tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5521300039392975372024-03-14T04:47:40.351+01:00The journey to Batik / De reis naar Batik / by Sabine BolkSabine Bolkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05606182977393734306noreply@blogger.comBlogger424125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-552130003939297537.post-47910705046090923532024-02-29T16:37:00.006+01:002024-02-29T16:37:47.160+01:00Last part of our Batik journey<div style="text-align: center;"><i style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9iItRtfnCCIyHNO_OfalV4v3jwBm2ZPyikp_rc0kpAoRDUXnUW3awj9UT5oo-q3s5zPNJgpByAxHwEKyHaDrNgjA5hAYs0yKIh9-UbRYAYUOMK1UgcyyELgjm-d6px2nsU91u7d-kCHCrpsH2YuIN3TvTgR5Lrcmp0j-QE-_wobIa-PRJ3SkfUwyC-Z4/s4032/IMG_3787.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9iItRtfnCCIyHNO_OfalV4v3jwBm2ZPyikp_rc0kpAoRDUXnUW3awj9UT5oo-q3s5zPNJgpByAxHwEKyHaDrNgjA5hAYs0yKIh9-UbRYAYUOMK1UgcyyELgjm-d6px2nsU91u7d-kCHCrpsH2YuIN3TvTgR5Lrcmp0j-QE-_wobIa-PRJ3SkfUwyC-Z4/w480-h640/IMG_3787.HEIC" width="480" /></a></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Dewi Sri Batik at Batik Winotosastro</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Returning home I got to dive into several projects, which is great, but it left little time to catch up on my blog. Still would like to share the last part of the batik journey together with Koen, so ayo, let’s go!</div><div><br /></div><div>On Monday 4 December 2023 me and Koen headed to the old city, Kota Lama, of Semarang. I wanted to visit some locations connected to other research I am doing and was curious how the city transformed further. It is interesting to see how the city deals with these colonial buildings and the history that goes with it. Although more and more buildings are being saved from collapsing over time, there is no information signs or anything like that anywhere. It might be helpful to give more context to these places. I heard it is very populair to visit and since information is available online, maybe the buildings can just be in the now and find a new purpose without always directly needing to know the past during the present. </div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgiLrUOhw1vO68CLTcRpkD8vLzDf6k_wGRI7MjVRwXCehgDZWioHW3InWefonp-O-mgxick9SbriltOuJVkT8bOqa2zqOPrY1ajRMaG6HDht6lfdw8kGQwL6EdKwAQZhZwyX4Hv91Q3bmqcoWKvMraEtUI6IM0_lhEWtlHBU04yuiZWNiuTBFsX4UlwH8/s4032/IMG_3608.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgiLrUOhw1vO68CLTcRpkD8vLzDf6k_wGRI7MjVRwXCehgDZWioHW3InWefonp-O-mgxick9SbriltOuJVkT8bOqa2zqOPrY1ajRMaG6HDht6lfdw8kGQwL6EdKwAQZhZwyX4Hv91Q3bmqcoWKvMraEtUI6IM0_lhEWtlHBU04yuiZWNiuTBFsX4UlwH8/w480-h640/IMG_3608.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div><i>Renovated, next to not yet renovated, in Kota Lama of Semarang</i></div><div><i><br /></i></div></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim9QlozPmHrwFLt0-r7E0MZn7DfVCy47ukPBYwDQfpOwU0SyXBnTDbeNUvzdPbehjw1PrqvLXzfSCUxnsj5Le826VwD7h7NPnHz3wd5ul1rdUfckNwUZT_-mV0ifdeP4EBjGpZYZSxWWv03s3NIkCQjUsEnrNMP8_mhMqRP79_CGQmR30vR7a34LysWsg/s950/Screenshot%202024-02-29%20at%2011.19.31.