Batik Madura Opportunities
Jakarta, Madura Talk, people would immediately think of the cow and satenya karapan. Though there are genuine cultural wealth of Indonesia are well known to many corners of the world contained in the salt-producing islands.
Batik Madura. Yes, even though not much different from the original Indonesian batik from other areas such as Cirebon, Jogja or Solo, but there was something different from Madura batik.
A typical characteristic of Batik Madura is the use of bright primary colors and a variety of motifs that describe the character of local communities.
"Colors used in Madura, Batik fabric usually of bright colors, red is often used because it has a strong character and strong colors. Same as the character of its inhabitants," said Siti Maimona, owner of Enchantment Batik Madura.
He submitted that when found in a desk Batik Nusantara exhibition event at the Plaza Exhibition Industry, Ministry of Industry, Jakarta, Monday (8 / 92008).
Another characteristic which is owned by the Batik Madura is the number of lines displayed in a batik design. Each batik designs also have stories or stories that they each depict the everyday people of Madura.
Like the price varies quite another batik cloth. The price offered for a single piece of Batik Madura is very diverse. Starting from the cheapest price is Rp 100,000 to the most expensive at Rp 3.5 million.
"The price depends on the level of difficulty and duration of design process
batik itself, "he said.
He said the length of time necessary to make a fruit different Batik Madura. Ranging from six months to a year. The longer the time required to make batik hence the more expensive price. Why is that, because the longer the production process so the resulting color will be more concentrated.
According to the original woman Madura, every Batik Madura generated after passing through several stages long. Starting from soaking fabrics in water mixed with oil, then washed and given a starch, and staining and finally dried in the hot sun.
Siti is the fourth generation of Madura batik craftsmen. Her family began to pioneer the business since 1950.
"Got vacuum also when entering the third generation. I myself began to concentrate on this business since 1996 years ago," says this woman smile.
Family business he woke up again with minimal capital and the number of batik craftsmen can not say much.
"I started this family business back to capitalize money USD $ 5 million and only six of batik artisans," he added.
In order not to appear monotonous and could grow further, he tried to make some innovations in batik cloth. One that he and the employees do is by doing the reproduction of old batik cloth design combined with a touch of contemporary design.
"I began to learn to perform a combination of design," he said.
The results were beyond expectations. Batik Madura his sales are not only consumed by the fans of batik in the country but also to go abroad. Even he admits, more foreign consumers than domestic consumers.
He also had several times following international exhibitions, such as in Italy, China and Japan. "The enthusiasm of Japanese people will batiks from Indonesia is quite high," said Siti.
Now, businesses owned by Siti Batik Madura already highly developed. Number of batik craftsmen under one flag to swell up to 96 people. Within a year, he claimed could pocket the revenue to $ 2 billion.
According to him, total revenues could soar if glancing batik trend is sweeping the country today. "It's the last one year there was an increase of revenue. This year seems to be much better," he concluded.
Jakarta, Madura Talk, people would immediately think of the cow and satenya karapan. Though there are genuine cultural wealth of Indonesia are well known to many corners of the world contained in the salt-producing islands.
Batik Madura. Yes, even though not much different from the original Indonesian batik from other areas such as Cirebon, Jogja or Solo, but there was something different from Madura batik.
A typical characteristic of Batik Madura is the use of bright primary colors and a variety of motifs that describe the character of local communities.
"Colors used in Madura, Batik fabric usually of bright colors, red is often used because it has a strong character and strong colors. Same as the character of its inhabitants," said Siti Maimona, owner of Enchantment Batik Madura.
He submitted that when found in a desk Batik Nusantara exhibition event at the Plaza Exhibition Industry, Ministry of Industry, Jakarta, Monday (8 / 92008).
Another characteristic which is owned by the Batik Madura is the number of lines displayed in a batik design. Each batik designs also have stories or stories that they each depict the everyday people of Madura.
Like the price varies quite another batik cloth. The price offered for a single piece of Batik Madura is very diverse. Starting from the cheapest price is Rp 100,000 to the most expensive at Rp 3.5 million.
"The price depends on the level of difficulty and duration of design process
batik itself, "he said.
He said the length of time necessary to make a fruit different Batik Madura. Ranging from six months to a year. The longer the time required to make batik hence the more expensive price. Why is that, because the longer the production process so the resulting color will be more concentrated.
According to the original woman Madura, every Batik Madura generated after passing through several stages long. Starting from soaking fabrics in water mixed with oil, then washed and given a starch, and staining and finally dried in the hot sun.
Siti is the fourth generation of Madura batik craftsmen. Her family began to pioneer the business since 1950.
"Got vacuum also when entering the third generation. I myself began to concentrate on this business since 1996 years ago," says this woman smile.
Family business he woke up again with minimal capital and the number of batik craftsmen can not say much.
"I started this family business back to capitalize money USD $ 5 million and only six of batik artisans," he added.
In order not to appear monotonous and could grow further, he tried to make some innovations in batik cloth. One that he and the employees do is by doing the reproduction of old batik cloth design combined with a touch of contemporary design.
"I began to learn to perform a combination of design," he said.
The results were beyond expectations. Batik Madura his sales are not only consumed by the fans of batik in the country but also to go abroad. Even he admits, more foreign consumers than domestic consumers.
He also had several times following international exhibitions, such as in Italy, China and Japan. "The enthusiasm of Japanese people will batiks from Indonesia is quite high," said Siti.
Now, businesses owned by Siti Batik Madura already highly developed. Number of batik craftsmen under one flag to swell up to 96 people. Within a year, he claimed could pocket the revenue to $ 2 billion.
According to him, total revenues could soar if glancing batik trend is sweeping the country today. "It's the last one year there was an increase of revenue. This year seems to be much better," he concluded.
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