Bernhard Bart Profile

In 1947, I was born in Bern, Switzerland, and 1969 I finished my education with a diploma in architecture. Then I worked many years as architect in Switzerland. I also like to travel and have seen many parts of the world, especially in Asia. Wherever I go, I am always fascinated by the different traditional handicrafts. When I stayed in West Sumatra in 1996, I started researching Minangkabau songket and then songket from Palembang as well as from Aceh. This research is continuing today. Currently, I am documenting songket patterns... Read more...

Old and new (both author's collection)

Left: Old tangkuluak from Pitalah, ca. 1900 (288x35cm)
Right: New selendang from Pandai Sikek, 1997 (155x33cm)

Motif as intricate

Besides making replicas of old songkets my team of weavers and I are also able to adapt for weaving any kind of motif as intricate it may be, be it textile motifs taken from stone statues

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