My Friend's Creation

He's government officer actually but i knew him at Batik Market as juragan that own batik malam,s stall. 
And this is his work. Beautiful isnt it. 

Another Tanjungbumi

Well apparently i bough other than just sarong in my trip to tanjungbumi. The two style that appear large both in design approach due to its strong-characteristic of "latar" or background, are crackled brown known locally as "Kulit Sapi" or cowhide, and "tarpotte" or whities.....
here they are....

Friendship Force Surabaya : on how we Introduce our Beautiful Heritage to our Friends from Abroad (Sacramento, that is)

Last month we (me, mas Firman Guendut and mas Prima Klampis Ireng Batik ) had the opportunity to give small presentation about batik. The highlight for this session wasn't entirely about the batik itself because Friendshipforce Sacramento delegations had already had a batiking session in Surakarta. Rather we introduce the most traditional way of preserving batik fabric using natural ingredients and 'ratus' , old-style preservation incorporating incense 'fragrant' smoke , the practice that even Indonesians hadn't seen in years.
Well, why preservation intrduction, then ? why not batiking itself ? 
It was just because prior to their arrival to Surabaya, they'd visited Surakarta first and they had their batiking session there. And i think to have continuation of the topic, i think i have to find related but not exactly the same topic with our friend's in Surakarta.

 Photo Credit : All of these beautiful illustrations was Rendy Tjitrawardhana 's from his album : FF SBY-Sacramento, Day 2 - Art & Culture Day .
Contributing presentation material : Ibu Noorlailie Soewarno Tjahjadi with late-night discusion and grammar-checking.

 

 

 

 

The new beginning for The Pasongsongan Premium

I used to run everything in more orderly manner. And 2014 should do the same. It means that i will promise (albeit to myself since i don't know whether i have audience or not), i promise to be 'in a routine manner' to post, since actually lots of things happened in The Pasongsongan , both in Royal or in our TGP (The Grand Palace Dept. Store)
Here are illustrations of things i prepare for our TGP Outlets. I'm excited to see our customer's reaction to our attempt to provide them with more clean line design.
And one thing for sure : The Pasongsongan Premium wouldnt be exclusively about batik. Creativity runs in many directions, and naturally so are we.
I'm venturing to Tenun Ikat of Troso Central Java origin, the Batik Cap (hand-stamped batik) from Yogyakarta and Cirebon-Pekalongan, and Tenun Blanket , also from Troso region.   
 

 

 

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Feeling Creative - Part 2

Im not limiting myself into just one or two creations, infact i was finished my other creation inspired my my friend's journey to India and our (community) strands of communications during her staying there.
It was Annapakhsi, the mythical bird of duck-and-peacock hybrid that represent purity, legend says that this divine being so pure it can separate milk from the water it contained.
And the 'standard' of Annapakhsi depicting this mythical-birds in pair guarding the tree of knowledge (or sacred tree some sort , or perhaps tree of immortality).
Mine was done in more imaginative way : this annapakhsi was guarding sacred tree that grew on the island, from the 'snaring-lust' look of both birds and fishes.
Well, i threw my imagination by adding 'susimoyo' , heads at both end of the fabric.
It represents palaces, the Mughal-Style palaces 'with garlands of flowers, guarded' by other birds.
Hope it will turns up magnificent. 
 

Feeling Creative

Don't you think it's kind of bit weird to the sentence "i have borst of creativity just by finding the right pen" ? Well it did, to me at least. And if you substitute the word creative to productive, well, i'm feeling it right now.
Since Bang Rusydi of Nargis Batik challenged me with a pice of processed cotton to draw months ago, i'm feeling constant difficulties to pour my ideas into real lines. And it's manly because of not finding the suitable pen. Simply because of that. I dont know whether this processed cotton has something at the surface, or something elses, the balpoint i use (yes, ballpoint, sir) keeps jamming and jamming. and it frustates me since this burst-of-creativity doesnt come so often. I want to pour everything in that time,completely without any small 'mechanical' distraction of finding your pen refused to coperate with your mind. 
And i found one. 
And everything flow to places....
And here are they....ready to go (to the production studios in Pamekasan, that is).  

 

Farewell Friend...

It was originally posted in my Facebook wall, and i think it worth mentioned once more, in this blog, with you all....

 

 

In memoriam, Pak Murtadho
Kaget banget mendengar berita dukacita kemaren dari bang rusydi tentang berpulangnya sahabat & kolaborator kami pak murtadho.
Perjumpaan kami seperti kebetulan yang memang ditakdirkan terjadi ,... dan setiap kali berkumpul kongkow bareng mas imam & bang rusydi, kami berempat pasti seru mendiskusikan motif, pewarnaan, model baju dan buku-buku referensi , serta banyak project yang ingin kami raih bersama-sama.
Pak murtadho adalah panutan saya dalam totalitas, dimana latar belakang yang sederhana dan usia tidak seharusnya menjadi pembatas eksperimen berkarya secara maksimal. Juga "can-do" attitude nya yang sangat menonjol.
Selamat jalan Pak Murtadho, mudah-mudahan Allah SWT menyediakan tempat yang indah untuk sahabat baik dan seniman seperti Anda.