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="713" data-original-width="950" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim9QlozPmHrwFLt0-r7E0MZn7DfVCy47ukPBYwDQfpOwU0SyXBnTDbeNUvzdPbehjw1PrqvLXzfSCUxnsj5Le826VwD7h7NPnHz3wd5ul1rdUfckNwUZT_-mV0ifdeP4EBjGpZYZSxWWv03s3NIkCQjUsEnrNMP8_mhMqRP79_CGQmR30vR7a34LysWsg/w640-h480/Screenshot%202024-02-29%20at%2011.19.31.png" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>H. Spiegel in 2011, photo from the blog ‘<a href="https://smgpras.blogspot.com/2011/04/winkel-maatschapphij-h-spiegel-remaing.html" target="_blank">a Walk in Semarang</a>’</i></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhopC5ox-QlsEGdGzQ9jWAn0MInsw-US2quXYDv9KAFYyJXZSdlG5nsQtB_8NJSTQzr5iaYwEbMPJkVjJDUlBNDpHoFDJazfvaTF3Ba98Ev7l8J0jiAkv3Fh-zvNyqFMsEWLUNSyMoa9Cll3n34V_AYYFJECkR6etGHAU4jFw3vR-7VdImf37zp2dvav_o/s4032/IMG_3573.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhopC5ox-QlsEGdGzQ9jWAn0MInsw-US2quXYDv9KAFYyJXZSdlG5nsQtB_8NJSTQzr5iaYwEbMPJkVjJDUlBNDpHoFDJazfvaTF3Ba98Ev7l8J0jiAkv3Fh-zvNyqFMsEWLUNSyMoa9Cll3n34V_AYYFJECkR6etGHAU4jFw3vR-7VdImf37zp2dvav_o/w480-h640/IMG_3573.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Spiegel currently, 2023, the H is no longer present after the renovation </i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivbN4kCaCB8b3BiZf_rsagUD3FOO7DoX0OdDbr97L46DE3OasQVGmxNsM6N1tJYL94DwtMMb4ETGS9V_0I5MMCgs3a8ka9vTcZOr8SxPxcB3RrQlQHWlHgOhVCuRBewekvtIvpsYNIsMh5J1SpcIfKj1g9AItIr-14A-Efs4nytbvjOAKLgE-7GVcCXuw/s4032/IMG_3577.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivbN4kCaCB8b3BiZf_rsagUD3FOO7DoX0OdDbr97L46DE3OasQVGmxNsM6N1tJYL94DwtMMb4ETGS9V_0I5MMCgs3a8ka9vTcZOr8SxPxcB3RrQlQHWlHgOhVCuRBewekvtIvpsYNIsMh5J1SpcIfKj1g9AItIr-14A-Efs4nytbvjOAKLgE-7GVcCXuw/w480-h640/IMG_3577.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>At the second-hand store in Kota Lama of Semarang</i></div><div><br /></div><div>My favourite part of revisiting the old city center was the big second-hand store right behind the church. Stalls filled with plates, lamps and nicknacks that wouldn’t look out of place in a similar store in the Netherlands. Many of the stalls sold old money, notes and coins. I had on my wish-list the banknote with a batikmaker on it. After going through several collections, I was ready to give up. I found on booklet from a batik festival held in 2005 in Pekalongan. Most names mentioned as being active in the “scene” are still dominating the field. When paying for it, the man pointed to the stall next to his, saying “more money”. I saw the folder and flipped through it. Couldn’t believe my luck, a little damaged and something written on it, but the ‘lima rupiah’ note from 1958 I was looking for was there. </div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqDKdEzkgYHcJ360dAoWGqlBj3vYBCzjXCS9QAqFMY8RmMbLTDNWqHCc8FUm0hpu0vt3mmGwMtW0ZibnHV5gG72WNhJmfcH3NhYVcysStIBh311-ymuauHyWMOdk4dsJxqAAYloUKOPdAbE9cNVhQoMjouxJ_jeA7P9DrWy0w8h6j1LU-7uDXwExuTsdw/s4032/IMG_3629.