Crudo ¨raw¨ is the first entirely ecological art collection to be featured at The GRAPA by Fijian artist Mela Lutuvakula. Inspired by the Indigenous tradition of masi, each piece is made entirely from natural materials: a barkcloth crafted from the mulberry tree, pigments derived from plants, and smoke used to shape and mark the surface.
These ancestral techniques carry generations of cultural knowledge, yet today they face increasing threats as climate change endangers both the communities who practice them and the environments that make them possible. Lutuvakula’s collection stands as both an artistic testament and an urgent call to protect vulnerable cultural traditions.
Crudo ¨raw¨ is the first entirely ecological art collection to be featured at The GRAPA by Fijian artist Mela Lutuvakula. Inspired by the Indigenous tradition of masi, each piece is made entirely from natural materials: a barkcloth crafted from the mulberry tree, pigments derived from plants, and smoke used to shape and mark the surface.
These ancestral techniques carry generations of cultural knowledge, yet today they face increasing threats as climate change endangers both the communities who practice them and the environments that make them possible. Lutuvakula’s collection stands as both an artistic testament and an urgent call to protect vulnerable cultural traditions.
