Pillow, hand-drawn batik mega mendung cloud pattern 18×18″, by Bu Bun of Trusmi

Description

The batik for these pillows was made by Bu Bun and her daughter Mbak Endah. They are very skilled at at the labor intensive task of applying the successive lines of wax between dye baths to build up the gradation that characterizes mega mendung, cloud pattern. There are five gradations here. It’s a pattern that is derived from the multicultural mix of Chinese, Arab, and Javanese influence in the city Cirebon on the north coast of West Java.