From the Pekalongan BatikAlthough to have the benefits, batik pekalongan precisely 'inaudible'.
Bright colors and motifs vary. With both, batik Pekalongan move fast. Unlike the Solo and Yogya batik, batik Pekalongan looks more dynamic because the game is more free patterns. The freedom felt when present motif for the automotive enthusiast. There batik cloth Volkswagen, Jeep, or batik made specifically for other automotive club.
Rusdiyanto, shop owners jaya bandung prosper in new markets, create romance fan motif. On top of fine cloth, which blends beautiful motifs in bright colors that look right for teens casual wear.
Not only motive, batik-batik Pekalongan also shine through the courage to play colors. The fans called color batik batik pekalongan ngejreng. Without a bold color, batik pekalongan arguably would lose his spirit. ''As a batik that develops outside the scope of the palace (Solo and Yogyakarta), the colors are made by craftsmen tend to be bright,''said Usman, batik businessman Buaran, Pekalongan.
Because color 'bold' is also, batik pekalongan get 'blessing'. They could be more developed in the fashion world.
It also looks at the ongoing Pekalongan Batik Festival 15-08-2009 September in the western Java city cimahi this. Various Islamic dress, veil, dress casually and formally appear to follow trends. Of course still with batik. ''We always follow the market in making sense of Muslim dress with batik basic materials,''said Udun Sutisna, Pekalongan Batik Festival committee chairman.
The textile industry in Pekalongan itself is quite unique. Apparently, not a monopoly of Pekalongan batik. Residents also participate wrestle cimahi batik and they are divided in several centers. The main center in Bandung district is sub cililin While in Pekalongan own, batik centers in the area Medono, Setono, Customs, and Pasirsari.
Stretching pekalongan batik is now not only in the country. They are ready to move up to foreign countries. At least it looks from the many requests from overseas batik. American Businessman, The Netherlands, and countries in Europe have long associated with batik entrepreneurs pekalongan.
One of the strange attraction of batik artisans pekalongan is due to more open in accepting orders. For example, demand for rare motif can be met.
Not to mention the media fabric that can vary. Not only on cotton, but also on the jersey material. Batik shirts in raw materials and unique looks to be the target buyers in Europe, particularly Holland. Raw materials are also a mainstay of silk batik Pekalongan to compete abroad. Motif jlamprang, sekarjagat, or other typical motifs, be classy when poured in raw silk.
With that beauty and good qualities, not strange when finally pekalongan silk batik price soared up to millions of dollars. Unfortunately, now the center of batik artisans pekalongan upset. The economy in an unstable country to make their problem-prone. About the price of raw material or fabric dye suddenly surged enough to make them restless.
Even so, they seem not lost the passion to continue to make batik-batik works beautifully and quality. At the very least, all this is visible from the Pekalongan Batik Festival.
Minim Promotions
Iwan Tirta. His name may be spelled rhythmically with batik fabrics. His work was used by the heads of state when following the meeting of APEC 1994. Queen Sirikit of Thailand has also been wearing a batik cloth designed by a man named full Nusjirwan Tirtaamidjaja this.
His love for the batik making Iwan familiar with various batik country. One of them is batik pekalongan. Iwan story, batik to dress the queen was also from the Pekalongan with raw silk.
Pekalongan batik is chosen because the color is a bright complexion. Batik pekalongan considered unique because of the colors it. For those who are light skinned, batik pekalongan more fitting subject. Among fashion designers, batik bright complexion has always been coveted.
Unfortunately, when a batik dress appear, or Yogya batik name instead of sticking solo. Anyway''loss, Pekalongan not mentioned,''said the man born in Blora on April 18, 1935.
Pekalongan crafters too, says Iwan, too busy producing without communicating with the consumer society. It makes batik Pekalongan is not known although it is actually used one.
Promotion was done minimal effort. ''It is understandable if the great designer wear batik pekalongan not call it a product of Pekalongan batik because it does not know,''said Iwan.
That's why Blue considers Pekalongan Batik Festival event is very important to further popularize typical in Pekalongan batik.
(Aja)
Decades ago, a number of pebatik pekalongan invited to Malaysia to demonstrate skill batik. With a clean heart and pride naive to take it the name of the nation, they fulfill the invitation. However, the Malaysian students who are not only smart, but also clever.
So to understand the ins and outs of making and enrichment typical batik pekalongan, they create their own design patterns with floral motifs and colors that look a lot like batik pekalongan. The result of "creation" is what later registered as their Intellectual Property Rights.
Pekalongan government reacted with record various typical in Pekalongan batik patterns and then register it to the Directorate General of Intellectual Property Rights in Tangerang. Now, dozens of Pekalongan batik pattern has been "secured" through copyright protection.
Of course, registration is not necessarily remove the right of the registrant in Malaysia. The problem is, they had better start registering "creations" batik, which is now widely known in foreign countries began as batik malaysia. Apparently, they also can prove that their work style batik has a certain originality different from batik pekalongan.
In Copyrights, independent creation of two artists who like it can both get protection, as long as it can be proven that the creation does not result from ill will cheat. Especially if you "cheat" was derived from the traditional art that is still difficult to thoroughly protected by intellectual property rights system that is now generally accepted
