Malaysian designer Fern Chua is amongst 5 artisans from round South East Asia to be chosen for a mission that celebrates the artwork and craft of native craftsmen.
Greatest recognized for her model Fern Batik Collective, Chua joins 4 different ‘Makers’ from across the area for The Makers Mission, an initiative by Scotch whisky producers The Balvenie that celebrates the processes of creating and crafting by not simply the craftsmen behind its award-winning whiskies, but additionally craftsmen and ‘makers’ in different industries and humanities.
The opposite artists concerned within the mission are Singaporean illustrator Adeline Tan, Thai artist Phannapast Taychamaythakool, Saigon-based multi-medium artist Vu a.okay.a Caubetho, multidisciplinary visible artist Daryl Feril from the Philippines, and self-taught Indonesian artist and illustrator Diela Maharanie.
Every artist created specifically commissioned paintings for the Makers Mission, which will likely be exhibited in an unique exhibition at Pavilion Kuala Lumpur from December 3 to 12.
Throughout a latest media occasion, Chua shared her ardour for upholding the standard artwork of batik printing, in addition to the up to date strategies and approaches she’s taken to raise the trade.
The 43-year-old Johorean, who based her eponymous label in 2015, first bought into batik portray after a life-changing automobile accident by which her left hand was paralysed.
“Initially, I began practising batik portray as a ‘therapeutic course of’ for my damage, however I rapidly turned enamoured by the artwork type. I’ve at all times been drawn to the varied textiles we now have right here in Malaysia,” she stated in a 2019 interview with StarLifestyle.
In the identical interview, she additionally explains that she likes to experiment relating to the strategies concerned in producing her batik, utilising brushes, sea salt and sponges to create the patterns, as a substitute of simply the standard tjanting device.
The specifically commissioned Balvenie-inspired paintings by Chua will likely be formally unveiled at The Makers Mission exhibition, the place company may even be taken on a sensorial journey, and a curated cinematic tasting expertise. Go here for extra data or to purchase tickets for the exhibition.
