Compose two styles
Rather than blending two styles into a middle, this assigns them roles: one carries the structure, the other appears as an accent. Where the two fight, it says so before you start.
How to divide the work
- Composition
- Follow Batik: Divide the whole cloth into pattern units, change rank at the border
- Type
- Set in Batik's manner (Any lettering follows the pattern grid and never breaks the repeat), and let Wayang Kulit's lettering (Treat letters as pierced holes, read from the leather left behind) appear only where you want the eye to catch.
- Material
- Ground in Batik's material (Wax resist, then layered indigo and brown, washed keeping the crackle); bring in exactly one thing from Wayang Kulit (Pierce the hide to pass light, vary shadow density by rod angle).
- Colour
- Build on #e9e6dd, #67635d, #171615 and admit one accent from #e9e6dd, #67635d, #171615.
Where they fight
These two are already listed as related, so the join should come easily.
Caution
- Batik Using the patterns as decoration detached from meaning ignores who may wear them and on what occasion, which turns the cloth discourteous.
- Wayang Kulit Building the shadow as a plain black shape loses the information carried in the piercing, and nothing separates it from a cut-out silhouette.
Image prompt
An original image that takes its structure from Batik (Technique, traditional–present) and its accent from Wayang Kulit (Style, traditional–present). Structural cues: Crackle of the wax resist; The canting's line; Layered indigo and soga brown; A semantic pattern system. Accent cues, used sparingly: Pierced leather puppets; Stylized profiles; Shadow and light source; All-night performances. Composition: Divide the whole cloth into pattern units, change rank at the border. Type and lettering: Any lettering follows the pattern grid and never breaks the repeat. Let one material quality come from the second style: Pierce the hide to pass light, vary shadow density by rod angle. Mood: Luxury, Intimacy, Calm, Exhilaration. Color: build on #e9e6dd, #67635d, #171615 with a single accent drawn from #e9e6dd, #67635d, #171615. Constraints: do not imitate, reference or name any specific artist, studio, brand, character or copyrighted work. Produce an original composition in the general period languages described above.
Related entries
- Batik traditional–present / Technique / Textile Traditions
Javanese cloth resisted with wax and dyed over and over again. The line drawn by the canting builds a pattern system that also speaks of rank, region and rite.
- Wayang Kulit traditional–present / Style / Stage Design
Javanese shadow theater works pierced leather puppets between a lamp and a screen, and in doing so perfected a formal language of contour, silhouette and the stylized profile.
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