petaka (roof center plegde)
roof supprting based

Influenced,

In the year of 90’s, at the very beginning of my career, my eyes dazed to a door carving detail at one of the traditional pavilion in my Great Grandfather house, Puri Gerenceng Denpasar. I assumed it carved at the beginning of  19th century or come from the earlier generation before my Great Grandfathers era.

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With a glimpse, the carving on the doorframe was looking fine and as and old style carving, it softly reflecting a spirit of  humbleness, maturity and an equilibrium way of life of whoever create that carving. But when you observe closely,dsc016652

The pattern applied on the left and right hand sides of the doorframe are not alike. I believe it was not on purpose and technically, he made a mistake at the beginning of the process.

To what I understand, mostly when it a symmetrical or typical pattern, we need to make a hand drawing, or sketch of pattern in any media (paper for example) as a template.

roof supprting based
roof supprting based
petaka (roof center plegde)
petaka (roof center plegde)

Both images are two example of my great grandfather works and style, showing a high attention  to details and a deep touch to the object. By orbserving his works, I can feel on his pursuit to perfection, no matter the scale and size of the objects.

A lesson that have been strongly adhere to the most of His students until now, also gave a deep impact to my works approach.


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