Indonesian Batik's stage in the World

In the midst of the diversity of the world batik, batik, Indonesia is not yet lost something special. Batik of Central Java is considered to have the most rich motif still have the spirit. However, when neighboring countries incentive to promote batiknya various continents, Indonesian batik, as if the road in place.
Artisan Batik Iwan Tirtaamidjaja acknowledges, the quality of Indonesian batik is the reduced time. Like wine, esensinya progressively reduced and continues to decrease until eventually become water.
Batik is used in clothes for day-to-day at this time most of the batik print pattern. Iwan Tirta, including the fact that "proscribe" batik print because batik akan reduce philosophy itself, such as creating patterns with the technical obstacle color of the night or canting.
"Batik is a lot of time, but the cheaper and more affordable alone. Actual batik printing is also good as long as contrived fine, not the origin-derived, "said Iwan.
Josephine Komara Obin or have different views. Although recognized motif batik print increasingly popular and can endanger the existence of traditional batik, Obin find that the batik, batik cap, batik print and has its own market.
"Batik Indonesia is unique and very special. Thus, I feel no need to mengontradiksikan batik, stamp, or print, "said Obin.
There is a brisk growth in the consumption of batik at this time. If the first batik apply only to certain events, at this time the broad region. Batik is also often modified by other motives for the day-to-day clothing.
Vice Governor of DKI Jakarta Fauzi Bowo said, in a lot of people use their own batik not only for clothes, but also home decor. Batik is also used for funeral ceremonies, birthdays, and even office uniform.
"Since the Governor Ali Sadikin, especially batik batik Betawi become mandatory uniforms for employees. School children are required wear batik day of the week, "said Fauzi.

Batik Positions

Batik is actually more at this time worldwide. Envisaged that at least in the traditional ASEAN textile symposium held Himpunan Wastraprema, Monday-Tuesday (December 5-6).
Speakers from Malaysia, Sulaiman Abdul Ghani, who is Chairman of the International Batik Research and Design University of Access Technologi Mara Malaysia explain, 2003 is the era of the return Malaysian batik. This year, Malaysia and even batiknya to promote a number of countries, including France, England, and the United States.
In fact, as recognized Sulaiman, Malaysia batik which originally came from the area and Kelantan Trenggano actually influenced Indonesian batik, especially from the Pekalongan and Cirebon. Batik even new in Malaysia, known in the 1920s and made a new industry in 1950-an. "In 1960, an up to a new Malaysian identity," said Solomon.
More ironic again, Malaysia is actually a new canting since the 1970's and 1985 direct terpuruk because there is no innovation in the design and coloring. "Currently, Malaysia has risen. We incorporate traditional and contemporary patterns, "said Solomon.
Batik is now back in popular everywhere. There batik Thailand, Malaysia, Vietnam, China, India, even South Africa. However, what actually batik, people sometimes still memperdebatkannya. What multiformity decorative patterns and the use of canting is important, also the subject of debate.
According to Iwan, the batik should be back to base. Variety ancient decorative such point, ukel, and the line must also be maintained. People already understand batik can be told that behind the batik that philosophy and myth.
Ironically, people who understand batik rarely have the opportunity transmit knowledge about batik. If there are batik exhibitions abroad, who come mostly batik trader who is talking more on price and commercial value.
Batik Iwan is the icon for Indonesia, as well as herbal medicine or woodcraft. Therefore, batik always-thought-of, respected, and placed on the international as a characteristic aras Indonesian culture. Batik not only as art to wear, but also for decoration gamelan and wayang.
"The weakness of the people will not be visible when he is wearing batik, especially traditional batik. That looks exactly the strength. That's why I can live and experience the six presidents of Indonesia. Anywhere, we will become more rich with batik, "said Iwan.
For Iwan, no need to polarize the origin muasal batik. Special to the ASEAN, and even Asia, digalang should work together to continue to promote batik. For example by making Central Java batik motifs on the sari from Bangladesh cinde or motif on the woven fabric from India, and so on.

