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Stork Project Indonesia aims to help art communities one brushstroke at a time

Stork Project Indonesia aims to be a platform to showcase and sell artworks from Indonesian artists. 

Ni Nyoman Wira (The Jakarta Post)
Jakarta
Sat, November 7, 2020

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Stork Project Indonesia aims to help art communities one brushstroke at a time Tote bags (left) and aprons (right) are among products offered by the Stork Project Indonesia initiative. (instagram.com/storkproject.id/File)

T

he prolonged COVID-19 pandemic has devastated various sectors, including the art and creative sectors, as the health crisis has stripped artists’ incomes.

The Stork Project Indonesia initiative aims to help Indonesian artists and those who are in need by collaborating with artists and selling their second-to-none, hand-painted products on Instagram. The products are T-shirts, aprons and tote bags. The bags are offered for Rp 500,000 (US$34.87) to Rp 600,000.

Established in June, Stork Project Indonesia divides its charity activities into several volumes. “In our first volume, we sold a total of 120 T-shirts. In the second, we made 40 aprons and all were sold out,” Clarine Winarta, Stork Project Indonesia’s founder, told The Jakarta Post on Tuesday. “We’re currently selling 80 tote bags and there are only 10 bags left.”

 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Orders for tote bags are open now!! Send us a DM if you’re interested in any๐Ÿ˜Š๐Ÿ˜Š The link to the catalog is in our bio๐Ÿ™

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In each volume, the 17-year-old Jakarta Intercultural School student teamed up with four artists from Greater Jakarta. Assisted by her mother and cousin in running the project, Clarine also received recommendations from her art teacher in elementary school. “We select the artists based on their needs, works and commitment to finish the works,” she said. “Afterward, we send them the materials and let them experiment with the designs. We never limit their creative process. When they’re finished, they send us the products and we’ll put them in a catalogue.”

Each artist is featured on Stork Project Indonesia's Instagram, namely Rohadi Cumik, Yayat Lesmana,  Zulfikar, Edi Bonetski, Dani Sugara, Toto Duko, Fachriza and RB. Ali. On average, they took from two weeks to a month to finish the designs.

“The creative process depends on each artist and it's fun to see their distinctive styles on each piece,” she said.

With the first volume, Clarine gathered a total of around Rp 30 million, which she used to buy 300 staple food packages. One hundred packages were donated to local art community Galeri Kreatif Perupa Jakarta Raya, and the rest was given to people in need.

As for the aprons, Clarine collected Rp 15 million in funds. Half of the funds was used to help a 6-year-old child named Rafael who was diagnosed with stage 5 kidney failure. The fund was donated via crowdfunding platform kitabisa.com. The other half of the fund was used to help locals at Fatuneno village in Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara.

She visited the village in January and saw the locals’ tenun (handwoven) fabrics. “Currently they’re only able to sell the fabrics within their village and in Kupang,” she said. “I’m in the process of making a platform to showcase their tenun fabrics to expand their network.”

Clarine, who initiated the project on account of her passion for art and helping the community, said she was unable to directly meet the artists due to the pandemic and had to rely on phone calls. Another challenge she found was finding artists who were committed to submit their works on time.

Clarine plans to release the next volume of Stork Project Indonesia in 2021, featuring aprons and new products. “I want Stork Project Indonesia to be a platform to sell Indonesian artists’ artworks and hopefully I can extend my network to collaborate with more artists,” she said. (wng)

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