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=== Basotile === | |||
Perhaps the most sought after pieces of art in the quadrant, Rodulan [[ma:Basotile|Basotiles]] are sculptures shaped by telepathy and through long and tiring hours of working, eventually a slab of Basotile will form into a sculpture physically representing the thoughts of the individual that made it and contain an imprint of this thought within it. This combination of seen and unseen is what makes these pieces so valued. While the early forms of Basotile are rather complex, unatractive, and bulky, later forms of Basotile (Most notably those crafted with 'Diamond Glass Basotile') are usually serene, flowing and incredibly beautiful. | |||
Basotile sculpture as an exported art form exist in rarities since most Rodulans engage in Basotile crafting as a past time and frequently remold the Basotile to represent a new thought to reflect their current state of mind. Basotile art is also highly personal and representive of an individual's mental state and the Rodulans believe that a part of them lies within these sculptures. A few pieces have made it off world though though many of these pieces were looted from Occupation of Basul Rodul during the Betreka Nebula Incident and the Rodulans are very insistent on getting them back. | |||
Basotile art has existed for fifteen hundred years give or take and it is difficult to pin point where the technique began though [[ma:Kivas Fajo|Kivas Fajo]] believed he hand the first Basotile ever created. Upon his arrest his collection was seized and the Basotile returned to the Rodulans and it was confirmed as a very early example of Basotile through the thought held within it though it is still impossible to know if it was the first. | |||
==Customs== | ==Customs== | ||