Batik that uses natural dyes is increasingly becoming a trend. Although the manufacturing process more lengthy and risky, environmentally friendly waste. Batik is always crowded outlets visited by visitors to the exhibition Adiwastra Nusantara 2011 which took place in June at the Jakarta Convention Center. The collection specializes in natural berpewarna batik fabrics, particularly indigo. With gray, green, and blue are combined with trendy pieces, a collection of Javanese Batik Gallery labeled the siphon attention of consumers. For Mayasari Sekarlaranti (42), Javanese Batik Gallery owner, who fondly called Nita, his love of batik has been planted since the kids. Nita who control the business from his hometown, Yogyakarta, childhood accustomed to take his mother to find batik countryside. This experience also prompted him to help the batik in villages in the region Imogiri when the quake-hit Yogyakarta in 2006.
"It was the batik industry in the region were destroyed. I'm with my friends wanted to re-empower the batik Imogiri. The problem is, when the rebuilding of batik with chemical staining, Imogiri region still recovering from the damage will be increasingly damaged environment by chemical waste. So, I decided to use natural materials, from tree indigo (Indigofera tinctoria), "Nita said last week. Searches performed until indigo tree to Tuban, Ambarawa, Krakal, and Jember. The raw material is then processed into a paste of indigo. Batik activities involving about 50 women in Imogiri it can be resumed. "I was intending to return to natural materials in the future as more and we are required to develop a business friendly environment. Moreover, staining with these natural ingredients have made our ancestors, "says Nita.
Only, the workmanship becomes longer. According to Nita, to keep (pictures) motif does not fall out, it takes up to 15-20 times dyeing. Compare with batik with a chemical that needs dyeing process about 1-3 times only. In addition, a color formula is also unstable, could change depending on tree species and types of indigo cloth. "What we are cultivating indigo with oval leaves, long and wide, like those in Bali, because the result is good on the cloth. We now cultivate them in Yogyakarta and Ambarawa. Plants every six months can be cut and the good we do not have to uproot the tree so that every three months in leaf again, "said Nita, batik After five years running, now began to grow in Imogiri successor generations. Already there are some teenagers who are involved batik. "The key is understanding the younger generation that batik can generate a regular income. There is a batik-batik per strand worked for months, but for regular income, they also do batik motive is easy and can be completed within a few days, "says Nita. KOMPAS.com -
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