Heartiest congratulations to Abot Gudang and Sandra Trinatta, both from Bau who had made us proud after winning the Excellent Craft Award 2020 from the World Crafts Council (WCC) Asia Pacific held two weeks ago in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
Abot who is from Singai while Sandra from Serikin Bau have collaborated to produce the art work entitled “The Glow Tree of Life” in more than 10 days. Certainly we are excited by the international recognition given to our local craftsmen and it is the innovative technique that they had used which have won them this wonderful award. I am equally pleased to be invited by the Sarawak Crafts Council Centre to present the award to both of them in a brief function held at the Kuching Waterfront this morning.
Abot is one of the local craftsmen who specialises in producing a glowing effect on the art pieces using glow paints while Sandra on the other hand did the weaving, which is made of rattan. Despite the hard work and time consuming processes but they both have delivered one of the best craft works which has a market of its own.
I have also congratulated the advisor of Society Atelier of Sarawak, YBhg Datin Dayang Mariani Abang Zain and her president, Eric Ong for supporting the submission of the local masterpiece which has won the international award which was created during the COVID19 pandemic.
The artwork was also commissioned by the Society Atelier of Sarawak for the proposed "Fiber Arts of the Asia Pacific Exhibition and Symposium" scheduled in July this year as part of the Rainforest World Music Fringe Festival but it was cancelled due to the pandemic. Sandra had also produced the popular “tikar gelasah” which is now a well sought-after Bidayuh craft products especially among customers throughout the country.
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