Lino recently

Lino starting learn to walk when he was in Jogja, before he turn 1. He started to make us help him walked by holding his hand. He is pretty fast learning. But i think every parents said stuff like that about their kid.
When Lino turn 14 months, he starting to walk by his own. Balancing the movement with his hand up in the air. It is so funny...and yet make me cry a little bit. Our baby can walk! From that day untill today, he is starting to walk almost everywhere. But his curiosities were like a brakes. He can not even not ignore every new things around him. Sometimes he ask us. With a body languanges and a baby sounds. But sometimes, he was just do it. The last one makes us a little bit protective lately. But yet-thats probably every parents said about their manner to their kids.
In the end of April, Lino's left eye got sick. Its called 'bintitan' in Indonesian. It is not dangerous, only disturbing. The cause mainly because Lino really love to touch his eyes so much. The frequently was so high yet the pore around his eye was fatten by the dust. Its like a pimple, but it is in around eye. So after treatment and another treatments, we were like doing some herbal, un medicated way to taking care his eyes.
Today Lino was asking Agung to have more banana. 'Nana' he said. I hear it from the other room, because i was glazing i can only join them in a seperate room. It is so funny. Even a little tiniest act can be a huge milestone.
So its Lino recently. I love telling Lino can do that and can do this. And after almost 17months we've been together, it is like a bless. But yet again-thats might be every parents think and said about their kids. :D

Linocut Patches

We have planned not gonna continuing this linocut print patch series. And hopefully at the end of summer we are gonna launch our new linocut series.

Linocut patches are our first and last product that me, Puti-and Agugn make together back in the 2010. We tried to communicating our ideas, our perspectives, and even our statements-sometimes a raw one-onto those little 10x10cm hand dyed sheets, and it feels so nice. So nice because people are very appreciate with the results. They appriciate the visual ideas and techniques.
As many not know what my role in this linocut print patches, many people are wrong to interpret this linocut print patch are Agung's and not ours. Feel kinda sad at first but then again, we keep making it together. And it feels so nice. Once again because i knew, in that little patches, there was my idea, a part of me veining about a phase, or a stage, or even an inshight to make myself feel better. So at last, but the most important thing that make it feels so nice was seeing it sewn on somebody's belongings. Its like we share the same feelings. Only it with a stranger, without really spoke to each other.

This linocut patches are ready stock. Drop me a line at +6281809972990. Via whatsapp or text. Or email me derrrau@gmail.com

Yes, we shipped worldwide! :D

Ceramic brooches

The image was taken early in this month. All that ceramic brooch was being sold at after idea's booth at Trademark at PVJ.
I know i've been like missing from this blog recently, but i have a very good reason. And i dont want to spoil the story before its certain. Maybe i will tell you after monday. Because the decision comes at monday. Phew....hope its gonna be my nice monday!
For now, have a good weekend everyone! A very nice long weekend.

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Last week in my studio

Slab built some doily plate. Mixing glaze. Put it on a sieve. Glazing some test piece. Burning it. And suprise!

suatu tempat yang hanya kita yang tahu

Foto di atas adalah foto sendok favoritku dari eksplorasi terakhirku dengan glasir dan tanah. Sejujurnya, sendok inilah yang pertama kali aku buat sebelum aku bikin seri pin keramik yg motifnya kurang lebih sama. Jadi bisa dibilang sendok ini memiliki ikatan yang lebih untuk aku.
Beberapa jam setelah keluar dr tungku, aku mengamati satu per satu hasil bakaran. Salah satu perasaan terbahagia dgn keramik adalah mengamati hasil bakaran yang indah di mata dan keindahannya selaras dgn pencapaian teknik.
Untuk aku, sendok keramik di atas mewakili perasaan bahagia itu. Semakin aku mengamati sendok itu, semakin sadar aku sudah sangat jauh berkembang dari diriku yang dulu.
Keramik buat aku adalah material yang paling paling paling menarik. Pleonastis yah? Tapi menggunakan satu kata 'paling' saja tidak cukup. Mungkin keramik tidak terlalu mewakili semangat zaman masa kini atau terlalu jauh dari trend. Tapi aku belum pernah sebahagia sekaligus sepatah hati itu dgn material lain. Ya, ternyata untuk mencintai sesuatu dibutuhkan rasa benci dan sedih. Hanya dengan porsi yang seimbang dengan bahagia dan euphoria.
Jujur saja, aku baru bisa mengatakan aku CINTA keramik sekitar awal tahun ini. Agak lamban memang, mengingat aku sudah resmi menjadi mahasiswi studio seni keramik dr tahun 2006-2010. Tapi dulu, keramik adalah kewajiban dan bukan sebuah keasyikan. Hingga aku mengerti betapa penting menjadi AKU di keramik terlepas dari teknik, batasan material, dan juga nilai-nilai ideal lainnya yang sudah terpatri di benakku.
Ketika sudah menerima diriku apa adanya, kelemahanku justru menjadi senjataku. Kadang aku membayangkan teman-temanku dan lingkunganku jauh lebih ideal dari yang ada. Jadi ketika mereka memberiku kritik dan saran, aku berharap mereka mengerti diriku lebih dulu sehingga saran mereka bisa lebih membantuku. Buatku sekarang terlalu melelahkan harus memenuhi 'permintaan' untuk menjadi sempurna ketika aku sudah tahu ada sebuah pilihan untuk selalu menjadi diriku sendiri.

Another teaser

A teaser i made back then before i cut down the numbers of all the mini dish i have. Not bad-in my opinion. But the process was super confusing me since i have to arranged all the pieces one by one all that 60-ish.
After this personal project, I came with this idea, that probably in the near future i shoudn't make series based on the quantity, but i should really consider the quality.
Phew, its hard to confess but its darn true.
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Color coordinated dirty dish

This posting is random. But this was actually accident and it was deliberately red. And nice. This image taken just before we going to jakarta.
Have a nice weekend! ♥