PAMELA HARDY
Pamela Hardy, born in Paddington, New South Wales, obtained her formal art education at the National Art School of Australia. Pamela has travelled extensively throughout Southeast Asia, residing in Bali for many years. She is currently an undergraduate BA student at the University of Queensland, and is collaborating with I Nyoman Darma Putra, (lecturer in Modern Indonesian Literature at Udayana University, Denpasar, Bali) translating the Tantri tales into the English language.
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Pamela Hardy’s poetry and artwork have been published in seventeen issues of Pelangi Magazine (1994 – 1998), her illustrations were also featured on the cover of Pelangi Spring Issue 1996 Volume 12 No.3, and also the Summer Issue 1997 Volume 13 NO. 4. (Pelangi, is an educational magazine about Indonesia) Pamela also has a web site, which feature illustrations from her unpublished book Beneath a Perfume Sky: My Bali.
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From the Artist:
A few years ago I tried to obtain some books about Bali for my grandchildren.
Myths and legends, fables. . . .you know, the sort of things kids love. There
was very little available. So I hotfooted it off to the local library to search
their catalogues. There seemed to be plenty of stuff from every corner of
the world except Indonesia. 'Why is this area so sadly neglected?' I asked
myself. There seems to be miles of academic material for big people. . . .but
what about the little people? Something simple with illustrations. Lots and
lots of something simple with heaps of illustrations would be better.
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But where do you start? I felt like a cat licking a saucer of milk looking at an ocean of it. It seemed overwhelming. To start at the beginning seemed like a good idea. The first step was to attend university to improve my Indonesian language skills (I am deaf and lip read) and learn everything I could about Indonesia. At the University of Queensland I met a PHD student, Darma Putra, who teaches Modern Indonesian Literature at Udayana University in Bali. Of course, we have had many serious discussions concerning about what we perceive is a genuine need in our society. Because, I believe, with knowledge comes understanding.
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To cut a long story short, Darma and I are collaborating on some Balinese stories based on the Tantri Kamandaka (animal fables). Darma will retell the stories and I am illustrating them. It is an exciting and challenging project. Darma Putra and I feel privileged to be able to work together to make this contribution to children's literature.
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