Flowers from Universe: Textiles of Java

by Alit Djajasoebrata

Java's original textile art is the perfect medium for telling stories of ancient Javanese culture.

Flowers from Universe: Textiles of Java is based, first and foremost, on the memories and associations of Alit Djajasoebrata. Ajajasoebrata grew up in a close-knit West Javanese family and frequently came into contact with batik, mostly in the form of the highly prized batikked hipcloths. Her female relatives used these hipcloths to indirectly...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9460224474
• ISBN13: 9789460224478
• Release Date: September 2018
• Publisher: University of Washington Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 2.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 9.7" x 11.2"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher