Desain Eksklusif Simon Lenan Dipamerkan di Hotel Tugu

Berita dari Malang Post Korane Arek Malang (www.malang-post.com) memperkenalkan LAMTIK (Sulam Batik).

Selasa, 20 April 2010 19:38

MALANG – Momentum hari Kartini dimanfaatkan hotel Tugu untuk memperkuat posisinya sebagai hotel Butik. Selama lima hari, hotel Tugu mengadakan gelaran karya seni terbaik dari Toshiko Ohmatoi dan Simon Lenan. Dalam pameran bertajuk Artistry Exhibition Painting and Enbroidery by Toshiko Ohmatoi and batik Embroidery by Simon Lenan tersebut ada dua jenis karya yang ditampilkan. Yakni kain tenun sulam karya Simon Lenan dan lukisan realis karya warga keturunan Jepang Toshiko Ohmatoi. Simon Lenan, pencipta batik Lamtik (sulam Batik) menjelaskan karyanya tersebut membidik konsumen kelas atas. Dengan mengusung eksklusifitas, Simon berani masuk ke pangsa pasar high end, meskipun dari segi ceruk konsumen jumlahnya sedikit. “Memang awalnya susah, tapi setelah karya dikenal, pemasarannya tidak menemui hambatan besar,” ujar Simon kepada Malang Post. Menurut Simon, ada perbedaan mendasar antara konsumen lokal dengan pelanggan dari luar negeri. “Kalau untuk orang-orang Indonesia kebanyakan suka warna-warna terang, seperti kuning merah, kalau dari luar seperti Jepang, kebanyakan suka warna pastel,” ungkap Simon. Harga untuk setiap produk Simon seperti selendang dibanderol Rp 8 Juta hingga 10 Jutaan. Untuk setiap produk dijamin tidak akan dibuat lebih dari satu. “Memang yang ditonjolkan adalah eksklusifitas,” tegasnya. Sementara itu, Toshiko Ohmatoi merupakan anggota Women International Community Malang dalam acara kemarin ia memamerkan sedikitnya 20 karya lukis dan bordir yang terinspirasi kehidupan sehari-hari. “Bunga-bunga segar, meskipun Toshiko Ohmatoi orang Jepang, tapi saya tak menemukan unsur Jepang di sini. Malah kebanyakan lukisannya berisi bunga-bunga tropis,” ucap Dewanti Rompuko, Istri Walikota Batu yang kala itu hadir membuka pameran. Dewanti berharap karya-karya tersebut bisa menjadi salah satu cara untuk memperkenalkan kota Batu dan Malang di ajang internasional. “Semoga karya-karya ini bisa dibawa ke pameran di Jepang sehingga orang bisa mendapat gambaran tentang kota Batu dan Malang dan membuat mereka terarik untuk datang ke sini,” ucap Dewanti. Ditemui ditempat terpisah, Sales Manager Hotel Tugu Malang, Yudha Susanti mengatakan pameran tersebut merupakan salah satu upaya hotel tugu untuk memperkuat brand image sebagai hotel butik. “Hotel Tugu sebagai hotel Butik selalu berusaha menghadirkan produk-produk bernilai seni tinggi kepada masyarakat Malang,” pungkasnya. (fia/eno)

Pemerintah Terima Sertifikat UNESCO untuk Batik, Keris, dan Wayang

Jum'at, 05 Februari 2010 | 13:34 WIB

TEMPO Interaktif, Jakarta - Pemerintah Indonesia menerima sertifikat dari Badan PBB untuk Pendidikan, Ilmu Pengetahuan, dan Kebudayaan (UNESCO) untuk wayang, keris, dan batik di kantor Kementerian Koordinator Bidang Kesejahteraan Rakyat, Jumat (5/2).

Penyerahan dilakukan Menteri Luar Negeri Marty Natalegawa kepada Menteri Koordinator Bidang Kesejahteraan Rakyat Agung Laksono. Hadir juga pada acara tersebut Menteri Perdagangan Mari Elka Pangestu dan Menteri Kebudayaan dan Pariwisata Jero Wacik.

Agung Laksono menyambut hasil positif yang dicapai oleh Indonesia. "Sekarang batik, keris, dan wayang juga menjadi warisan budaya dunia."

Agung juga meminta masyarakat tidak hanya bisa menjaga dan melestarikan warisan budaya bangsa namun juga memanfaatkannya untuk meningkatkan kesejahteraan bersama.

Dia menargetkan ada tiga mata budaya yang bisa dinominasikan setiap tahunnya dari sebelumnya yang hanya satu mata budaya.

Salah satu mata budaya yang dijadikan prioritas pada 2010 adalah Angklung. Nominasi angklung sudah dikirimkan ke UNESCO pada 2009. Mei nanti UNESCO akan melakukan penilaian terhadap angklung. Diharapkan September atau Oktober 2010, angklung bisa masuk ke dalam daftar representatif.

Berikutnya pemerintah akan memprioritaskan mata budaya yang berasal dari ujung barat dan timur Indonesia. Salah satunya adalah tari Saman dari Nangroe Aceh Darussalam. "Pada 11 Februari nanti tim peneliti berangkat ke Nangroe Aceh Darussalam untuk menyusun berkas nominasi tari Saman."

Saat konferensi pers, Jero Wacik mengatakan, cara melestarikan batik adalah dengan sering menggunakannya. Saat ini instansi pemerintah sudah mewajibkan penggunaan batik oleh karyawan dua kali dalam seminggu.

Hal yang sama juga telah diterapkan di sekolah dan di perusahaan swasta. "Bagian yang terberat adalah bagaimana cara memasyarakatkan keris dan wayang."

Batik secara khusus mengandung nilai ekonomi yang tinggi. "Setidaknya batik menyumbang 2% hingga 3% Produk Domestik Bruto," ungkap Mari Elka Pangestu.

Selain itu, Mari juga meminta agar kegiatan ekonomi kreatif sehubungan dengan batik dapat terus dikembangkan. "Batik tidak hanya berkembang sebagai baju resmi namun juga sebagai fashion kontemporer."

ANTON WILLIAM

The Detail of My First Handmade Batik

This is the detail of my first handmade batik.

My First Handmade Batik

This is my first handmade batik. This motif calls "isen-isen" and the technique of coloring calls "tolet". "Isen-isen" is one of motif that use to fill the big motif of batik. "Tolet" is one of the technique of coloring batik that the color brushed to batik material directly, without dyeing technique.

The Symbolic Meaning of Batik's Motifs

From Indonesianmusic.com

The motifs of Batik, especially with old pattern, as in other field of Javanese tradition are symbolizing something. Might be, this is one of the reasons, why people still adore batik up to present date. Some of the motifs are :

1. Sido Mulyo :
   Sido (you should be ), mulyo (happy). Symbolizing 'you should be happy and rich man'.
2. Sido Dadi :
   Symbolizing 'you should be a man/woman as you wish (prosperous, high ranking position, wealthy, etc)'.
3. Satrio Wibowo :
   Symbolizing 'Man with dignity'.
4. Tikel Asmorodono :
   Tikel (more), Asmoro (love), Dono (gift).
   It is meant the one who wears this batik, should be loved more and more by others.

Traditional Dress

From Indonesianmusic.com

Women's traditional dress, especially in Yogya and Solo court families, consisting of :

1. Jarit or Tapih or Sinjang
   A 'kain panjang' (long cloth of batik) measuring around 2 m x 1 m to cover the lower body, tightened with stagen (large waist band)
2. Kebaya
   It is a traditional long sleeved shirt (the material used is not from batik, usually from silk and other fine materials).
3. Selendang
   It is used as attractive piece of clothing to compliment the traditional dress. The 2 m x 0,5 m selendang cloth hung over one shoulder.
4. Kemben or Semekan
   It is special for ceremonies in Karaton (palace) or Royal family ceremonies. Instead of wearing Kebaya, to cover the upper body, a kemben is worn.

Men's Traditional Dresses

1. Jarit or Bebed
   Men kain panjang, tightened with stagen.
2. Surjan
   Men traditional long sleeved shirt (only for Yogya style) and the material is not batik.
3. Beskap
   Instead of wearing surjan, the men wear a coat (beskap of Solo style or Atila of Yogya style), the materials is not batik.
4. Blangkon
   It is a headgear made from batik.
5. Keris
   The dagger is worn at backside of the waist, as a compliment to the dress.

