AGUGN x CKO x SEKAR PUTI SIDHIAWATI

we are doing collaboration project with CKO or ceramic knock off. we've been friend with Yugie, the man behind this brand for so long. he is back for good doing ceramic and doing his part to local ceramic scene with his podcast. here is our collaboration.

helo from 2020

hello!

been a long time. i've been logging in and write or share stuffs, but then decided not to post it. i've been doing it for years. but it's all ended up in drafts. been longing to write and share in this blog because as you know, we are now facing global health issues. The positive solitude that people bring, lots of intimacy on their own nest, and heavy inspiration i take from online friends really lighten my mind during this crazy times. and i think i found another meaningful impact just to share your thoughts in this area. especially in blog, you could be your fully self, not just curating some of your truly self per se. a couple years ago i were just active on instagram and doing my art (finally!). also having another kid! she is very special, and very beautiful inside and out! and she is a Agugn's twin!

i hope you are great during this crazy times.

finally i have my own online webstore. kindly check my one of a kind ceramic bits and pieces there. most of them are functional and comes in a very limited quantity.

so how is your isolation days going?

i hope it's full of appreciation and happiness.

i spent my isolation days in my home/studio near Ubud, Bali. Ah, Yes, we are moving to Bali! we are here since 2018 and it couldn't get any better. it's been hard to settle down here because we practically didn't have family near here, and our home/studio practically in a village. but the great thing about it is i could work full time now as an artist/ceramicist. 

i also add the word Arta in front of my studio name :)

i miss writing and sharing in this platform. hopefully i could do it more often on the future. 

for now i will leave you with a couple of Arta Derau 's pieces.

all images are from www.tokoartadearu.com

REGRAM

girls series

i love drawing a girl's face. here is the result. i make a lot of exploration about the girl and their face. i think it mean a lot to me. the color i choose was dominate by black and white because i like the simplicity, its really makes my drawing 'pop'.

summertime girls

this two beauties are my new exploration. its handbuilt and hand glaze stoneware with food safe glaze. one of them are pretty good, but the glaze from the other girl are a bit runny. its still nice-in my opinion-because it give a little 'melting' effect. i guess she might spent too long under the sun, then.
recently the weather are a mess. heavy rain blows cold winds slightly whispering the lazy aura to my body. sure its nice for taking a break. but not on this week, since we are preparing for pasar seni itb in sunday. deadline. oh i miss summer. not just because it feel so warm, but because clay and minerals tend to dry faster on summer. now i guess the options are using my hairdryer or a warm tone lamp.

LINO RECENTLY

after the day he born, we are rarely leave his side. but this new busy routine pretty reducing our time with him. slowly but sure, he grow into this irresistible charming young human. please don't grow up too fast, little man. mama love lino.

AT FIRST IT WAS MOIST

this is my recent artwork for Jakarta Contemporary Ceramic Bienalle, which held on September 2014. the process are pretty quick, since i only join on a last month. so i guess i was mixing all together.
the journey to find my inner peace and its relationship with a material somewhat called ceramic are a love/hate relationship. its combine sweats, tears, and a little blood to make my way from there to here-mentally. every words would be understatement, but the point is, ceramic change me.
i was in love with anything handmade an personalized since i was little girl. grow up in Jakarta is about instant effort because the city have this fast development and mass feel. i join the ceramic studio because i love anything handmade. like literally full of touch, tactfulness, and somehow i feel i can explore more fields with ceramic, such as craft, design, or even a chemistry.
it have been 8 years that i was familiar with this material. but it only less than a year that i can make a living from it, not only from derau but either from my artwork. i think to be an artist, i can use a very infinite material-depends on the idea.
in this stage, i think the wisest way to say my urge was with ceramic. no matter what fields you in or explore, its was moist at the beginning, because the clay-it contain water-like us. you can do whatever you want to do with it and it will record your move. and that imprinted touch will not always be like the way it is. it can evolve into something we can not recognize after out from the kiln. its like giving our trust into the nature. yes we can calculating it to be precisely like we wanted to. but theres always a suprise in ceramic. anyway, whatever you will be, remember that there always a change to the temporary possibilities. but don't forget our roots, since we will always growing.