Di Antara Benang Dan Kayu

In *Di Antara Benang dan Kayu*, Afiza AbuBakar’s handwoven, dream-rooted textiles meet the instinctive woodworking of Hani Ali. Afiza plans every thread and detail with intention, and Hani shapes wood with precision but moves on creative impulse. Their collaboration becomes a space where softness and structure, rigor and intuition, are negotiated resulting in hybrid art-furniture pieces that could only emerge from working together, piece by piece and finding collaborative meeting points.

Exhibition Details

8 November – 30 November 2025 (weekends only)

Place: temu house, Petaling Jaya , Malaysia

The collaboration between Afiza AbuBakar, the passion and hands behind Magicthinking, and Hani Ali, a carpenter and woodworker known for her bespoke furniture, brings together two creative mediums and ways of working that are distinct. 

Afiza’s practice is rooted in handwoven textiles and inspired by the freeform philosophy of Saori weaving, unfolding from what she describes as ‘a dreamy, fog-like internal landscape’. She works with soft, pliable materials, yet approaches each piece with careful intention; planning the weave, the structure, right through to the presentation of electrical wiring required for illumination of her hanging lamps.

Hani, on the other hand, works with the firmness and precision of wood, yet her process is guided by instinct and impulse. Where Afiza negotiates softness with rigor, Hani shapes rigidity with surprising fluidity.

The hybrid art-furniture pieces emerging from Soft/Hard are collaboration meeting points where tensions are resolved through a questioning on what each artwork needs, a negotiation of aesthetics versus functionality, and inevitably, timelines.

Find out more information about this exhibition at the temu house website