Boom Festival Broadcast's video: Boom Festival Bazaar Community A Bee

"I was born in the city of Porto in 1983 and since childhood I fill my day-to-day with crafts. I followed my passion and graduated in Fine Arts - Sculpture at the Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Porto. My first contact with yarn mandalas was in December 2012 at Ojos de Dios's workshop. It was when I discovered a deep connection with this technique, which allowed me to create through active meditation, exploring sacred geometry, colours and shapes. What began as a hobby / therapy, quickly became a form of expression, a weaving of emotions, a desire to create objects that could spread harmony and beauty to wherever they were. I explore different sized mandalas (that can go up to a meter wide), with several kinds of forms, structures and yarns. They are usually unique pieces, but now I've created this special collection for Boom Festival’s Bazaar." (Anabela Marques) **** The Boom Festival Bazaar is an online marketplace born amid the Covid-19 pandemic. A whole independent culture is at risk and the need for a new model is more important than ever. Therefore Boom Festival, a biennial festival that gathers free spirits from all over the globe, developed a brand new collaborative project with small producers and craftspeople. Inspired by the festival’s flea market, and the wide array of artists within Boom. The intention is to practise an alternative way of trading products within a community of like-minded beings, thus contributing to the creation of a new economic model. By doing so, we want to create a non-mainstream system, based on responsible supply chains, with the well-being of people and planet at the very core. Our ultimate aim is to inspire a responsible lifestyle. Get to know our community on bazaar.boomfestival.org