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MOSAIC PROJECT IN PENANG

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Left and above: The proud artists with their work.

Far left and below left: Materials for the mosaic.

Above: the final work on the back verandah of the four terrace houses on Jalan Transfer.

As the first artist project at Hotel Penaga in Penang, four mosaic artists from around the world spent almost a month in Penang creating a stunning work entitled 'The Shyness of the Trees' for the new boutique hotel.

Helen Bodycomb of Castlemaine, Australia, had a residency at Rimbun Dahan in 2006 and organized this collaborative exercise with two more Australian mosaic artists, Dominic Johns and Glenn Romanis, and George Fishman from Miami Beach, USA. They stayed in the Lebuh Clarke houses for almost a month to create a piece for the verandah at the back of the four terraces on Jalan Transfer.

The fifteen shophouses of Hotel Penaga, in the buffer zone of the Georgetown heritage district, are currently being developed as a luxury boutique hotel which will help to support ongoing activities at Rimbun Dahan.

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