Jupiter People
A hand-embroidered linen set drawn by Ole Ukena. The Jupiter People series explores mass and weightlessness — figures large enough to suggest planetary scale, rendered in thread that catches light like breath.
The artwork is not finished. Every body it touches continues it.
- Object ID
- UK-2026-JP-001
- Size
- OS2
- Pattern version
- v1.2
- Production
- UKENA atelier, Bali
- Production date
- March 2026
- Embroidery
- ≈ 14 hours
- Closure series
- Atelier
Ole Ukena
A hand-embroidered linen set drawn by Ole Ukena. The Jupiter People series explores mass and weightlessness — figures large enough to suggest planetary scale, rendered in thread that catches light like breath.
About UKENA →- H
Budi "Handy" Hartono
Lead embroiderer · Since 2018
- D
Asep "Dani" Hartono
Embroiderer · Since 2018
The feed dogs are lowered. The linen moves freely under the needle. Ole draws the design in chalk first. The team follows those chalk lines layer by layer, building density and texture over days.
No computers. No programmed patterns. Each pass is a decision. Each piece varies slightly from every other piece made from the same drawing. The variation is the record of how it was made.
- Fabric
- 100% linen, custom-dyed at Silky Jaya, Bandung.
- Dyer
- Silky Jaya, Bandung
- Care
- Machine 30°C · Iron low
- Origin
- Bali, Indonesia
The History
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Worn at — UKENA atelier, Bali
Piece completed and logged into Object Registry.