Southeast Asian Art

Topics Thailand, Cambodia, Laos,

Vietnam, Indonesia, Malaysia,
Brunei and Singapore

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Introduction
The people of Southeast Asia were once
thought to have shared a lack of
inventiveness since prehistoric times and to
have been “receptive” rather than “creative”
in their contacts with foreign civilizations.
Southeast Asians do not have a strong
tradition of art theory or literary or dramatic
criticism, for they are always more concerned
with doing the actual work of producing
beautiful things.

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Fabric Design
Thailand
Thai silk is produced from the
cocoons of Thai silkworms. It is
mainly produced in Khorat
which is the center of the silk
industry in Thailand. Thai
weavers from this region raise
the caterpillars on a steady diet
of mulberry leaves.
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Cambodia
Silk weaving in Cambodia
dates to as early as the first
century since textiles were
used for trading. Modern
textiles have traces of motifs
imitating clothing details on
ancient stone sculptures.
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Two main types of Cambodian
weaving:
Ikat Technique (Khmer term: chongkiet) - To
create patterns, weavers tie and dye portions of
weft yarn before weaving begins. Patterns are
diverse and vary by region; common motifs
include lattice, stars, and spots.

Uneven Twill - It yields single or two-color

fabrics, which are produced by weaving three
threads so that the "color of one thread
dominates on one side of the fabric, while the
two others determine the color on the reverse
side."
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Natural  Insect nests - Red dye
Dyes  Indigo - Blue dye
coming
 Prohut bark- Yellow and Green dye
from:
 Ebony bark- Black dye

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  Cotton textiles have also
played a significant role in
Cambodian culture.
 Krama, the traditional check
scarves worn almost
universally by Cambodians,
are made of cotton.

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Laos
 Sihn—the Lao women’s ankle-long skirt
whose form is undeniable but whose
patterns are unique to each skirt.
 Accomplished by symbolist totems from
the inanimate or animate world—crabs
for resourcefulness, snakes for fertility,
butterflies for beauty, birds for success,
and so on.

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Vietnam
 Vietnam Golden Thread Silks were
born in Vietnam. Many of our
Vietnamese fabrics originated from
Ha Dong, the center of weaving and
sericulture (silk worm production)
for centuries. Old jacquard looms
are still used, weaving patterns
containing centuries-old symbols
and characters.

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Some popular
Vietnamese fabric
ranges are:
 Shantung taffeta
 Bengaline weave
 Ebony satin - an all-natural lustrous silk hand-woven
in southern Vietnam and naturally dyed using ebony
fruit pods. The fabric dates back over a century, but
was only recently revitalized by the designer Vo Viet
Chung.
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Indonesia, Malaysia& Singapore
 The fabric most common to both countries is the Batik. The
term “batik” is an Indonesian Malay word, believed to be
related to the Malay word “titik”, which means ‘point’,‘dot’
or‘drop’. The “drop” action refers to the process of dyeing
the fabric by making use of a Resist technique: covering
areas of cloth with a dye-resistant substance (usually hot
wax) to prevent them from absorbing colors.

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two categories of
batik design

 geometric motifs
 free form designs

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 There are two main types of batik
that are produced there:
 Handpainted- the artist uses the
canting, a small copper container
with one or more different-sized
pipes.
 Blockprinted- done by welding
together strips of metal to form a
metal lock. The metal block is
then dipped into molten wax and
pressed against the fabric in order
to make a pattern.
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  Leaves and flowers in Malaysian batiks are incorporated to
avoid the interpretation of human and animal images as
idolatry, in accordance with local Islamic doctrine.
 The Malaysian batik is famous for its geometrical designs
or spirals.

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Brunei
 Brunei'straditional textile is also
called batik but it is uniquely
different from Indonesia,
Malaysia, and Singapore. Its
designs have their national
flower simpur, sumboi-sumboi
(pitcher plant), and Brunei's
traditional design of air muleh.

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  Different techniques are used in Brunei’s batik like
airbrushing, cracking, bubble, rainbow, sprinkle, geometry,
and marble. These techniques are applied on the fabrics like
cotton, chiffon, linen, and brocade. Hand-made batik
designs are created through the art of layering and mixing
of colors injected with creativity. Hand-made batik designs
are created through the art of layering and mixing of colors
injected with creativity.

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Batik can be  hand-drawn
done in four  using metal blocks
different ways:
 screen printing
 digital printing

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Arts and Crafts
Sky Lantern Festival of
Thailand
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Cambodia Handicraft
 Cambodia was once
famous for its gems and
kramas (like scarves) but
has now added carvings,
other textiles, lacquerware,
and paintings to its list of
popular arts and crafts for
sale.
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Silk painting  isthe traditional Vietnamese art of
silk painting which originates from
painting and drawing on homemade
rice paper.
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Wayang kulit
 is a traditional form of puppet-shadow play originally found
in the cultures of Java, Bali, and Lombok in Indonesia. In a
wayang kulit performance, the puppet figures are rear-
projected on a taut linen screen with a coconut-oil (or
electric) light. The dalang (shadow artist) manipulates
carved leather figures between the lamp and the screen to
bring the shadows to life. It's mainly about good vs evil.
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The art of stone carving has
flourished in Cambodia.
 From the small statues made
by local artisans to the famous,
breathtaking carvings found at
Angkor Wat, stone carving has
become one of the country's
most cherished art forms.
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Wat Pho
 (the Temple of the Reclining Buddha),
or Wat Phra Chetuphon, is right
behind the Temple of the Emerald
Buddha – it’s a must-see for any first-
time visitor to Bangkok. As one of the
largest temple complexes in the city,
it’s famed for its giant reclining
Buddha that is 46 metres long,
covered in gold leaf.

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The Porta De
Santiago
 (A Famosa) is one of the most popular
sites that you can find when visiting
Malacca. It is a major historical landmark
and is probably the most photographed
structure in Malacca.

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Merlion Park
 Itis a famous Singapore landmark
and a major tourist attraction,
located near One Fullerton,
Singapore, near the Central Business
District (CBD). The Merlion is a
mythical creature with a lion's head
and the body of a fish that is widely
used as a mascot and national
personification of Singapore.
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 Click icon to add picture
Activity 1: DRAW ME OUT!
In a long bond paper, draw
your own design of Batik.
Make your work creative and
presentable as you can
following the rubrics.

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GRADED SKILLS
 ELEMENTS & PRINCIPLES
 CREATIVITY & ORIGINALITY
 EFFORT & PERSEVERANCE
 CRAFTSMANSHIP / SKILL

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Guide Questions:
1. What name would you give in your own Batik
design? Why?
2. What mood is derived while making this artwork?
(happy, sad, mad, etc.)

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Thank you Gliscy May C. Tingson
Teacher I

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