Category: Malaysia
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Craftsmanship Chronicles: From Molten Metal to Masterpieces at the Royal Selangor
As someone who has always been captivated by the beauty and the historical significance of traditional and local craftsmanship, Royal Selangor Pewter comes to mind with high regard. Since childhood, pewter has been one of the oldest gifts that my family has received as a gesture of gratitude or appreciation.…
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Kagape 2023: East Malaysian fusion of Faith and Culture
Culture and heritage is both a beautiful and colorful in Malaysia. Added on the beauty is intensified when fused with the Roman Catholic Faith
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An Orientalising Experience through Time
IAAM currently exhibits Oriental Paintings and architectual elements. Orientalist paintings are vivid in colour and delicate to the mood. Where and what were their inspirations?
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Zen some time to Inhale and Exhale
Taiwanese Tea Culture may be centuries old but it is one that makes you appreciate the art and meditate on the taste and beauty in silence.
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KLIF 2023: Immersing in Art
The long awaited KL Illustration Fair 2023 had finally launched however unfortunately for me, I could not get a chance to attend the conference talks but alternatively, I got the opportunity to haul my students from Basic Digital Imaging (photoshop class) to get an exposure of the variety of design…
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Trying to Dalang: A Wayang Kulit Workshop
Yesterday at work we had an interesting international group of parents and students from Japan, the land of the Rising Sun. So the team of us who were assembled 3 weeks ago, made them the modern day Dalang with paper puppets and stop motion techniques. Why Dalang? Well in the…
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Walking amongst “Heroes” and (some) “Villains”
World of DC is live now until the end of this month. Here’s my tale from my visit.
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Deconstructing What You See and Do
Ever quite recently, we took a bunch of our students on a college field-trip over to Petrosains KL. One couldn’t help but wonder why of all the places would we choose to go to Petrosains KL and well for starters, I hadn’t been there ever in my life. However, what…
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Re-imagining Bauhaus: Bring to life Art and Industry through Studio Practice in Design
Being part of a design school means creating studio experiences using methods practiced by the ones who coined the various art movements and periods. In this article, we briefly give you a gist of how we break students into the game of multidisciplinary studio practice!
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Carnations and Daisies: The Garden of Love
A visual journey of love and friendship represented through symbolic turns in life and the colors of one’s love story. Read about my experience in creating a visual tale for two of the closest friends who met by chance and fell in love.