Jumat, 07 Mei 2010

Tied Heritage

I'd stubled upon this image of beautiful and exotic textiles from the company named VLISCO, major producer of wax-resistant textile process that dominated the upper market of Africa's affluent segment . It's vibrant color instantly caught my attention, especially for their resemblance of equally bold graphic and hue of Batik Madura. Turns out that this company has long history with batik industry in Indonesia especially in Central Java (as you know, South Africa was once dominated by Dutch as was the case with Indonesia). 
It's kind of interesting story on how this unique process of textile creation can make themselves much relevant with current situation without sacrificing too much of its originality (many of their products still use wax-resistant process although the major process is now more mechanical than it was once before). 
Positive alternative to our batik industry, though..

1 komentar:

  1. Bonjour bang

    Bang, ada bahasa Indonesia ya donk. biar yang melihat yang tak bisa bahasa English juga mengerti,bang.
    Batik Madura pasongsongan ini benar punya ciri khas and tidak pasaran serta nyaman dipakai and dikulit.. keluarkan motif 2x yang terbaru ya bang, yang menarik and klasik bang.

    BalasHapus