created a Balinese upacara or walk to a temple festival with some 24 greater than life-size Balinese human figurative sculptures. Cast in iron in Java, we simply let the iron go rusty in places where we wanted to indicate clothing and polished and sealed the areas of skin. The traditional umbul-umbul or tall flags that are carried in such festivals are here made from a printed poleng or checkerboard design on Sunbrella fabric. The poleng design used in the garden and throughout the interiors of the spa is a Balinese traditional representation of the balance of good and evil.
Putu Dedik pays homage at the double bath pavilion of the Sayan Suite, gorgeously illuminated in the evening by candles in Lek’s brass and glass lanterns.
In the classical Klungkung style of Balinese illustration, Putu Mahendra designed dozens of witty cartoons for the lobby and consultation pavilions depicting the sometimes embarrassing moments of the spa experience.
