21 May 2023
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Field Collapse's 5th Public Program: A workshop with Jarupatcha Achavasmit and Ake Atthasumpunna
Savinee Buranasilapin and Tom Dannecker of thingsmatter invite two industrial designers Jarupatcha Achavasmit (a textile artist and co-founder of Ausara Surface) and Ake Atthasumpunna (a furniture designer and design director of Mahasamut Furniture) to lead a workshop to extend this theme, turning observers into active makers. Participants will learn to mix cement to a proper consistency for soaking into fabric, which will then be draped and formed over various found and improvised objects, to create unique sculptures that read simultaneously as both solid and ephemeral.
Participation is Free Limited to 20 participants*ADVANCE RESERVATION REQUIRED*
**Please dress comfortably and be ready to be messy.
**Workshop participants are encouraged to bring old materials and objects to be used as a base/formwork to create their art.
**Sculptures will need approximately 1-3 days to cure.
**Participants should plan to pick up their work, between 25-28 May 2023.
**Workshop participants are encouraged to bring old materials and objects to be used as a base/formwork to create their art.
**Sculptures will need approximately 1-3 days to cure.
**Participants should plan to pick up their work, between 25-28 May 2023.
Reserve seats at:FB Inbox: m.me/100TonsonFoundation
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Call: +6698 789 6100
E-mail: hello@100tonsonfoundation.org
ABOUT COLLABORATORS:
Ake Atthasumpunna & Jarupatcha Achavasmit
Ake Atthasumpunna & Jarupatcha Achavasmit
Ake and Jarupatcha graduated from Industrial Design Department, KMITL majoring in Furniture and Textile Design respectively. Whilst Jarupatcha went on to further her study in textiles at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design in London.
Ake started his furniture studio under the brand Mahasamut (www.mahasamut.com) in 2008 and his works can be seen extensively at Emporium Department Store, Central Phuket, Terminal Pattaya, and many private residences.
After moving back to Thailand Jarupatcha started her academic career as a lecturer at Textile Department, KMITL, and at the same time worked on textile projects with governmental and non-governmental sectors such as International Trade Center, UNDP, Chaipattana Foundation, McJeans, Doitung, Alexander Lamont and Jim Thompson.
In 2012, Jarupatcha founded AUSARA SURFACE AND TEXTILES (www.ausarasurface.com) with Shoson Tatawakorn, together they have created advanced woven materials such as carbon fiber, Kevlar, basalt, and stainless steel as well as recycled material from industrial and beach wastes. Their works can be seen through world-leading interior designer works at luxury brands and five stars hotels such as Louis Vuitton Champs-Elysees, Cartier Bangkok, Mandarin Oriental, Marriot, Four Season, Amanyangyun Shanghai, Shangri La, Rosewood, and W Hotel worldwide.
During the pandemic in 2022, Ake and Jarupatcha shifted their focus to art-making and together they started exploring processes of paper-making, painting, sewing, weaving, and concrete draping to express their views on social and environmental changes in contemporary society under the name "Red Fox and Albatross". Their works were exhibited as follows; Trash: Treasure Exhibition at Atta Gallery, p.a.p.e.r Exhibition at The Gallery of Art and Design, Faculty of Decorative Arts, Silpakorn University, Milan Design Week 2023, and Khom Fabrics Collection for Khomapastr.
Learn more about Ake and Jarupatcha at Instagram @redfox_and_albatross
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