Dewandari Silk Scarf

Rooted in the mist-laden highlands of West Java, the mythology of Telaga Warna recounts the shattering of a royal diamond necklace—an emblem of expectation whose fracture gave rise to a lake of shifting hues. While commonly told as a moral parable, the legend endures as a more nuanced meditation on refraction: the moment when singular brilliance disperses into atmosphere, water, and geological time. Here, color is not ornament but consequence—an interplay of mineral depth and light—transforming a gesture of rupture into a landscape of enduring luminosity.

The scarf is conceived as a portable field of refraction—where mythology, geology, and feminine interiority intersect through the discipline of contemporary textile design.



Silk Scarf, 70 x 70 cm

Executed in an original palette of Emerald, Sapphire Blue, Soft Lilac, and Iridescent Gold—each hue carrying symbolic resonance within the Telaga Warna cosmology.