Flowers from universe – Alit Djajasoebrata Express Levering

Java’s original textile art is a perfect medium for telling stories from ancient Javanese culture.
Flowers from Universe. Textiles of Java is based first and foremost on the memories and associations of Alit Djajasoebrata, who grew up in a close-knit West Javanese family. She frequently came into contact with batik in the form of the highly prized batikked hipcloths, with which her female relatives indirectly expressed their personal attitudes to their surroundings, and distinguished themselves from other wo…