Pekalongan Batik Production Football National Team

Euphoria support for the achievement of national team (national team) football that is being competed Indonesa ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) Cup 2010 also occurred in Pekalongan. Pekalongan batik artisans create with batik producing ball.

So if you want to wear a costume that exclusive and different from when supporting the national team at AFF Cup semi-final match of 2010, Batik The ball could be an alternative. Exclusive batik is produced specials for football fans and the support form national team that will compete in the semi-finals.''exclusive batik was produced specifically to support the national team at AFF Cup match this,''said Ahmad Failasuf H batik artisans.

Coastal Batik owner who is also Chairman of the Pekalongan District Chamber of Commerce was admitted pleased with the national team game in the arena of AFF Cup 2010. As a form of support, he made ​​batik. If you usually batik motifs dominated by images of flowers, animals or conventional motifs. Batik ball pictorial national team players are playing ball. "batik motifs that match the dilakoni menggambatkan national team," he said.

The motif was described as also the action of the players are Indonesia, such as Word Utina, Arif Suyono, Okto Maniani, Christian Gonzalez and did not miss a naturalized player who was so adored female fans in the homeland, Irfan Bachdim.

Batik made ​​with silk and cotton material class that will be marketed with prices starting at USD 300 thousand, $ 500 thousand, up to Rp 1 million per piece. "Batik ball is still in process and tomorrow may already be a finished and ready for the market,''he said.

However, although still in the process many have messages from various regions.''Lots of ball fans who call and ask batik ball, while still in the process,''he explained.

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Batik Indonesia Mulai Tren di Eropa

Batik Indonesia started the trend in Europe. Therefore, the production of batik in Pekalongan is now growing rapidly in Pekalongan is going to have good prospects in Europe and America.


According to Anita Ikonen, Finnish citizens who had come to the International Batik Centre (IBC) in Pekalongan District Wiradesa associated with batik. The presence of a woman who was fluent in Indonesia was received Sony Hikmalul MSI Marketing Coordinator and his staff, Herlambang Marketing office on Saturday (12 / 3).


Anita arrival was accompanied by Ketut, who came to Bali from Pekalongan to know about Batik in Pekalongan. Anita said, beginning the trend of Indonesian batik is happening because of the UNESCO recognition, that batik became warusan intangible culture in Indonesia, therefore, batik is now very well known in Europe, especially for home interiors.


They are interested, because batik-batik Indonesia is characterized as a natural and has a high art of batik and began development of natural colors that do not disrupt the environment. Therefore, the establishment of IBC in Pekalongan was very appropriate and will be the attraction of European society in future. They will need a batik-batik from Indonesia known quality is very good.

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Batik China - China Textile Garment

Batik China - China Textile Garment,This 2010 is the year in which the free trade agreement (FTA) ASEAN-China came into effect. At the beginning of this January, the goods originating from countries that participate in the FTA came to Indonesia. Especially for products Batik from China, batik makers in Indonesia claimed began disrupted.


Goods originating from countries east asia is very attractive to buyers than from within the country. Relatively low prices to be one reason.As seen in Kelwer Market, Solo, Central Java, Friday, January 8, 2010 afternoon where batik and textile products from China flooding the place other then known as the largest textile trading center in the region.


In response to this, the Vice Chairman of the Indonesian Textile Association (API) Central Java, Joko Santosa said that the need for restrictions on goods from communist countries such sensible socialist by the Government of Indonesia. If this is not done immediately so that there are the craftsmen in the country would much folded.


Free trade has been opened and it seems nothing can hold. This is the duty of every man home to the world of trade and industry to work hard in order to become king in his own country or, more broadly in Asia or even the whole world. One thing that does not grandiose if based on a determination and willingness to develop better again.

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Bright tread Batik Lasem

Lasem, a small district town in the east of Rembang, Central Java, has a long history. Lasem once considered strategic by the flow of trade to be one lane starting point for opium. Poets Pramoedya Ananta Toer notes Lasem smuggling of firearms into places of Singapore during the Diponegoro War 1825-1830.

