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February 27, 2026
FabCafe Global Editorial Team
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Wonderfruit is an annual festival of art, music, culture, and nature held at The Fields at Siam Country Club in Chonburi, Thailand. In its tenth installment, themed “Decade of Wonder,” the festival brought together creative communities around sustainability, circular design, and new ways of thinking about how people could co-exist with nature. During the festival, FabCafe Bangkok installed Cloud Stencil, an interactive installation that brought people together through shared making, ancestral plant knowledge, and rapid prototyping.
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The installation centered around the story and history of of Jatropha curcas, a tree with deep roots in traditional knowledge across Southeast Asia and its history as a soap-producing tree. The installation traced this journey from seed-to-oil and then to soap. The soap was then loaded into a cloud printing machine that pushed bubbles through laser-cut stencils, releasing soft, shaped forms into the wind and sky.
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Participants chose a stencil shape, loaded it into the frame, and watched as their message drifted upward and slowly dissolved.
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Wonderfruit’s ten-year exploration of Mind, Nature, and Sound has consistently asked how creative practice can draw from living systems and local knowledge. Jatropha curcas has been used as a soil restorer and a source of natural soap across Southeast Asia and Africa for generations, and FabCafe Bangkok took one thread of that history, combining it with laser cutting and rapid prototyping to turn the plant’s soap-making lineage into a moment of collective play.
Cloud Stencil ran from 12 to 14 December, 2025 at the Ancestral Forest venue, as part of Wonderfruit’s tenth edition.
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