Liked Because Flexible

Megamendung really is not typical batik the one only Cirebon's coast. But, that motif have top because suppleness or its flexibility. That too why between there are many cirebonan's batik motif, megamendung at most liked and looked for by batik fans.
Are not only at west java and Java, megamendung also being liked by batik society at exhaustive archipelago. In ten the last years, society batiks international go with the stream ’ hunt ’ Cirebon's typical batik this.
Famous Saking it, megamendung has once become cover book batiks international get Design's Batik title Pepin's opus Roojen's Van, Dutch. Therefore, are not incorrect if megamendung is now become cirebon's batik icon.
"Actually Cirebon has one barn of motif wealth batik. Only, all this time, focussed market on megamendung. This phenomenon pencitraan market. Only, despite it, shall be admitted, megamendung that plastis and flexible. To to old, case and also dress, that OK. Edge out formed and set for all society coat," speech H. Komarudin Kudiya, S.I.P., M. Ds. (40), Foundations Daily chairman Batik Western Java (YBJB) one that is found at workshop Batiks Komar, at sentra batiks cirebon at Silvan Trusmi, Plered's district, Cirebon's regency.
Booming batiks trusmi or cirebon's batik in last few years, also been dominated megamendung's market. Therefore, YBJB passes through "Komar's batik", now develop megamendung's motif that apparently also so medley.
"Have available 12 megamendung's motifs classic that is designed. All gets batik form write. Now in production process, if was finished that we will launching," its speech.
Man that familiarly been accosted Komar that gather megamendung's motif of accessories's classic treasury Cirebon's folk art. So far, new 12 one are developed, but then if continually been dug up can more a lot of.
"Flexible Saking it, this motif can be designed innovative with modern touch. This motif really recognised dynamic, can design to adjust epoch developing context," Foundations governing speech Batik Indonesia (YBI), a part resource and this design.
Twelve developed motif among those megamendung enggok, roll, pillar, flower, screw pine flower, barong is shadow, menyan is flaming, fillip, lung is periphery, angkin, long, and inggil. To the whole lot in workmanship process. Its plan before April was finished.
Of existing motif, even its basic motif megamendung, but overall image design the have specification and the difference flashy. On pillar e.g., its image gets to feature vertical straightening, taken from by fretwork and pahatan on pendopo's pillar court, screw pine flower forms to draw in common constitute barong's screw pine flower kindred blur shadow barong's face typical Bali.




"If accurated, megamendung is its variation myriad. There is that sharp and pointed, dull round at the end it, there is that have angled's hollowing on its curve. Also there is that expand and multiple diverse unique image formation and pulling," initiator speech exhibits to longest batik that the world.
Twelve that megamendung's motif will be publicized on two exhibition batiks nationals at Convention Centre's Jakarta (JCC) month of April (Exhibition Batiks Adiwastra) and August (Exhibition Batiks Archipelago) 2009 approaching. By it, expected becoming point out trusmi's batik force (Cirebon) to society. Of 12 previous motifs, will at revealing too how megamendung very much like Cirebon's classic motif any other, namely wadasan. But, on detail detail one particular a long cry.
Of 12 previous motifs, megamendung's individuality, namely on sunny color gradations as red as, blue, green, will more be exploited. All motif furnished with color gradation, until overlay sevens. Every thing worked by tech and tall persistence.
"We will explore megamendung's motif, well of shaped pictured and also color composition," i. champion speech competition Composes To Design Internasioanl's Batik muffler 1997 and winner of Upakarti's Appreciations this 's Service.

Source: (Nugroho /'s grand "PR")***

Are not Again Alternative Cloth

Hearing batik word, think a lot of person will direct imagine Pekalongan, Yogyakarta, and also Solo at Javanese Intermediate. Three batiste producer regions with colour and gets dark typical motif, usually sepia or black.
But, are not so while Sunda's custom nuptials returns a lot of be done every time happens nuptials procession. Scrape batiste, Tasikan (Tasikmalaya), Ciamisan, and Trusmi (Cerbonan) there are many is looked for. "Why batiks Cerbonan (Trusmi) now a lot of be Favoite? Its sunny color represent currently condition, such too with its motif that regarded by Sunda's culture, Java, China, and India, can adapt by kekinian fashion's condition," say desainer and also batik expert, Iwan Tirta (73), after finishing about carpet sendratari "Contest Gending" one that constitute Restropeksi's activity series Batiks Iwan Tirta, one that gets place at ballroom Prima hotel, Cirebon, severally elapses.
As well as a number region at Javanese another, according to Iwan, West java also have motif wealth batiks. In fact, to amount to ordinary classic motif utilized by Mataram's kings and followed by kings at Cirebon has constituted artifact.
There are many reason why Iwan Tirta so falls in love with Cirebon's Batik (Trusmi). One of it is motif batik Cirebonan has specification and in contrast to styled traditional batik motif Pekalongan, Yogyakarta, and also Solo.
"Position distinctive main it is on Cirebon's batiste variegation that more sunny and brave than in style Pekalongan, Yogyakarta, and also Solo. Sunny colors as red as, pink, azure, pupus's green, can be met deep Trusmi's batiste. Besides, its motif image also more free, epitomizing coast society life that egaliter, as pictured as society activity at rural or pictured flora and fauna that entices," Iwan's speech words.
One of the most characteristic typical dri batiks Cirebon's origin and not found else where, according to Iwan, are clouded mega motif. Motif gets to form as cloud clotty form frame on pictured main constitute court influence at Cirebon.
Now, in the presence batik cloth no longer as alternative cloth to replace overclothes or shirt even on official events. "Even, now even batik not only been put on by oldsters, but also juvenile and stripling to hand down easy going," add Iwan.
Condition of cloth user batiks here and now be felt H. Komarudin Kudiya, young entrepreneur batiks Trusmi already open branch at Bandung's City with tag Batiks Komar. Sell batiks that originally experience step-up while draw near lebaran, now barely knows season.
Method that sailed through by Komar is with change motif design batiks wholly so all its makings process can be solved faster. "Its coloration process also as simpler without reduce final quality, and apparently doesn't reduce to give a damn batik lover," say master's title owner art of Fine Arts Faculty and Technological Institute Design Bandung (ITB) that.
Komar's opus batiste gets sutra's cloth raw product weaves original most be marketted at metropolises as Bandung and Jakarta. Price sells Komar's batik varies, beginning from Rp 750.000,00 until Rp 3 million about crosscut, depend its quality.

