Wedding Invitations

Indonesian Wedding Invitations

Symbolism is the feature that is richly comprised in the forms of art to belong to Indonesian people. Thus we meet mythical figures as dragons, gods, tree of life, also plants and geometric forms to be widely represented as having specific meanings especially in the art forms that belong to particular expressions. Motifs that have been borrowed from nature, such as flowers, mountains, leaves, clouds, water, animals, they have found a stylized form of being reflected on different items of clothing, of decorating, of writing as well.

Conceiving the Indonesian wedding invitations is an art craft that requires the use of inspiration having the sources deeply rooted in the Indonesian symbolism. Some motifs are even favored by the rich families, this characteristic being inherited from the royal families who had these motifs restricted only for their usage. These symbols to define the limited motifs were and still are the representation of natural objects, such as the aren palm’s leaves, or the fruit to belong to kapok tree. Their design is a simple one using traditionally colors of cream, brown, navy blue and black that meanwhile made place for the multitude of colors that the modern times deliver through imported dyes.

The way one can create Indonesian wedding invitations is related to the color, mainly red in combination with gold (gold being the one most popular for the wording in the invitation card), or brown in combination with yellow and cream, all of them used in depicting geometric forms or floral patterns to be embodied in the aspect of the invitation in a delicate and symbolic expression of the feelings that populate the souls of the wedding couples. Visiting the sites for such Indonesian ways of designing the invitations, one encounters different displaying of these cards wrapped in envelopes to be shaped as boxes, or strolls tied with gold ribbons or pinned in small brooches in the form of red roses with little pearls as a central adornment of the bloom.

Other Indonesian wedding cards are displayed in the form of letterpress coasters to incorporate monograms of the couples next to a motif chosen by the wedding couple, revealing a perfect manner to implement the event the personal touch and style. In case you want to design yourself an invitation to resemble the original Indonesian style, then using their favorite materials can ensure your wedding cards the air of exotic contained in the art of the Indonesian people. Bamboo, for instance, is one of the most utilized natural plant that can be encountered in the fabrication of bags, hats, purses or baskets and being at the same time a great material to be used in the decorative symbols of the wedding card.

Indonesian artisans use also exotic shells to create jewels, these objects being a nice decoration for the aspect of an Indonesian wedding card. It is only your power of imagination that can lead you to the design desired being guided by the symbolism of the motifs which are to be found in the artistic expressions of Indonesian artisans.