Apple Blossoms

Apple Blossoms is featured in aNERDgallery’s exhibition inVISIBLE: Exploring and Redefining Femininity Through Batik, in partnership with Together-Gether SG.

The fruit is well known for its crunch and nutritional properties. In “Apple Blossoms”, drawing inspiration from nature, Tjiplies wanted to highlight the flowers (i.e. the forgotten beauty) of this hardy fruit using different shades of two dominant colours – pink and green.

The artist masterfully applied alternating layers of wax and silk paints onto the blank satin silk to create sophisticated gradients to give the works layers and depth, an uneasy feat that is not normally seen in traditional batik method. After numerous cycles of waxing and painting, wax removal was carefully done with a steaming iron to prevent damage to the cloth and to give the precision that cannot be obtained with the regular technique of using boiling water. Finally, the work was steamed with very low heat for over 6 hours to fix the dye to the cloth.

This art piece is paired with an elegant hanging rod, ready to be hung as a centrepiece in the living room, highly recommended for houses with the minimalist, tropical theme.

• Size: 115 cm x 100 cm (45.3” x 39.4”)
• Material: Silk dye on satin silk
• Pattern: Apple flowers
• Technique: Hand-drawn batik
• Production Area: East Java, Indonesia
• Year of Production: 2017

Listing last update: 14 May 2018.