Kelir batik
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How do I find and work with them? My friend, Vony, has a really great Whatsapp group called The Sustainable Fashion Indonesia. I am in Singapore and I am working cross-border which is relatively nearer and you go all the way to Vancouver. Maybe you can take us to the process of how you work with artisans because I cannot imagine. Also, looking forward to artisans in each specific region. My plan now is to find like-minded people to be able to form and group together. Tony also has a section on his website called Batikosophy, Batik Philosophy. We have been talking and I have mentioned that it is a huge undertaking to set up that library to be a comprehensive site. I am not doing anything design-related at the moment. I want to do it but, in the meantime, because I am really busy building the background and the foundation of Batik Library, like the website and everything. The Batik Library is actually formed with a sole purpose of wanting to share the story of each traditional motif available in the market.ĭo you still do fashion or solely promote batik? So, I wanna bring these people to North America, probably to sell and to show them that it is all pretty. Well, of course, it is because there are so many people in Jakarta and there is high fashion in Jakarta. It is really incredible how fast it is in Jakarta. I also want it as a comparison between Jakarta fashion and fashion in Vancouver. I want it to be a directory when you go on the website, there is an easy directory where you can click on it and explain the story. For example, what is the story behind parang, kawung, mega mendung, and so on. The Batik Library is actually formed with a sole purpose of wanting to share the story of each traditional motif available in the market. If you can take us along the journey of building up The Batik Library. But I believe that the start is not directly into batik. You started as a fashion designer and, now, started The Batik Library, which is a brand that obviously advocates in selling batik. That is very nice, especially in this pandemic where travel is so restricted. It is due to family circumstances that I have to move here. After that, I moved to Japan and I went to a school called Sugino Fashion College. I started fashion design in Jakarta in Lasalle College. So, you actually studied fashion design in Canada? It is so interesting whenever I go back and I always shop a lot of fabrics. From there, occasionally, I design clothes and it is a journey, discovering new wastra and all the various fabrics. That is when I started to use songket and batik all together in one collection. Probably in 2015, I got back into school and was making another final collection. I come from a fashion design background and in the past 10 years I always incorporate Indonesian traditional textile whenever I design clothes. My name is Bernarda, I am originally from Jakarta, Indonesia. It is really nice to get all the information about batik.īefore we start and discuss further, maybe we can start with a little introduction about who you are, your background, and how you fell in love with batik. I always watch your videos and it is always inspiring. We now would like to find out more about your love for batik and how you want to promote it all the way in Canada.įirst of all, thank you for having me. We talked a little bit about our advocacy on batik and we met through all different groups. I think it goes up to 32 degrees right now. How is it there in Vancouver?īernarda Antony: It is pretty hot in here. Most of these patterns have not been cataloged or documented properly, and KELIR is eager to do this through their research initiatives.Tony Sugiarta: Welcome Bernarda to today’s session of aNERDspective. There are hundreds of variations of tanahan pattern that were memorized by local batik crafters in different parts of Java. Zahir decided to combine these two hidden elements of batik together: the blue of indigo and the tanahan pattern–and give them enough space to be noticed and admired as a centerpiece.Įach indigo-dyed batik from Zahir has its own tint of blue and its own unique design–and if you look closely and feel it, you can guess which fabric is feminine and which is masculine. Zahir Widadi’s indigo-dyed batik is based on the pattern ‘ tanahan ’ (earth), a pattern that used to be hidden as a background in a piece of batik cloth. He listened to how the fabric wanted to be manifested, designed and colored. Zahir treated each fabric as a personality, where some fabric are feminine and some are masculine.
#Kelir batik series
KELIR’s series of indigo-dyed batik by renowned batik artist and anthropologist, Zahir Widadi, embodies the masculine-feminine philosophy behind it.