Feeling Creative - Part 2

Im not limiting myself into just one or two creations, infact i was finished my other creation inspired my my friend's journey to India and our (community) strands of communications during her staying there.
It was Annapakhsi, the mythical bird of duck-and-peacock hybrid that represent purity, legend says that this divine being so pure it can separate milk from the water it contained.
And the 'standard' of Annapakhsi depicting this mythical-birds in pair guarding the tree of knowledge (or sacred tree some sort , or perhaps tree of immortality).
Mine was done in more imaginative way : this annapakhsi was guarding sacred tree that grew on the island, from the 'snaring-lust' look of both birds and fishes.
Well, i threw my imagination by adding 'susimoyo' , heads at both end of the fabric.
It represents palaces, the Mughal-Style palaces 'with garlands of flowers, guarded' by other birds.
Hope it will turns up magnificent. 
 

Strong Statement

There’s something masculine with Madura Batik, and probably it owes much to its daring and bold combination of color composition and not-so-fine execution. Although it’s not as ‘fine’ as batik pekalongan, the overall effect is somehow come with character, and you will say that it’s “unmistakably madura” You can easily see those in my example here. Produced in Tanjungbumi, center of ‘finely crafted’ batik in Madura Island, it screams masculine right away. Although it faithfully follow the most traditional pattern of Sarung Pasisir (Tumpal in the middle, double “Papan” and rows of Pinggir’ after “seret”) this fully hand-drawn piece of batik has bold but also detailed execution. One’s attention must’ve been drawn first to the color combination. It only consisted of very limited palate of light cream (original base color of the cotton) , hues of greens and brown, overall from natural pigments. Its “dirty” looks has achieved by letting ‘cracks’ seeped through with ‘pecah-seribu’ patterns that leave no surface with pristine condition. And the second must be this big'n'bold “oh-so-daring” pattern combination. Incorporating the new approach to much traditional patterns such as ‘manok’ (bird within egg-like oval), ‘sessek’ (fish-scale), ‘get-togget’(sprout) and ‘mbang duri’ (thorny plant), the badan section has vertical in appearance. And the bold hasn’t come to the end when it goes to the Tumpal. With its 3-section base it shows form-manipulation by combining rectangular with contoured edge resulting in more playful effect. Centered with diamond-shape and diagonal background, this Tumpal surely stands out from the crowd.