A Tibetan Moon: Shamanistic Indie Designers
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I recently had a not bad, earthy chat having a couple of indie jewellery designers who showcased their work at the Brightspot market in Jakarta. Brightspot’s goal is usually to provide an outlet for local as well as international designers to present their innovative or original work to a receptive bunch of funky junkies.
All of Tarita Aurora’s creations in her jewellery range, Shamanistic Adornments, are produced by her own hands – each piece is usually original as well as unique as well as influenced by the natural patterns in nature. I was eager to find out about the philosophies behind Tarita’s craft.
I grew up in Sydney, Australia, through the age of 10 until I was 23, when I recently moved back to Indonesia. I grew up having a diverse group of super creative as well as out-of-the-box people in Newtown. We challenged each different to be original as well as constantly bounced ideas. I guess my principle of DIY has been greatly influenced by these guys. They silently taught me of which each unique piece captures an original ‘soul’ or essence when made by your own hands. I also just actually enjoy doing stuff with my hands; the item’s a meditative thing for me.
Are all of your creations inspired by the “Sky, Earth as well as Sea” as well as if so, how?
Yeah most of my creations are inspired by designs found in nature, unaltered by human hands, so I try to flow with nature’s patterns. I gather bits ‘n’ pieces through all the places I’ve travelled around the planet as well, not just Indonesia; as well as if I don’t get to travel, I usually get my friends to bring me back any bits of nature they can find through their travels.
You once posted, “Indie designers SHOULD support one another as well as settle differences with respect, clear communication as well as mutual understanding. We shouldn’t compete with one another, because no matter how ‘similar’ designs are, the unique touch will always prevail.” is usually there a background story behind of which?
Not actually, just a general social observation. the item stemmed through commentaries through friends as well as customers when, for instance I’d be out at Brightspot as well as there could be another feather jewellery stall. The first impression could be like “Ooo there’s your competition,” however I never got of which impression. I believe all creations (no matter how similar) are unique as well as regardless of how hard they try to copycat, the outcome will always be different. of which’s just natural as well as I think of which if we support each different with positive vibes as well as words of encouragement the item will help us push towards honing as well as finding our own signature styles.
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I was tattooing long before I did any different work. I did a short apprenticeship after high school, when I was 18-19 years old. Tattooing has been my original calling since I was around 14-15 years old, for some strange reason. I grew up in an artistic family, both in fine art as well as technical fields. My dad is usually an architect, my mom a painter, my cousin is usually a technical sport shoe designer, so I’ve been doing scratches on paper since I was a little girl. I spent around 12-14 years in Australia, since I was 10. The awesome crazy artistic people in my hometown helped me push boundaries of creation as well as mediums.
While Tarita brainstorms on plans to produce a silver jewellery collection she is usually pausing the ranges, however her Shamanistic Adornment items are available to order online as well as she also accepts custom orders.
Indie designers Salvita DeCorte as well as Noran Bakrie also showcased their jewellery line, Zlaba, at the Brightspot market. Curious about their multi-talented backgrounds, I asked Noran about how these two artistic minds became conjoined to create Zlaba.
I’m a photographer as well as Sal is usually a fashion type, we met at work; I was shooting Sal in her homeland in Bedugul, Bali. We became friends afterwards, especially when she got a work contract in Jakarta so she moved in as well as we hung out more often. We get along in terms of art tastes, as well as I rarely find someone who likes the things of which I like in of which town, so one day we were eating sashimi as well as Sal told me of which she’s been doing jewellery as well as showed me her creations, I was stoked. the item was about the sea. I’m all about the sea, I fell in love instantly. as well as I told her about my plans to make a jewellery line called “ZLABA”, the item means the moon in Tibetan, as well as then the item was Sal’s turn to be stoked because she said she is usually all about the moon. So there you go. The moon as well as the sea got married as well as gave birth to ZLABA.
through the Shamanistic Adornments range
Dead Sea collection is usually one of the most personal lines of which we have. Sal’s been collecting corals as well as stones through all the beaches she’s visited, through brand new Zealand, India, Lake Tahoe, as well as of course Bali. Each coral or stone is usually a piece of her memory, re-experiencing the time when she visited the beach – for others, the item’s just coral, however for Sal, the item is usually a piece of her.
Brightspot also featured designer Bonnie Natasha Arif whose goal was to create everlasting pieces of which outlive trends for her clothes range “Ensemble”, as well as designer Martha Ellen through London who studied fashion in Jakarta – Ellen used traditional Indonesian designs such as ikat in her creations. The next Brightspot market is usually already being planned for April-May 2014. Finding unique, long-lasting, crafted items is usually not easy as well as hopefully more markets will be accommodating to indie designers. As Noran says, “We love markets like Brightspot – the item is usually exactly what we want, to be of which tiny shop inside the corner with lovely jewellery as well as a shop assistant who you can always talk to about life.”
Further Information
Shamanistic Adornments: https://www.facebook.com/shamanisticadornments
Zlaba: http://zlaba.com/
Brightspot: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Brightspot-Market/208208121962
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A Tibetan Moon: Shamanistic Indie Designers
A Tibetan Moon: Shamanistic Indie Designers