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Ibu Srikanthi draws every flower twice.

First on the front of the cotton. Then she turns the cloth over and traces all of it again on the back, line by line in hot wax, so the flowers are just as clear on the inside.

Almost nobody will ever see that side, and she does it anyway.

A single flower can hold fifty tiny strokes. One Flora kain takes her about thirty days at the bamboo frame in Tuban.

We asked what she'd say to the woman who wears it.

"Mugi-mugi menawi dipun agem, panjenengan saged bingah lan wantun."
When you wear this, I hope you feel happy and brave.

Everyone has a back of the cloth. The thing you still do properly when no one is checking. Tell us yours in the comments.

The full story of how her flowers are written is on our Journal, link in bio.

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