I Made Parta
Ubud, Bali
Seeing Made's amazing work was the initial inspiration for starting Cool Weird Wonderful. He is a lovely person as well as an extremely talented artist. We stumbled across his shop while wandering one day while on holiday. We fell in love with his work but showed restraint in only buying a few items (although we did spend all of the cash that we had on us that day in his shop!) We had a lovely conversation with him and were impressed with his friendly and easy going manner as much as his art.
Made has been in business since the 1980s. He runs his business with the help of his family in Gianyar, Bali.
He has a unique painting style and a great sense of colour and design. He paints his designs on hand carved wooden sculptures, resin cast objects, furniture, canvas, mirror frames and other items (we are currently only stocking his wooden sculptures and resin cast objects, but if we have success and get a bigger garage, watch this space!)
Made loves colour and strives to create art that is different to the norm. People have described his work as crazy and wild, and some have nicknamed him "Made Wild" because of his unique style of art. He spends hours creating unique designs to make people smile, and always seems to have a new creature or design available.
Made also provides support to other artists in his community to provide income, education, and a brighter future for their families as well as his own.
We hope that this is the beginning of a mutually beneficial partnership between ourselves and Made's family, as well as a lasting friendship.
To view or purchase Made's current work, visit our Shop.