In 1740, Lasem located on the main route north coast of Java became a place of Chinese resistance against the Company. Traces Chinese cultural civilization that lived in the region until hundreds of years now still appears in the form of large houses Chinese architecture.

From inside the wall fence with thick teak door, his batik culture can still be found and produced a hereditary until recently. Peranakan Chinese motifs with dominant colors of red, blue, and green became a strong feature of batik east coast north coast of Java.

About 30 years ago batik Lasem had suspended animation, less with batik Pekalongan, Solo and Yogyakarta. Along with the return of the trend of batik in Indonesia in recent years, batik Lasem with phoenix motif characteristic and began to tread the bright chrysanthemums.

Department of Industry, Trade, and Cooperatives, Rembang record export value of production Lasem batik batik artisans in District Lasem average increase of 20 percent per year. Market exports to some countries, like China, Japan, Malaysia, and America, re-open.

Batik batik entrepreneurs began moving from the villages. Santoso Hartono, for example, is one of the batik producers who employ hundreds of local people. Long process of producing a batik cloth is entirely the skill of the hand.

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Batik and Craft Still Competitive

The facts have shown since the implementation of the ASEAN China Free Trade Area (ACFTA) force on 1 January 2010, the abundance of Chinese products coming into the country is unstoppable. Of course, it has an impact on local products that come to compete in the market. According to President Director of ACE Hardware Widyakrisnadi Prabowo, countless Chinese products have many advantages than the local product. In terms of quantity could be so much. Including the type.

Meanwhile, the day, China's product quality is getting better. Hence, the price is increasingly competing with local products. "The composition of products that we sell is 80 percent made in China," I Prabowo who was accompanied by one independent commissioner ACE Hardware Lt. Gen. (Ret.) TNI Tjiptono Darmadji Tarub and consultants, during the inauguration of the ACE Hardware store in the Mall Living World, Alam Sutera, Kota South Tangerang on Friday (18/02/2011).

However, Prabowo admits that it seeks to accommodate the entry of local products into a business tool that was run under these Kawan Lama group. As his form, said Prabowo, the institute was to design a new concept stores. His name was Hall. "This booth concept for local goods," he said.

If nobody gets in the way, continued Prabowo, opening Pendopo implemented in March this year. The first location is at the Living Mall World. The plan, Hall occupies an area of ​​6,000 square meters.

Meanwhile, local products that will dominate the Hall is the kinds of batik and handicraft. Prabowo admits, batik is a local product of the most pre-eminent consumer interest. Next is the handicraft products, especially those made of wood. "Product main craft of wooden furniture in the Hall later was," says Prabowo Widyakrisnadi.

Furthermore, still according to Prabowo, ACE Hardware is the latest in the mall brought the concept of lifestyle. There are 75,000 products that meet display at the location of 15,000 square meters.

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ride along with batik Lasem

That afternoon the people gathered in the living room full of new white cloth painted night (a type of wax for batik), semi-finished batik cloth, batik cloth in the bag until ready to send. As the routine of everyday life, then wait for the distribution of wages labor batik.

As such it is a happy moment for Santoso Hartono, batik business owners lasem "Heritage Bear". Workers face lit up to receive the results of his labors. Though not the leading equipment manufacturers, today listed 754 workers involved in the batik business property lasem Santoso. "If you do not dare to feed people (others), what does work?" Said award recipient Upakarti Preservation Services at the time.

The worker is paid at the wholesale system based on their achievement of that day. Approximately USD 5 million to Rp 7.5 million per day must be prepared Santoso for the payment of wages. No more stories of workers who are paid only Rp 4,000 per day as it did in 1990. "Even if the workers, they have to live decent," said Santoso.

