Inexpensive Fibre Tool: A Dog Comb
Best Fibre for Tuques for Bald Guys
Les qualités de la laine locale : opportunités pour les producteurs d'ovins
Spinning Today — Annual Panel
Regular speaker on spinning trends and natural fibers at one of the world's largest knitting events.
Premier Séminaire de filage du Québec
Organization and hosting of the first seminar dedicated to spinning in Quebec.
Innovación y economía circular ecosostenible en textiles tradicionales
Arte y comunidad en el textil contemporáneo
For collective health through textile making.
Honorer la laine et promouvoir les textiles patrimoniaux
Developing a Community of Spinners through Social Media
Presentation and article published in the seminar proceedings.
Valoriser le mouton à son plein potentiel
Project funded by the Bioalimentary Hub and the Quebec Research Fund. Marcelo Martins, Makeloo Studio, is a collaborating partner alongside researchers Mary Richardson, Geneviève Brisson, and Mario Handfield from UQAR.
Filage : de la fibre brute à l'innovation en laine locale
Weekly series on natural fibers, processing techniques, and living heritage in Quebec.
Parlons de fibre et filage — Session 1
First didactic series on natural fibers and spinning, pioneering in Quebec.
Press elements
Vogue Knitting Live
Marcelo Martins opens the doors of his exhibition Faufiler Lainaudière in Terrebonne
« Faufiler Lainaudière : a tightly knit region » — An inviting look at belonging to each village
A long-awaited return for Marcelo Martins and his son
Inauguration of the new historical exhibition at Maison Rosalie-Cadron
Salon de Métier d'art de Lanaudière — 14'58''
Honoring wool: spinning, weaving...
Plein Art: stories and works full of « meaning »
Marcelo Martins — Sock Yarn Autopsy: Know It to Create Better
SUR LES ROUTES DE D'AUTRAY — Finalist of the Grands Prix Desjardins de la Culture
A podcast to discover traditional culture
Salon des Métiers d'arts QC
And the finalists are... Personality of the Year 2022
A passion that goes far for Marcelo Martins
Spinning and knitting… for men
Would Knit Be Fun
The guy who knits
Many projects for the Îles Textile Arts Center
Marcelo Ribeiro Martins
Textile artist, spinner and cultural mediator. Founder of Makeloo Studio, a workshop born in La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas, in Lanaudière. Expansion led the studio to acquire its own premises in Lavaltrie, now equipped with new machines. Brazilian by origin, established in Quebec since 2010.
Winner of the Grands Prix Desjardins – Métiers d'arts 2023. First Quebec artisan certified 100% Canadian wool. Member of the Board of Directors of the Canadian Wool Collective. President of the Board of Directors — Fondation du Cercle du Fil du Québec (2025).
Members: RAAV · CMAQ · CQPV · TSA · HGA · SMQ · MUMAQ · IWTO · Rond-Point
Contact details
Address: 569 ch. de Lavaltrie, loc. 11-13, Lavaltrie (Quebec) J5T 0K6
Phone: (579) 766-8228
Email: Contact@makeloo.com
Website: marcelomartinsartiste.com
Shop: makeloo.com
YouTube: youtube.com/c/makeloostudio
Instagram: @makeloostudio
LinkedIn: Marcelo Martins