Born in Loulé in 1948, he began his career at the Barracha copper workshop – the most renowned in the city – at just 12 years old. He began as an apprentice under the guidance of the workshop foreman and remained there until he was 27, when he opted for a job in the cement industry. By the time he left the trade, he was already a workshop foreman.
In 2016, already retired, he returned to his work as a coppersmith at the invitation of the Loulé City Council to coordinate a training course in artisanal coppersmithing implemented by the Loulé Criativo project. The artisanal coppersmithing art was disappearing, and the municipality of Loulé attempted to revitalize it by training new artisans and opening the Copper Workshop, where master Analide continues to work.
Analide Carmo is currently the only coppersmither producing copper and brass pieces in the traditional molds. Cataplanas, wire pans, chocolate makers, everything is made and hammered by hand according to the traditional method.