DIVINE ARCHIPELAGO | Pekelem Sarong

A piece of wearable art by prolific artist Davina Stephens.  Inspired by Indonesia and its culture the Pekelem sarong showcases the human & nature relationship, more specifically, the ritual of offering to the sea for good health, happiness and prosperity.

Whether used as a sarong, throw, wall art or shawl, let Davina's vibrant colour and beautifully detailed scene bring abundant happiness and gratitude into your everyday life.

Size: Universal

100% Cotton


About the Artist:

Davina Stephens' research is highly involved with archipelago items and island life, customs and visual emotions that run through the cultural lines of Asia and the Pacific as a whole. She works with multiple ‘woodblocks’, each time applying a wash of colour, and in many variable methods, focusing on details, She then weaves these methods together so that when the painting is viewed as a whole a new visual emotion is revealed.

Davina builds up a painting by layers. Sometimes she prints using the Javanese ‘Cap’ Batik stamps. She draws ‘Rumah Adat’, represent the ‘Living House’, use marine charts, play with coral shapes and landscape forms.

Davina's work has described as a testimony of the fast changing world of today, where past iconography and techniques are blending with modern solutions, visually recording its manifold changes.

A quieter palette can still make a lot of noise, rendering something with gentleness is visual politeness that can last, be better appreciated and respected. Today’s life is made of so many facets and even the most populated countries on the planet have really remote locations and untouched beauty above and below the ocean’s waters. Diversity of cultures, flora, fauna and marine life. It’s here, and in these elements, that Davina finds fascination.

★ Based on an extract from DAVINA STEPHENS | Artist statement: https://davinastephens.com/artist-statement