Hester Tjebbes is a studio potter who loves traditional Indonesian crafts and combines them with traditions from other cultures in her artworks. She reinvented Baroque motifs in Bali's traditional styles and uses them in her contemporary ceramic pottery. Much in the same way, Obin has been well-known for blending Indonesia's traditional textile techniques into stylish contemporary fashion. Both Hester and Obin gladly admit being inspired by the environment where they work. The artworks are handmade by the artists themselves together with Indonesian crafts people.

HESTER TJEBBES

The style of Hester Tjebbes' ceramics
is a unique mixture of classical and contemporary elements.

Her back ground is multicultural European. Growing up in Sweden, living in Holland and France and her first ceramics teacher was Takao Sakuma from Japan. Now she is proud to feel the Indonesian and Balinese influences.

It is amazing how styles can travel back and forth all over the world, while changing and growing into something new. The leaf decorations on Hester Tjebbes' tableware collection and on her big vases, remind us of Baroque motifs in Balinese stone and woodcarvings.

Her interest in traditional shapes can be felt in her large vases that remind us of traditional Indonesian Martavans, those large jars produced in South Kalimantan.
The sculptural elements, such as birds and frogs are the expression of her love for nature..
Her ceramics are sold in Europe, the US, the Middle East, and also to Jakarta and Bali..

Hester lives and has her studio in Burgundy, France. For the last 20 years she has also worked as a consultant in pottery villages in Indonesia. In 2004, together with 5 artist friends, she started a pottery studio in Bali. Her Eglantier studio produces very large vases and other big shapes. All hand thrown and hand decorated. She uses stoneware and porcelain clays and fires at high temperature

Indonesian identity has become an outstanding character of textile artworks by Josephine Werratie Komara, familiarly known as Obin. Applying various textile techniques including batik, embroidery, dotted, patchwork, smocked and drapery, the creative process of Obin and her team at Bin House bring a special message through viewing and feeling the fabric, as well as through many ways of wearing it. Colors, selections of motifs as well as design of the textile go on to show the beauty, elegance, and the sensuality of Indonesian character. As a world-class designer, Obin's collections are universal, and wearable by all skin colors.

Exclusiveness and natural material have become a selling point for Obin's fabric. As one of a kind creations, Obin's individual clothes are a result of great dedication and care. A piece of Bin House material may take many months, sometimes even a year to finish. With such special characteristics, Bin House' collectors and buyers are spread throughout Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, Europe and the United States. Her outlets in Indonesia are mostly in Jakarta and Bali.