FROM LEMBATA TO LARANTUKA WITH LOVE – THE FAST BOAT CROSSING
Time passes Feelings changed Friends leaves One day the memories might fade ...but my heart will never forget!! I woke up really early on the morning of the 3rd...
WE HAVE BEEN TAKING TOO MUCH FROM MOTHER EARTH, IT IS TIME TO PUT SOMETHING BACK
KAMPUNG PALUE, FLORES, 3 March 2020. JOINING THE PALUE WEAVERS/ENVIRONMENTALISTS OF FLORES, INDONESIA TO SAVE THE PLANET. For years, the Earth was begging for us to behave ourselves, just a...
LET’S GO BACK TO NATURE, WE DON’T NEED TOO MANY ELECTRIC COLORS IN OUR WORLD.
I took this picture in a tiny market, in a very small weekly market in a village called "Lumban Lobu" near Balige, Lake Toba, Indonesia, in 2012. We had a...
WELCOME TO TAKPALA TRADITIONAL VILLAGE IN ALOR ISLAND, EAST NUSA TENGGARA
Looking back at my visit to Alor in 2016, really, it was too short. We were there only for 2 days, one of which spent with a weavers' group near...
A visit to Prailiu Kingdom, in Kamberra, Waingapu, Sumba island.
WELCOME TO TANAH HUMBA, Looking back at some of the amazing time I had on Sumba island during my Sumba ikat exploration in 2019, where I met wonderful and amazing...
MEMORIES OF LAKE TOBA, THE LAND OF MY PEOPLE, FROM 10 YEARS AGO NOW
YOU CAN TAKE ME AWAY FROM THE BATAK LAND, BUT YOU CAN'T TAKE THE BATAK LAND AWAY FROM ME. Welcome to the land of the Kings, where music and dances...
WHEN EAST MEET WEST. THE PERFECT MARRIAGE BETWEEN HEIRLOOMS FROM THE UK AND INDONESIA.
A few years ago, I was given two beautiful old 1950’s Parker Knoll chairs by my mother-in-law, chairs which hold amazing memories of family get-togethers at her home. These two...
MAGNIFICENT EAST SUMBA TEXTILES FOR OUR HOMES
This beautiful room divider is made from varieties of handwoven East Sumba ikat textiles with Hinggi motifs. Hinggi designs involved ikat processes (tie resist dye process), where the yarns are...