Inspirational Piece: Beaded Indonesian batik. Square of folded fabric in dark forest green and printed batik sewn together by running stitches in red cotton around the outside edge. The surface is encrusted in opalescent beading imitating the batik illustration below. The beading depicts perched birds, sprawling vines and trumpet shaped flowers in a combination of pale pink, gold, green, red, yellow and clear beads. The densely clustered beading creates a 3D surface texture.