MALAYSIA
Jeremy Blode
Using 20,000 teabags, Malaysian artist Red Hong Yi has created a 3D image of a tea brewer making Malaysian ‘Teh Tarik’, the sweet, frothy, milky ‘pulled tea’ popular throughout the country and served in all coffee and tea shops. The unusual portrait, measuring 10.5 by 7.4 feet (3.2 by 2.2meters) and weighing 441 lbs. (200 kg), was created as an homage to Malaysia for Malaysia Night at the World Economic Forum in Davos in January. Hong Yi took two months to complete the work and used 10 different shades of tea bags. “I wanted to create a piece that reflected an everyday scene in Malaysia that reminds me of home,” she said. “Teh Tarik is a drink that brings people together and I hope that I get to share a bit of my country through this piece!”
Learn more: www.redhongyi.com