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So on Monday, 21 July 2008 we were working on the exhibition display. I got there to early – and the others were late so I ended up waiting for quite some time. Fortunately the gallery is situated near a lot of restaurants and supermarket so I could hang out somewhere munching some snack :).

Guess what! I met a fellow digiscrapper in person for the first time ever! Yup! Who is she then, you might ask. Well, it’s none other than my dear former Z!Girl, Matisha! She happened to be in Jakarta with her family for a vacation so we decided to meet up and she offered to document the process of me setting up my work for this exhibition. I happily accepted her offer and boy, look at the photos she took… they’re just amazing. I love her angles – she’s a great photographer! And she’s such a nice person too – I immediately felt familiar with her like we’ve met before. Well, we met online and been in touch for a few years of course – but still, meeting in person is different. I’m so glad we met :).

Here are some of the photos she took:

She had to leave before we finish setting up so unfortunately there’s no wonderful documentation for the rest of the works but I am very happy with what we have now. Thanks for your great photos, Matisha :). I really appreciate them!

We finished setting up for the day by around 10:30 p.m. There were still some minor adjustments to be made. My new painting was yet to be stretched on a frame too.

The last photo here was taken by Hendro Wiyanto, the curator.

So I’m back in my parents house in Jakarta, in my old room that keeps on changing here and there whenever I come back.

I left my home in Hong Kong at 7:15 a.m. to catch the 7:30 a.m. airport bus and I got to the airport on time. I checked-in online the day before, not sure what to expect. Got to the airport with my luggage and my rolled painting to find a very long queue under the sign “Self Check-In Drop Off Bags”. Hmmm… I thought it supposed to be shorter? Turned out that the queue moved pretty fast – faster than conventional check-in anyway. I was happy as my suitcase got checked-in without any fuss although it’s a bit over-weight and that they let me carry my painting to the cabin (it’s 54″ long, about 2.5″ in diameter).

The flight itself was pretty uneventful. I was hoping I could sleep all the way through the 4.5 hours flight as I only got less than 2 hours sleep the night before but there were too many interruptions so I arrived in Jakarta totally zonked. Had to wait forever to get my suitcase. I was beginning to get worried when it finally appeared. Pheeew!

The driver from the SIGIarts Gallery met me up and took me to the gallery in Jl. Mahakam in Kebayoran Baru straight way. It’s a brand new gallery with nice, spacious white space. Rachel, the owner of the gallery came out to welcome me and introduced me to the staff members whom I’ve been in contact with by emails. They’re all very friendly and some were acually from the same art institute I graduated from. Nice! To my great relief and joy, Rachel offered to take me for late lunch which I instantly agreed too enthusiastically.

Lunch was terrific! It’s at a Menado restaurant not for from the gallery. They had a live music playing Menado traditional numbers there – very unusual at 3:30 pm! The food was fantastic: spicy grilled seafood in traditional Menado manner – just what I like best! And it was very cheap too – especially compared to Hong Kong but even by Jakarta standard it was relatively cheap. I will definitely be back there. I should have gotten their name card – I forgot the name of the restaurant now, it’s in Menado language which is very different from the Indonesian. Next time I’ll make sure to get one!

We had a nice chat during lunch too, the topic ranged from art and exhibition matters to some hilarious personal anecdotes. The opening is on this Friday, July 25th – and I’m looking forward to it! Click the images below to see them larger:

Now that we’re both full, we went back to the gallery. Hendro the curator was already waiting for us and we proceed with discussion about the placement of my works. I am the only one showing three dimentional objects in this exhibition. The other artists are Ugo Untoro (paintings), Jose Legaspi (paintings) and Melati Suryodarmo (photographs of her performances). They are such amazing artists, it’s my honor to have my works shown alongside theirs.

So I unpacked some of the works I brought with me from Hong Kong and re-assembled them. It wasn’t easy to decide the placement of each but we managed to have some kind of preliminary arrangement which might work. Tomorrow we’ll start the real setting up! How exciting!

It was dark by the time I got to my childhood home by 8:30 p.m. It was good to see my parents again. Last time I saw them was in December last year. They’re both well enough and we enjoyed a nice chat catching up. They enjoyed the things I brought for them too :).

Yeah! And it’s created using my latest series called the RoboKit. I’m really excited about this new kit because I’ve been releasing very feminine stuff recently and this one is for the boys! Well, and for their mothers, sisters and girl-friends too :).

The RoboKit is inspired by my all time favorite movies like “Delicatessen” and “The City of Lost Children” by Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Marc Caro (who also made the popular “Amélie”). I saw these movies ages ago but the inspiration remains. And then a few months ago I watched a teaser for “Wall-E” and I really liked the colors and feel of the movie as well. I haven’t seen the new trailer nor the movie, but what little I glimpsed then has prompted an idea to create a kit with a robot-related theme. While there is no actual robot element in the RoboKit, you will find plenty of things that would make up a robot in it :).