Not all of them work at home, as well as a place of business, Santoso at Jalan Jatirogo, Lasem Rembang, Central Java. About 40 people work at the workshop in the region Karasjajar, Pancur Sub-about 4 miles from the residence in Jatirogo Santoso. There stands a simple building to accommodate the batik. "The industry approached the village, the residence of the batik," said Santoso.

Batik centers in Apex is Pancur District, Pamotan, and Lasem. Each district has a distinctive characteristic. Residents have their own expertise in batik.

Santoso also rolling the idea of ​​promoting batik lasem well as preservation of cultural heritage buildings. Place marketing in Apex-north coast road was named Griya Batik Lasem Lasem. Ancient building which was founded in the 1800s was once used to Kawedanan Lasem. Currently, the building became the center of batik lasem marketing small and medium entrepreneurs who join the Lasem Batik Cooperatives.

"During these artisans scattered in remote areas so that buyers difficulty accessing Apex products crafters," said Santoso. With the marketing center in the coast, he hoped to be able to "intercept" out of town buyers who through this route.

Third Generation

Santoso pioneered the business in March 2005 with only four employees only. He was familiar with batik childhood. The second child of six children the couple Tirto Hartono (Ang Tjay Gwan)-Sri Endang Wahyuningsih (Djie Frieda) batik is the third generation in his family. However, despite the work of his family sold to East Java, Sumatra and even, their efforts are not quite big. "If not mistaken, has been closed since the 1980s," said Santoso.

Batik business at that time was not sufficiently profitable. Winding middlemen who make profits very thin, only Rp 1,500 per piece. Batik entrepreneurs down. Labour batik gasped and finally even batik lasem lying at the base.

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Traditional Batik Madura Can Extinct

Traditional batik motifs Madura, East Java, could become extinct, if the batik crafters and entrepreneurs are tempted to follow the trend of soft batik, batik motif that is likely to interest the market lately.

"Batik motif with soft colors and written lately is the most demanding by consumer batik," said businessman batik Pamekasan, Madura, Surayya Salla.

This batik motif, he said, is a kind of motif that is no ethnic difference between one region to another. As Madurese batik motifs, Solo and Yogyakarta.

"It means soft batik motif has been cross-regional and cross-ethnic," said Surayya, Friday (02/25/2011).

On the one hand, he continued, that such a market will tend to benefit, as traders and craftsmen batik have the same opportunity to market their handicraft. But on the other hand, local identities tend to become extinct.

In fact, the word Surayya who is an activist of Women and Child Protection (PPA) is, batik, batik especially not just only a mere craft, but also a work of art and culture created by children of the nation.

"If the local identity is lost, along with global market trends are desired by consumers batik, the cultural values ​​will also be washed out," said Surayya.

Some craftsmen who still have a concern to maintain regional ethnic identity, are now still trying to enter the regional identity of the motif that became desire market lately.

"If we keep trying to put a little Madurese batik motif with bright colored flowers add a picture like this," he explained, pointing to the element type of interest which he as ethnic identity Madurese batik.

Batik-patterned soft, which is now a trend of market demand, is actually the third phase in the world market of batik in Indonesia and an international scale.

"Trends in the beginning it was semi-contemporary batik and contemporary batik motif and is now into soft," he said.

According Surayya Madura batik, actually has a variety of motives, even a hundred more batik motifs. Among other motives sekar Pote, sekar bowl, bing-Tabing, and sekar universe.

But of the hundreds of batik motifs, the most in demand by consumers is sekar motif universe.

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Sasirangan fabrics preserved Banjar

Banjar typical fabric crafters in Sasirangan, Banjarmasin, South Kalimantan, have to rack my brain for fixed sasirangan cloth fluttering, beating the factory made a year later bloom in the market.

The effort is embodied by memerbanyak motif, collaborating with batik, to create in the form of other crafts.

