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<p>[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 413845, member: 2844"]I'll have a herbal tea, thank you.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie75" alt=":playful:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> Some dark chocolate if you have it, too.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie51" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Very nice, Gian.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" /> They are not batik, both are handpainted, probably on cotton.</p><p>The first one was probably made in Rajasthan, NW India. It doesn't look like it has much age. The second one looks older, but it is difficult to see.</p><p><br /></p><p>Both are of Lord Krishna, a very popular avatar of Hindu God Vishnu. He is the blue fellow, and the cow is a symbol of the job as a govinda or cowherd during his youth.</p><p>He is surrounded by the Gopis or cowgirls. He used to sing and dance with the girls, flirting and seducing, and this is a favourite scene with followers of Krishna.</p><p>The peacock, with its colourful display to attract a mate, refers to his romantic nature.</p><p><br /></p><p>Batik is rarely found in India, it is of Indonesian origin.</p><p>Batik is when you paint a design with hot wax and dip the fabric in dye to colour it. The process is repeated for different colours, starting with the lightest and progressing to the darkest.</p><p>During the process the wax cracks, and dye seeps through. When a batik cloth is finished, you see those cracks as irregular lines of darker dye in the lighter coloured areas. That is how you recognize a batik, the irregular cracks, and the dye is in the fabric, not like paint on top of the fabric.</p><p>This is a very simple one colour bath batik design which shows the cracking best, it can be more difficult to see in more intricate designs:</p><p><img src="https://s14-eu5.startpage.com/cgi-bin/serveimage?url=http%3A%2F%2Ft0.gstatic.com%2Fimages%3Fq%3Dtbn%3AANd9GcTEJSDI7iUkxYmiHOT-YoG-rf2yXowerCMryPyCxtl5Ylbmmtu4yw&sp=ec31b03a3b97a1cddd0e7e62bb50da93&anticache=709916" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 413845, member: 2844"]I'll have a herbal tea, thank you.:playful: Some dark chocolate if you have it, too.:hilarious: Very nice, Gian.:) They are not batik, both are handpainted, probably on cotton. The first one was probably made in Rajasthan, NW India. It doesn't look like it has much age. The second one looks older, but it is difficult to see. Both are of Lord Krishna, a very popular avatar of Hindu God Vishnu. He is the blue fellow, and the cow is a symbol of the job as a govinda or cowherd during his youth. He is surrounded by the Gopis or cowgirls. He used to sing and dance with the girls, flirting and seducing, and this is a favourite scene with followers of Krishna. The peacock, with its colourful display to attract a mate, refers to his romantic nature. Batik is rarely found in India, it is of Indonesian origin. Batik is when you paint a design with hot wax and dip the fabric in dye to colour it. The process is repeated for different colours, starting with the lightest and progressing to the darkest. During the process the wax cracks, and dye seeps through. When a batik cloth is finished, you see those cracks as irregular lines of darker dye in the lighter coloured areas. That is how you recognize a batik, the irregular cracks, and the dye is in the fabric, not like paint on top of the fabric. This is a very simple one colour bath batik design which shows the cracking best, it can be more difficult to see in more intricate designs: [IMG]https://s14-eu5.startpage.com/cgi-bin/serveimage?url=http%3A%2F%2Ft0.gstatic.com%2Fimages%3Fq%3Dtbn%3AANd9GcTEJSDI7iUkxYmiHOT-YoG-rf2yXowerCMryPyCxtl5Ylbmmtu4yw&sp=ec31b03a3b97a1cddd0e7e62bb50da93&anticache=709916[/IMG][/QUOTE]
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