Alamat: Sika Gallery, Jl. Raya Campuhan, Sayan, Kecamatan Ubud, Kabupaten Gianyar
In September of 2021, Devy Ferdianto, master printer and artist with over thirty years of experience, decided to found the DEVFTO Printmaking Institute in Bali. It is a new centre intended to support the development of printing and Indonesian fine arts in general. Situated in the SIKA Gallery in Ubud, the studio, open to the public and art collectors, works in tight contact with artists in creating numbered reprints using ink on paper and other various techniques, such as cyano-typing, copper engraving, etching, silk-screening, mono-typing and lithography. A location which is also a gallery where the artists can also exhibit their works.
Natural pigments & dyes in Balinese traditional crafts
Colors play a vital role in Balinese culture and identity: they are symbolic and their origins are sacred. Traditional Balinese arts and crafts arise from the interconnection between man, the forces of nature and the cosmos, resulting in a divine unity.
It is one of the sacred dances of the of Bali Island, with a mystical meaning. The ceremony is intended to ask for salvation from a catastrophe or epidemic. The Sanghyang Dedari is different from other Balinese dances, because Sanghyang requires the dancer's body to be possessed.