Tumpal Flowers Ornament

While is Ethnical Point, Tradition, and Modern gets consolidated

What do most pass by at your marrow if call batik to write? May become, imagination you will direct wander to Javanese traditional cloth ply and Balinese customary one to be put on mother mother get old age as ‘’ uniform ” daily magnitude. Notably, bodies closing cloth of waist part until go to ankle. For Javanese ethnical female and Balinese, batik writes to create alone taste nuance. Beside have be legend, Old cloth motifs that its existence haven't most shakes until currently keep a lot of historical meaning.
But, at this kekinian's era, function batiks no longer just one bounds of female body packer apparatus under-side customary one to be called kamben. In fashion's the world, beginning batik to be used as raw material of design a number desainer board on to image classic image, lightsome at a swoop gets authority. Its motif manner even no longer is focus on smelly things ethnical traditional nan saklek. But, definitely get modern touch so batik charm feel equal to put to sleep fashion International's beneficiaries.
Batik is now no longer just focus at its own native land. But, usufruct harmonious conjugate among appreciative ethnical traditional with even that modern manifests to become high-level swan song that can satisfy international society appetite.
Perhaps, fruitfulness batiks especially batik write Penetrate its tights fashion's industry emulation increases that the world one inspires To Crowd Out Putu Nithi (50) rely on is family subsistence source its of batik. Under ” flag ” Nithi ’ s Collection that having home base at Tebesaya's Line, Peliatan's village, Ubud, Nyoman Rai's Deity wife this intensive embrace to carries on business to batik writes.




Originally, mother two sons and a this daughter just product batik writes for raw material to undress (garmen). But succeeding developing, mother that stills to appear energetically at its age that enters a half this old dares self widen its business wing goes to accessory industry and fitted out house interior as bedcover, bedclothes, curtain, tablecloth, lean packer and chair seat/ sofa until wall hanging (red's wall decoration).
Even, now its party get order of its business partner beyond seas to till shell apparatus at a swoop pillar decorator and house ceiling and lamp shell decorates in large quantities. Indeed, all that apparatus utilizes batik to write as raw material of main.
”Batiste charm writes this is not just worthy made by fashion's raw material one eye. If we want creation and gets innovation, function batiks to write amendable continually. Its motif manner that varying and beautiful can also make display object or medley even home interior decorator types,” say Putu Nithi's Rush while deliver Post's Bali drawns round art shopnya at Peliatan's Silvan area, Ubud, haven't this so long.

