Art & Sugar: events at Powder Room by Room4Dessert

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Celebrating creativity in all its forms. We’ve been programming at the beautiful Powder Room for half a year now and love watching the relationships grow between different artists, attendees and the host. No matter what activity or art form it always ends with a sweet treat from The Powder Room ovens.

One of our favorite moments of magic was when Art Toy master Uncle Twis held a workshop at Powder Room and reimagined the Red Choux and Bombolini.

We then jumped into the world of plant parents with a Plant Swap and Houseplant Workshop led by Thousands Bloom. The incredible garden team of Room4Dessert brought some of their precious babies to swap with attendees too.

Gusti Dalem x Powder Room: Afternoon Tea #005

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The fifth afternoon tea at Powder Room by Room4Dessert was an afternoon covered in clay! The front room of Powder Room was transformed into a ceramics studio complete with two wheels! The teacher was Gusti Dalem, a young Balinese ceramic artist from Gianyar.

As always, the class ended with an amazing afternoon tea, including the famous papaya jamon sandwiches and mini bomboloni.

Who is Gusti?

Gusti began his ceramics practice at the age of 16, initially based on the advice of his parents who had already mastered the art of Balinese pottery. Gusti says ceramics is interesting because the process is very dependent on the emotional control of the creator.

He began actively conducting experiments on raw materials found in Balinese nature that can be used as glazes, including research on Balinese sand formulations.

His ceramic works highlight the fragile character and the character of Balinese clay as a whole. His ceramics studio is open to the public year round and offers regular classes.


Cinta Bumi Artisans x Powder Room: Afternoon Tea #004

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The 4th art afternoon tea was a color explosion!

Powder Room by R4D hosted Novieta Tourisia from Cinta Bumi Artisans and her natural ink workshop. The guests co-created with nature and explored mark making with inks made from Indonesian plants before enjoying the afternoon tea perfected by Powder Room.

Cinta Bumi Artisans is a studio led by Novieta Tourisia that works with ecoprints and botanical colors on paper and cloth. Each dye comes from nature and is fully traceable. Cinta Bumi Artisans believes everything that has made us the way we are now was established by our ancestors. And we have the ability to choose their wisdom to guide us in the way we live today.

Live drawing with Urban Sketchers in Bali

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Urban Sketchers is a global community of sketchers dedicated to the practice of on-location drawing. We’ve had the pleasure of collaborating with Urban Sketchers Bali for Ubud Open Studios and also hosting a meet-up at Powder Room by Room4Dessert. The range of styles and perspectives of the members is an amazing thing to watch as they live sketch.

“for all sketchers out there who love to draw the cities where they live and visit, from the window of their homes, from a cafe, at a park, standing by a street corner… always on location, not from photos or memory.”

The Sketches from Powder Room

The sketches from Ubud Open Studios 2023

Rumantra x Powder Room: Afternoon Tea #003

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Continuing with the third afternoon tea party, Powder Room by R4D hosted Rully from Rumantra and his Botanical Line Drawing workshop. An afternoon full of botanical fun and channeling love for plants on paper.

The afternoon tea was paired with teas by Chon Tea, including a Yabukita aracha sencha harvested this spring, blended beautifully with sakura petals that are grown surrounding the tea plantation.

ArtNiluh x Powder Room: Afternoon Tea #002

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ArtNiluh by Niluh Pangestu’s recent workshop at Powder Room by Room4Dessert was an afternoon of creativity and good food.

We’ve been so happy to work with Niluh for many years now, collaborating on Elami boxes, a project for an Uluwatu hotel, and for Toko Elami with her beautiful scarves. She’s an amazing Balinese creative and we can’t wait to see what the future holds for her.

Niluh’s work often delves into the world of Balinese women and mythology and you can easily get lost in the details of her pieces.

A linocut is a relief print produced in a manner similar to a woodcut but that uses linoleum as the surface into which the design is cut and printed from.

She led the 12 people through the process of creating and carving their own linocut pieces and then printing them at Powder Room, a new candy shop by Room4Dessert in Ubud.

The Afternoon Tea Series at Powder Room by Room4Dessert

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Room4Dessert is ready to launch its newest family member, Powder Room.

Powder Room is the neighborhood candy store, re-imagined. Filled with artisanal candies and sweet treats that bring nostalgia made from local ingredients, healthy alternative sugars and zero added preservatives or ingredients we all can't ever pronounce.

We’re excited to be working with the R4D team again to create a series of afternoon teas featuring Ubud artists, incredible food, and a chance to gather around the long table in the beautiful space that is Powder Room.

The first event is with the creatrix of Arta Derau, Sekarputi.

Spend your Saturday afternoon with us, let your creativity flow drawing the perfect cup design together with Sekarputi from Arta Derau. Powder Room by R4D will be taking care of you afterwards, serving our new lines of best sweets to be paired with the great tisanes from Made Tea.