{"product_id":"ibu-nesti-selendang-relawati-ketumbar-bolong-copy","title":"IBU NESTI  — SARONG RELAWATI BANG IRENG","description":"\u003ch3\u003eIbu Nesti\u003cbr\u003eBorn 1987, Batang, Indonesia\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSARONG RELAWATI BANG IRENG (2025)\u003cbr\u003e100% Cotton, synthetic dyes \u003cbr\u003eHand-drawn wax resist on machine-woven cotton \u003cbr\u003e218 × 112 cm\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eA bird, a flying fish or a floating leaf? This luscious botanical batik keeps you guessing.\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 5.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Akzidenz Grotesk BE',sans-serif; color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"\u003eThis densely worked sarong in the two-colour \u003ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003erelawati\u003c\/i\u003e style conceals birds, insects and other creatures carefully abstracted amongst flowers, vines and a tangle of foliage. \u003ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003eRelawati\u003c\/i\u003e draws its name from the Javanese root \u003ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003erela\u003c\/i\u003e — willingness, surrender — and describes a mode of batik drawn freely, without geometric templates, giving each piece an organic, improvisational quality all its own.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 5.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Akzidenz Grotesk BE',sans-serif; color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"\u003eAgainst a \u003ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003ekepyur\u003c\/i\u003e background — a scattered fill of tiny granular marks whose name evokes the act of sprinkling — Ibu Nesti has conjured a world of intertwining plants and creatures that speaks to the connected nature of all living things. The bubble-like quality of the background, combined with motifs that read as both bird and fish, opens a productive ambiguity: are we in a forest canopy or an aquatic realm? The \u003ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003ebadan\u003c\/i\u003e becomes a space that is neither one nor the other, an imaginative world where creatures from different realms might meet and play.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 5.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Akzidenz Grotesk BE',sans-serif; color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"\u003eThe \u003ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003ebadan\u003c\/i\u003e is bordered by \u003ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003eudang samaran\u003c\/i\u003e shrimp abstracted into sinuous, wave-like curves that echo the aquatic spirit of the cloth.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 5.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Akzidenz Grotesk BE',sans-serif; color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"\u003eThe \u003ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003ekepala\u003c\/i\u003e features a striking \u003ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003ebuketan\u003c\/i\u003e arrangement rising from \u003ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003ekeladi\u003c\/i\u003e (caladium) leaves into magnificent blooms and long fronds of \u003ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003elancur\u003c\/i\u003e (pandan-like leaves, evocative of a rooster’s long plumage). This is set against a fill of \u003ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003ekrokotan\u003c\/i\u003e (purslane) — a small, resilient succulent used in traditional foods and medicines. Arranged here in almost starfish-like formations, the \u003ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003ekrokotan\u003c\/i\u003e seems to sway as if drifting in a current, taking our imaginations somewhere new.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eIbu Nesti\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 5.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Akzidenz Grotesk BE',sans-serif; color: #1a1a1a; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\"\u003eIbu Nesti learned to batik at the age of twelve from her mother, renowned artist Ibu Warni. She loves making \u003ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003erelawati\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003etambal\u003c\/i\u003e patchwork design, filling each section according to her mood at the time. Batik is a part-time practice for Ibu Nesti, who also runs two businesses from home, raises a family and holds a teaching qualification. A creative soul, she has a natural way with both children and with batik cloth.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ibu Nesti","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53779113050411,"sku":"BPB065","price":1500.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0925\/6753\/5915\/files\/BPB065_Ibu_Nesti_Relawati_Bang_Ireng_SV.png?v=1781753158","url":"https:\/\/sahulandsunda.com\/products\/ibu-nesti-selendang-relawati-ketumbar-bolong-copy","provider":"Sahul \u0026 Sunda","version":"1.0","type":"link"}