The 2nd ASEAN Traditional Textiles Symposium

Edric Ong (BA in Architecture from Singapore University) is President of Society Atelier Sarawak (Arts and Crafts Society of Sarawak, Malaysia), Vice President, World Crafts Council Asia Pacific, and immediate past president of the ASEAN Handicraft Promotion and Development Association (AHPADA). He has practiced as an architect for over 30 years and is a consultant to UNESCO and Jury member of UNESCO Seal of Excellence for Crafts. He has curated numerous textile and crafts exhibitions and given papers on these and on architectural conservation. He is author of two books on Iban textiles and Sarawak Style, the latter on the arts and crafts of Sarawak. He has been Convener for the biennial World Eco-Fiber and Textile (WEFT) Forum since1999 and received, among other international awards on textile, fashion, and crafts, the prestigious Aid to Artisans Advocate Award 2006 and Mercedes Benz/STYLO Heritage Award 2008.

Paper (pdf): The Sun and the Moon: Mystic Iban Textiles of Malaysian Borneo