Malaysian artist's passion for forest plants leads to blossoming online archive


A screen shot of Syarifah's ongoing online project 'Sight And Sounds', featuring the changing sights and sounds of a forest, accompanied by an ethnobotanical series of plants found in the forested landscapes in Selangor. Photo: Syarifah Nadhirah

In November last year, Syarifah Nadhirah launched Recalling Forgotten Tastes, her first illustrated book featuring watercolour paintings of edible plants and traditional culinary practices of Orang Asli communities in Selangor and Negri Sembilan.

She recently expanded this project with an online component, a series of botanical paintings and videos collectively titled Sights And Sounds, which is available on her website.

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