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Ki-OilPainting: wood carving on a Malay house

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genre: heritage title: wood carving on a Malay house medium: oil-painting on canvas measure: 100cm × 100cm year: 2020 price: myr 8000.00 Wood carving in the Malay realm: The selected wood types are identified as durable, not easily fragmented or broken, such as Cengal and Nyatoh. Local timber resources, growing around the place. Wood carving serves as a dividing wall, filigree, lattice, part of the door and windows, rafter cover, floor beam coverings, furniture and aesthetic value. A number of these carvings are characteristic of shade and also walls for ventilation. Oftenly, the pattern chosen were characteristic of plants; clouds; and patterns found in animals such as fishes, birds, skin shape of reptiles. Seen on the whole Malay carving, they are diligent and persistent and have high patience.

Ki-WaterColor: akitektur melayu #19 (rumah Selangor #3)

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genre: heritage title: akitektur melayu #19 (rumah Selangor #3) medium: watercolor on paper 300gsm (Canson) size: 21cm x 29.7cm year: 2013 price: myr 400.00 The Traditional House of Selangor available in several villages around Selangor outfall and inland had a similar shape of design and closely related to the traditional houses in Malacca, Negeri Sembilan, Perak, and several other states through a historical linkage in past times. State of Selangor which is one of the states in the territory of Malacca Empire in the past is not merely influenced by the art of carpentry from Malacca but also receives the influence of Nusantara which have been synthesized and combined to produce the distinctive architectural for Selangor House. Nusantara is now islands in Indonesia. Glimpse, Selangor House’s looks like a house of Malacca, yet it has some differences especially in terms of scale and construction details.   Selangor House typically comprises of three units namely main home, cent...

Ki-WaterColor: akitektur melayu #11 (Rumah Terengganu #2)

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genre: heritage title: akitektur melayu #11 (Rumah Terengganu #2) medium: watercolor on paper 300gsm (Saunders) size: 23cm x 31cm year: 2013 price: sold Traditional House of Terengganu is the Malay house in the state of Terengganu and its surroundings which is built by Malays of Terengganu. The Malays of Terengganu have the experience and knowledge to build residential which outcomes learning from grandparents, and handed down from one generation to another. In terms of construction techniques and use of materials were not much different from the other buildings in the state.  Most of the houses in the state have a rectangular-shaped plan, whereas differences amongst the space were emphasized by a differential of floor levels. The differential of floor levels created an interesting space, and be able to produce a particular house design. Combination of  platonic forms such as rectangular and longitudinally for forming a trapezoid foyer and kitchen, as well as for building roo...