Bedroom outfit




Of product medley batiks to write that at its production, Nithi's rush that embrace to carries on business to batik writes since decade 1970 an this claims to give portion attention moring to bedroom outfit as bedcover (counterpane), bedclothes, curtain and wall hanging. Utilised complete consumer sleep convenience it, its party also products pajamas batiks with motif as toned as with another bedroom outfit.
Forwards, Nithi also most obsession designs amature (red's lamp house) sleeping lamp with significant dominant batik writes. ”I really so concern create bedroom outfit gets batik raw material write this. Honestly, this bedroom outfit really so pledge home industry we,” its says.
She gives to warrant that all product batiks to write that be created so cozy is used. Its problem, all its raw material utilize cotton cloth, linen and sutra is option. bedcover's product, e.g., secured not tousled after sleeped because sewing system is made as thrifty as and as conscientious as maybe.
”Material purpose that all the way this option also make bedroom outfit that our production not make mugginess consumer,” allegedly without pretensi promote its product.
According to Nithi, bedroom outfit is now no longer feature function point one eye. Besides cozy sleeped, apparatus that deliver its user wanders to this dreamland also aesthetical elements pock mandatory to lift bedroom interior atmosphere as a whole. Utilised render that behalf, its party everlastingly perceives most dare as to establish design medley batik to write brand new the other than another one.
”Harmonious conjugate among logistic point with that aesthetical points become our main attentions every time plot one new designs. With so, batik writes our production also so reasonable if be positioned as swan song outside its function as outfit of bedroom,” it is explicit.
Nithi sees available trend start saturated with bedroom outfit that performs plain and simple. Realita that is that makes her to try fortune at carries on business rich bedroom outfit motif, color and also another variation. And, batik writes to be assessed by worthy to answer that consumer saturation.
”I deliberating to choose batik write, don't batik to print (brand), since batik writes I exclusive more point, get authority and impressed expensive. Remembering its workmanship process manually, this product won't abundant so not impressed marketing,” allegedly again.
Added, bedroom outfit business gets batik raw material write at Bali is still sparse that focus its market compartment is still outspread. She also claims undaunted competing with competitor that product bedroom outfit with tech batik prints. Even kindred looked blur, but batik writes to be priced overbids its artistic point cause more popular.
”I not also worried design batik what do I create to be plagiarized and massived in forms print batik because each while I create to design new to replace long time design already been thrown to marketings,” allegedly and adding, its party employs to amount to desainer what does special on hands as to establish new designs.
Source: (w. sumatika) Post's Bali

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Batik's Mega Mendung

History Batiks Megamendung

As a swan song, identic megamendung and even as pesisiran Cirebon's batik ikon. This batik have specification that doesn't be met at producer littoral batik other at Javanese northern as Indramayu, Pekalongan, and also Lasem. megamendung's specification or "awanan" not even on its motif that as pictured as take after cloud with explicit colors as blue as and red, but also on contained philosophy point on its motif. It really hand in glove gets bearing with history comes into the world it batik as a whole at Cirebon.
Unclear, when batiks to become tradition at littoral pantura. Of many tattles, history batiks at Cirebon relates hand in glove with assimilation process culturizes and ritual's tradition religious. Its process happens since Sunan Locks-up Djati broadcasts Islam at Cirebon about 16th century.
Budayawan and batik observer, Made Casta announces, history batiks to be begun while Jati's Estuary Porting (Cirebon) as business man sojourn place Tiongkok, Arab, Iran, and India. Assimilations happening that time and medley acculturation culturize that results a lot of new tradition for Cirebon's society.
Ong Tien's Daughter nuptials and Sunan Locks-up Djati constitutes ’ portal ’ its input culturize and Tiongkok's tradition (China) to court. While that, court becomes cosmical center so IDE or idea, pernik pernik is tradition and incoming China culture with Ong Tien's Daughter becomes cynosure Cirebon's artist. "Pernik pernik is China that taken in by Ong Tien's Daughter as devoting for Sunan To Lock-up Djati, as artist inspiration comprises pebatik," perupa Made Casta's speech. Chinese delft, enamel, or sutra's cloth of Ming's dynasty epoch and Ching what does have a lot of motif, menginspirasi is Cirebon's artist. Chinese culture symbol image, as hong's bird (phoenix), liong (naga), butterfly, kilin, banji (swastika or eternal life symbol) as on familiar term with society Cirebon. pebatik court pours it in opus batiks. One of it megamendung's motif.
"Obviously with Cirebon's typical touch, so unegual a hair's breadth. On megamendung, lining apprehend China motif as circle or circle, meanwhile megamandung Cirebon tends ellipse, lancip, and gets triangularity. This one differentiate Chinese cloud motif and Cirebon," Made Casta's speech.
H. Komarudin kudiya, S.I.P., M. Ds., Foundations Daily chairman Batik Western Java (YBJB) interpose, Chinese cultural contiguity with artist batiks Cirebon bears typical new batik motif Cirebon.
Chinese motif just as inspiration. Artist batiks cirebon then mengolahnya with societies sensed goal local that moslem. Of there, come into the world batik motif with decorative manner and typical uniqueness, as Naga Liman's Pivot, Wadasan, Banji, Patran is creese, Umbrella lion, Barong's lion, Fishpond line, Shod chicken, and the most known by it megamendung. "Even megamendung most regards China, in its infusion an fundamentally different. Crowded Megamendung Cirebon religious meaning and philosophy. Its image linings tripping symbols live men of come into the world, children, stripling, full age, have family to puff out. Among comes into the world and dead most hyphenate link that to the whole lot menyimbolkan is Illahi magnitude," showroom's owner speech "Komar's batik" at Jln. Sumbawa, That Bandung's city.