Let me tell you that the preview images just don’t do justice to the rich details and variety of the papers and elements in the kit. I’ve used some of the QuickPages to create layouts and uploaded them as additional preview images – so you will get to see more of the details this way :). Anyway, I really hope you all will like the kit as much as I do (or close enough! haha!). Actually, I like it so much I’m considering to create an Add-On Pack for it already! In any case, please do let me know how do you like it, ok! Thanks!!!

Of course… a RoboKit Package Saving is also available which will give you a $3.00 saving! You could have a double saving – at $6.00 saving total if you have the ztampfilicious coupon code given in the Ztampfever #35 ;). Have you subscribed yet? It’s not too late to enjoy the benefit as I will re-queue the newsletter a few times today and tomorrow. Subscribe here.

Oh and here are the layouts I mentioned above:

If you like the last layout above, you can download the QuickPage for free at the Samplers and Gifts Section at Ztampf!Shop. Just click the layout above to get there :).

Well, that’s it for now… Enjoy :)

Do you like butterfly? Do you like lace?
Well then you’re gonna love this new ButterfLace series:

Take a closer look:

Discover 36 beautiful butterflies (12 each of Milbert, Swallowtails and Viceroy) made out of delicate lace subtly adorned with sequins. Any of the butterfly in this ButterfLace Package Saving will definitely add grace and riches to your pages. Unique and highly detailed, they come in so many fabulous colors, versatile and timeless for various themes and projects (romance and weddings, anniversaries, spring, babies, dance/ballet, vintage, heritage, etc.). They are large at approx. between 4.7″-5.6″ but easily resized smaller to fit your purpose.

This ButterfLace Package Saving includes the following which also available separately:
– ButterfLace Milbert
– ButterfLace Swallowtails
– ButterfLace Viceroy

All individual PNG files created at 300dpi for optimum print out result.

Available right now at Ztampf!Shop :).

P.S.

Thanks to all who responded to my previous post about Cicadas. I’ve heard so much about cicadas but always pictured them as common-looking brown creatures – not like the gorgeous green creature with interesting details I saw! Surprise surprise! Do you think I should make Cicadas accents pack too?

These days I’ve been spending more time on Facebook than I used to be. I reconnected with so many old school friends through it and I discovered some new friends through which I got introduced to new music that became my favorite – among other interesting things.

Now, did you know that fans of Ztampf! can join Ztampf! Digital Artistry on Facebook to discuss all things ztampfilicious; post comments, requests, suggestions, questions, projects, or share Ztampf! Previews and get surprise coupons, etc. I see a lot of fun potentials on these. But I need your participation to make it more so! Just click here to join us and enjoy the benefits :).

Oh and if want to add me to your Facebook friends, click here for my profile page.

Thanks and hope to see bunches of you there ;).

So… what are tiny and versatile and timeless and useful?

Tiny QuickPages and Tiny Ensembles! Yes, these are provided as part of each Ztampf! CraftyCalendar Kit ever released. Some of you who are relatively new to Ztampf! never got a chance to enjoy how versatile these tiny things to create custom greeting cards, mini albums and hybrid crafthings. Upon request, I made them all available separate from the CraftyCalendar Kits as the CraftyCalendar Kits are currently no longer available in the shop – that is, until I release the new ones for 2009!

Check them out…

This one is from the first CraftyCalendar Kit, released end of 2005 for the year 2006:

And this one is from the CraftyCalendar Kit released in 2006 for the year 2007:

And these are from CraftyCalendar Kits released in 2007 for the year 2008:

Enjoy :).

build a ROBOT using the RoboKit! Yes! This is going to be fun!

Build A Robot using the elements (and papers) in the RoboKit! You can place your Robot in a layout – as long as all the stuff you are using to build the Robot come from the RoboKit! You may recolor or crop them if necessary to build your Robot. You may also use elements from the RoboKit Ensembles.

Anyone is welcome to play. Each participant can submit up to 3 Robots but only can only win 1 Prize.

Three Winners will be chosen through Voting, so make sure to get your friends to vote for your Robot! The Prize is a $20 worth of Gift Certificate for each winner. Some entries will receive Random Lucky Credits too! The values vary from $1 to $3 each! Isn’t it fun?

So go build your own Robots and upload to this album no later than the end of Thursday, Aug. 7th, 2008. (You have to be a registered user to be able to upload pictures here).

The RoboKit can be found HERE.

Have fun and good luck!