A hand-drawn batik on cotton, made in collaboration with artisans in Indonesia. The design began as childhood memory; a cabinet full of shells in a Balinese house on a beach in Southern Thailand that Lisa grew up in. The intricate fill details or isen isen in Javanese batik tradition  were completed by hand by artisans in Yogyakarta, a collaboration and contrast of old and new traditions.

Unique work, Edition of 1.

Batik tulis and reactive dyes

Remasol dyes on cotton

80 x 120cm

Batik: Recolouring Tradition is an exhibition that retraces the steps of batik through a deeply personal and cross-cultural lens. Inspired by her late mother Farida King’s rich textile archive and Indonesian heritage, British textile artist and designer Lisa King embarks on a journey to deconstruct and re-examine this ancient technique for a contemporary world.