"Aquaticus" Macramé Mandala by Cláudia Almeida

"Aquaticus" Macramé Mandala 

Making a Micro Macramé Mandala is the way artist Cláudia Almeida most likes to meditate. She usually smiles all the way through the creation process. Cláudia made several sketches, but ended up following the piece where it took her, allowing herself a serene and slow process.

Sometimes, the Portuguese artist works in the morning to use its brighter light. Other times, she works in the late afternoon, with the phone turned off and in creative mode.

At the age of 5, artist and artisan Cláudia embroidered her first cloth with cross stitch. She used to make gifts for family members, for instance a napkin holder out of ice cream sticks she picked up on the beach. She used pieces of wood where she glued whelks and shells.

Cláudia has always been surrounded by handicraft material. Her mother, a primary school teacher, used to go to an art studio and do a little of everything. Their marquee used to be their atelier.

Name: "Aquaticus" Macramé Mandala
Material: 100% cotton thread of 1.7mm thickness called "True Micro Macramé thread". (This thread is made especially for artist Cláudia by a factory in her home town Vila Nova da Gaia, Portugal.)
Size: 10cm inner circle; 40cm outer circle; diameter 56 x 56cm

Shipping fee: Exact amount will be calculated by buyer location
Shipping area: International
Location: Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal

Book an "Ocean Keychain Macramé Workshop" with artist Cláudia in Vila Nova de Gaia here.