UAS In Conversation with Josephine "Obin" Komara

Josephine Komara has described batik as the perfect cloth: spinning, weaving, waxing and embroidering is all done by hand using techniques rooted in Indonesian crafting tradition. Batik is both collected and worn, elegant in its beauty and meticulous in its craftsmanship.

Through Obin’s life’s work, this traditional artform has become an internationally recognized and coveted model of artistic and creative expression, seamlessly weaving the traditional and the modern. This event will look at Obin’s love of batik and journey to becoming an Indonesian national treasure and global inspiration for young designers everywhere.