Founded in 2010, ‘Pangrok’ is the local pronunciation of ‘punk rock’, and ‘Sulap’ is a hut or a resting place usually used by farmers in Sabah, Borneo. Since 2013 woodcut prints have become the Collective’s main tool in spreading social messages, through large scale exhibition works as well as handmade merchandise including cloth ...

May 6, 2016 · An art collective based on the slopes of Mount Kinabalu in Borneo, brought together by a love of punk rock, is using woodcut printing to defend native people, writes Nathan Thompson

Mar 15, 2022 · His dive into wood carving with the woodcut collective, Pangrok Sulap, at the Tamparuli Living Arts Centre in Malaysian Borneo, turns out to be both a return to his ethnic history and a return...

“Pangrok” is the local pronunciation of “punk rock”, and “Sulap” is a hut or a resting place usually used by farmers in Sabah, Borneo. Since 2013 woodcut prints have become the Collective’s main tool in spreading social messages, through large scale exhibition works as well as handmade merchandise including cloth badges, tote bags ...

Pangrok Sulap was influenced by the resistance activities of the Yogyakarta woodcut collective Taring Padi, whom he met through the Indonesian punk band Marginal, and since 2012 has been using woodcuts to depict issues faced by local communities and indigenous people in …

The woodcut technique begins by carving their design on a wood board, rolling ink onto it and finally printing it out. However, Pangrok Sulap takes a more interesting approach on the final step (printing the design) by performing the Sumazau dance on top of the carved blocks which has them stepping and dancing the print out onto the cloth.

Oct 23, 2018 · Common techniques include etching, embossing, lithography, silkscreen and woodcut, as well as lesser-known crafts like pyrography, which requires fire or heat to transfer ink. While the finished pieces exist in multiple iterations, …

They began woodcut printing in 2012, making banners and posters to raise awareness about social and environmental issues in Borneo’s regional communities. Today they create lively and moving works that are impressive in scale and seductive in detail, depicting narratives relating to pertinent issues in Sabah — from illegal logging to ...

Mar 13, 2022 · Art of Borneo expressed in their daily life, cloth, beadwork, and traditional longhouses. Powerful, expressive Dayak Borneo wood carvings and other art forms have universal appeal. Styles and motifs varied from group to group, and not all Dayaks had a …

Woodcuts. Cole Bennetts | ← Omar Musa blends words and the wood carving of Borneo to explore beauty, rage and history