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History batiks at Cirebon also concerning tarekat's movement developing that konon gets center at Banjarmasin, Kalimantan. Therefore, even effected Chinese motif, its image infusion is different, and Islam nuance colours. There its specification lie.
tarekat's influence appears on Naga's Pivot Five. That motif constitute orders meaty symbol keagamaan who was believed by that tarekat. Pivot figures rajawali, naga is dragon, and liman it elephant. That motif figure goodness war against badness in achieving perfection.
"Motif it also figure Islam mixing, China, and India. tarekat's fellow men keep religious orders via symbol that becomes swan song motif comprise on motif batiks," Made Casta's speech.
On megamendung, besides man trip, also there is order concerning leadership that guards, and also spaciousness and fecundity epitomizing. Komarudin interposes, form apprehends to constitute the world symbol extends, at liberty, and transenden. There is nuance sufisme at returns that motif. Batik initially been worked tarekat's member that serves an office to court as source of economy to fund that group. At Cirebon, tarekat's fellow men lives in Trusmi's Village and its vicinity as Gamel, Kaliwulu, Wotgali, Kalitengah, and Panembahan, at Plered's district, Cirebon's regency.
Therefore, heretofore batiks cirebon, identically with trusmi's batik. Trusmi's society have hundreds year knows to batik. "Grandparent of my grandparent have known batik. Heretofore heritable. Initially really Trusmi, now with quick developing, other silvan society also follow Trusmi's tradition," alumnus ITB's speech that also Foundation administrator Batiks Indonesia (YBI). In the presence tarekat makes to batik cirebon in contrast to other coast batik. Since active one at tarekat is male, they too which initially blaze the way batik tradition. This in contrast to other region, batik merely woman work.
Red sunny colors and blue one figures maskulinitas and dynamic atmospheres, since there is male interference in processes batik makings. At Trusmi talks shop to batik constitute universe work. Its mean, all family member gets role, the father makes image design, mother that colours, and child that basks it.
Therefore, blue colors and carmine one are utilized on megamendung's motif, mengambarkan is coast society psychology that businesslike, open end, and egaliter. (Nugroho /'s grand "PR")***

MEGAMENDUNG'S BATIK IS LISTED GOES TO UNESCO

Bandung, (PR).-
RI's culture and Tourism department will list cirebonan's batik motif gets megamendung's pattern goes to United Nations Educational And Social Cultural Organization (Unesco). After been listed to Jurisdictional Department and HAM, cirebon's batik as mahakarya (masterpiece) one that just is at Cirebon will get Rights confession On Intellectual wealth (HAKI) . "This form a part of saving effort to countries cultural wealth," say Kasi Kepurbakalaan and permuseuman is culture Area on duty Tourism and culture (disparbud) Jabar, Drs. Edi Sunarto, to "PR", Tuesday (27 / 1). According to Edi, it proposes cirebonan's batik megamendung's motif goes to UNESCO because this motif just is at Cirebon and constitutes masterpiece. "Data and information about bantik cirebonan this was really komplet, so is assessed reasonable to be proposed to Unesco," its says.

World inheritance

According to Edi, data collecting and information hits to batik cirebonan this was done since year 2004, and new year 2007 can be proposed to Jurisdictional Departments and HAMS to get admitting Intellectual wealth Rightses (HAKI) by Departeman culture and Tourism. After pass through team study verifies, on 2008 motif batiks cirebonan gets HAKInya's confessions. "Therefore, RI's culture and Tourism department tries to register cirebon's batik motif goes to Unesco as world heritage," its says. Edi Sunarto reveals, if cirebonan's batik motif this have gotten confession from Unesco as world heritage (world inheritance) ensured wills be trigger divide other batik motif at Indonesian to get admitting. Top of cirebonan's batik motif this, besides motif no megamendungnya anyplace, hue and another specification so clear. "Its pattern so typical, besides its dominated red color, black, and this blue if washed its color will get brightness," its says. While sites and pledge object culturizes at Jabar who will be listed to RI's culture and Tourism Department to get admitting national ala, amongst those Naga's Kampong (Tasikmalaya), Cangkuang's Temple area, Bogor's city, and Linggar Jati. "I hope federal see historic culture siteses at Jabar that can admit national ala," say Edi. (A - 87)***