Setono Batik Market is arguably the pinpoint that drives the batik industry in Pekalongan. In this market, hundreds of home-based batik artisans meet and interact everyday. So when Batik Fractal was brought by the Ministry of Research and Technology to foster batik artisans in Pekalongan in 2009, to Setono market we certainly headed. Together with […]
Our introduction to Intel in 2011 expanded our attention to the batik tradition, even outside of Java. Batik Jambi, entered in radar as one of the batik that is good and competes with batik or palace batik coast. We did an experiment by conducting workshops for children in several elementary schools in Jambi. Unexpectedly, their […]
RA Kartini, the resurrection figure of indigenous women during the colonial era was also arguably the first batik ambassador for Indonesia. Not only introducing batik to the Netherlands, Kartini also made new batik fabrics that combined the characteristics of coastal batik and batik palace/mataraman. This heritage is still preserved by batik artisans in Rembang until […]
One of the most ancient rules for survival is cooperation and colaboration. Now, we believe this rule also applies as a efficacious recipe for creating better innovation. Batik Fractal, for example, is the result of cross-disciplinary collaboration of young people in Bandung. Contribution of perspectives from each field about batik as a cultural heritage, batik […]