Dodot

Is a very long jarit to cover the lower body. It is worn only on a very special occasion such as the king coronation by the king himself. The wearing of dodot or kampuhan is very complicated. It may take two hours to wear a dodot with the help of specialist-dressers!

Culture

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Depending on the quality of the art work, dyes, and fabric, the finest batik tulis halus cloth can fetch several thousand dollars, reflecting the fact that it probably took several months to make. Batik tulis has both sides of the cloth ornamented.

In Indonesia, traditionally, batik was sold in 2.25-meter lengths used for kain panjang or sarong for kebaya dress. It can also be worn by wrapping it around the body, or made into a hat known as blangkon. Infants are carried in batik slings decorated with symbols designed to bring the child luck. Certain batik designs are reserved for brides and bridegrooms, as well as their families. The dead are shrouded in funerary batik.^[1] Other designs are reserved for the Sultan and his family or their attendants. A person's rank could be determined by the pattern of the batik he or she wore.

Sacred Dance of Bedhoyo Ketawang. The batik is wrapped around the body

For special occasions, batik was formerly decorated with gold leaf or dust. This cloth is known as prada (a Javanese word for gold) cloth. Gold decorated cloth is still made today; however, gold paint has replaced gold dust and leaf.

The Javanese aristocrats R.A. Kartini in kebaya and her husband.Her skirt is of batik, with the parang pattern which was for aristocrats. Her husband is wearing a blangkon

Batik garments play a central role in certain rituals, such as the ceremonial casting of royal batik into a volcano. In the Javanese naloni mitoni "first pregnancy" ceremony, the mother-to-be is wrapped in seven layers of batik, wishing her good things. Batik is also prominent in the tedak siten ceremony when a child touches the earth for the first time. Batik is also part of the labuhan ceremony when people gather at a beach to throw their problems away into the sea.^[8]

Contemporary batik, while owing much to the past, is markedly different from the more traditional and formal styles. For example, the artist may use etching, discharge dyeing, stencils, different tools for waxing and dyeing, wax recipes with different resist values and work with silk, cotton, wool, leather, paper or even wood and ceramics. The wide diversity of patterns reflects a variety of influences, ranging from Arabic calligraphy, European bouquets and Chinese phoenixes to Japanese cherry blossoms and Indian or Persian peacocks.^[1].

In Indonesia, batik popularity has its up and downs. Historically it was essential for ceremonial costumes and it was worn as part of a kebaya dress, which was commonly worn every day. According to Professor Michael Hitchcock of the University of Chichester (UK), batik "has a strong political dimension. The batik shirt was invented as a formal non-Western shirt for men in Indonesia in the 1960s.^[9] It waned from the 1960s onwards, because more and more women chose western clothes. However, batik clothing has revived somewhat in the 21st century, due to the effort of Indonesian fashion designers to innovate the kebaya by incorporating new colors, fabrics, and patterns. Batik is a fashion item for many young people in Indonesia, such as a shirt, dress, or scarf for casual wear. For a formal occasion, a kebaya is standard for women. It is also acceptable for men to wear batik in the office or as a replacement for jacket-and-tie at certain receptions.

In one form or another, batik has worldwide popularity. Nelson Mandela wears a batik shirt on formal occasions, the South Africans call it a Madiba shirt. The Malaysian singer Siti Nurhaliza wore an Indonesian kebaya and batik on her wedding day. The late mother of United States president Barack Obama, Ann Dunham was an avid collector of Batik. In 2009, an exhibition of Dunham's textile batik art collection (A Lady Found a Culture in its Cloth: Barack Obama's Mother and Indonesian Batiks) toured six museums in the United States, finishing the tour at the Textile Museum.^[10].

Batik is often worn in Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei, and southern Thailand, brought there by Indonesian immigrants or merchants in the 19th century. The flight attendants of Indonesian, Singaporean, and Malaysian national airlines all wear batik in their uniform. Batik sarongs are also designed as wraps for casual beachwear.

Now, not only is batik used as a material to clothe the human body, its uses also include furnishing fabrics, heavy canvas wall hangings, tablecloths and household accessories. Batik techniques are used by famous artists to create batik paintings which grace many homes and offices.