One of the crafters who have applied innovation is Sasirangan Pedal Baimbai at Jalan Pahlawan, Kampung Melayu. Adis, crafters of the paddles Baimbai, Wednesday (02/03/2011), suggests, the institute collaborate on new colors outside the existing color. During this sasirangan homogeneous dominated by one color with another color on the motive.

Similarly, the form of motive, this time combined with Javanese batik and other areas. The form is also reproduced, not only limited to fabrics, shirts, and shirts.

"Now there are slippers, wrap jars, and decorative lights that adopt elements sasirangan fabric. All done so that consumers have other options and do not have to bother making your own," he said.

During this time, known as Kampung Melayu Sasirangan center in Banjarmasin. We have dozens of craftsmen who still survived. In making the crafts, they embrace the local community, especially the mothers to process jerujut (suturing). Making sasirangan similar to batik, all by hand.

The process begins providing material (usually cotton), making patterns, sewing, dyeing, and drying. The motive which made a different crafters with other crafters.

Unlike printing products, handmade motif sasirangan products do not have the same even if made by a craftsman. There are about an 30-motifs sasirangan, including spinach king, dragon balimbur, toadstool rikit ka, leaf taruju, haruan teeth, and bahambur star.

Therefore, local crafters can identify where the original and the imitation sasirangan. Yaya, crafters sasirangan Azza, who met separately said printing product which recently entered into Banjarmasin probably derived from textile factories in Java, not from China as it developed over the years.

So far, according to Yaya, invasion of printing products that have not much influence the original sasirangan crafters because buyers are aware of the direct purchase to the location of manufacture.

"So far there has been no effect. Do not know future because people who wear the products currently starting a lot of printing on the streets," he said.

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have not necessarily know

"The absence of a written reference about the collection of traditional batik motifs or patterns cause intergenerational knowledge gap. The problem will arise when the older generation had no time to lose all his knowledge to younger generations. The gap has led to lack of understanding the younger generation will be rich heritage of the past. We did not realize that the real Javanese batik rich in style and motifs, that number could reach thousands, "as written in the press to the press at the launch of the book Engineering Ornamental Variety Batik Yogya and Solo, which took place in the Restaurant Palalada, Grand Indonesia Shopping Town, Thursday, March 10, 2011.

That said, batik patterns already exist in Indonesian society since the XII century in Kediri, East Java. However, it turns out batik pattern has ever been found also in ancient Egypt since the fourth century BC, also existed in China since the year 618-794. But there is no specific literature that expresses this. Not many are also literature that explains the exact meaning of the motifs and batik pattern that has developed so much, maybe this time amounted to thousands.

Do not want batik motifs and their philosophical wisdom and values ​​contained in them is lost, an intellectual Java, Ir Sri Soedewi Samsi, wrote a book titled Techniques Ornamental Variety Batik Yogya and Solo. In the book, Mother Goddess, so he was usually called, intends to perpetuate patterns of batik through his book for Indonesia's young generation can learn and preserve their heritage.

Since the 1970s, the Mother Goddess has been collecting traditional batik patterns and motifs. He travels from village to village in Yogyakarta and Solo to look for typical local village style batik. From penelusurannya, the woman who is now 81-year-old is usually only found ready-made batik cloth, such as scarves, long cloth, tablecloth, and so forth. From the fabrics are Mother Goddess learn curve, line, and ornaments that are in it to then be translated in the form of pictures or patterns. Assisted by a Javanese batik pattern peggambar, Mangundikarso (deceased), Mother Goddess redrawing each motif in detail and named it as the name known to the public, then grouped according to type.

Travel since the 1970's brought the Mother Goddess launch this book with Titian Foundation and Bank Panin. The book is divided into 2 parts, on the start page, Mother Goddess tells about how the technical aspects of batik and the manner of manufacture, ranging from the tools used, how to draw lines and patterns, staining method, and chemical recipes, so little history about batik. In the second part, he describes the batik patterns that never he met in Yogyakarta and Solo, which he again divided into 2 parts: geometric and nongeometris illustrated with original size.

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