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqDKdEzkgYHcJ360dAoWGqlBj3vYBCzjXCS9QAqFMY8RmMbLTDNWqHCc8FUm0hpu0vt3mmGwMtW0ZibnHV5gG72WNhJmfcH3NhYVcysStIBh311-ymuauHyWMOdk4dsJxqAAYloUKOPdAbE9cNVhQoMjouxJ_jeA7P9DrWy0w8h6j1LU-7uDXwExuTsdw/w480-h640/IMG_3629.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Lima rupiah note from 1958 & booklet from 2005, for my batik history collection</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV1rIsVQoCNuddQsXSh5_Aj_8f7D6rjUwwF3xBdyIpeNHyzsG8XBLPSBuLikNGUfq4nCGzp-VIAty8PX8O7kD0mV64pTv8TvPS59FVhWLDz6X8rAOaJIqUncadSjqCEkpHbAtB90DWTwyZuUDw-Eabog2ZcH1FA3e6rYRvwcKEJxNqyB0_0Pl_wuaP6pI/s4032/IMG_3727.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV1rIsVQoCNuddQsXSh5_Aj_8f7D6rjUwwF3xBdyIpeNHyzsG8XBLPSBuLikNGUfq4nCGzp-VIAty8PX8O7kD0mV64pTv8TvPS59FVhWLDz6X8rAOaJIqUncadSjqCEkpHbAtB90DWTwyZuUDw-Eabog2ZcH1FA3e6rYRvwcKEJxNqyB0_0Pl_wuaP6pI/w480-h640/IMG_3727.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Koen posing in our hotel in Yogya next to the pembatik statue</i></div><div><br /></div><div>The next day we headed to Yogyakarta. It has been a while since I was there. The last time was in 2019 and I only stayed on night. For sharing with Koen places important for my journey to Batik we had to visit this city and since Tony was staying there also it was great to go here next. </div><div>After switching hotels in the middle of the night ~ that was less fun ~ we woke up in the formerly ‘Batik hotel’ which still had traces everywhere of this theme, in the form of curtains, coffee cups, even a statue of a pembatik and much more. </div><div>In the morning on 6 December we headed to Taman Sari, the Water castle, not only a place that is a touristic must, but also {one of the places} <a href="https://www.journeytobatik.org/2009/10/laatste-les-batik-course.html" target="_blank">where I learned to make Batik</a>. In 2009 I followed a Batik course by Pak Hadjir, right next to the entrance of Taman Sari. As early as the seventies Pak Hadjir taught many foreigners to make Batik, including <a href="https://www.journeytobatik.org/2023/07/50-years-galerie-smend.html" target="_blank">Rudolf Smend</a>. </div><div>His workshop is no longer, but it was still so great to show this spot to Koen. Inside Taman Sari we got the local de-tour-tourist-trap tour which included kopi luwak {or shit coffee} and several attempts to get us into a batikshop “of a friend”. </div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ5-gCzx5PiV1xImKU9JbcpvL-afFkeBkyZscZGEuQ-w3PZk-h7C5T87RKCjQnqx_yPVPDc0zvAKwDpFtjqi9iULRF0wzuPAeSOUcXfrGgAnkxd2jsbb2QQ2t71cRqco_EKKZX-0UN-QNgFBnuSSQ5TytMcaAJYNpgoBMq0YXFfDCzqhkf5KbU7Fi4Yd0/s4032/IMG_3763.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ5-gCzx5PiV1xImKU9JbcpvL-afFkeBkyZscZGEuQ-w3PZk-h7C5T87RKCjQnqx_yPVPDc0zvAKwDpFtjqi9iULRF0wzuPAeSOUcXfrGgAnkxd2jsbb2QQ2t71cRqco_EKKZX-0UN-QNgFBnuSSQ5TytMcaAJYNpgoBMq0YXFfDCzqhkf5KbU7Fi4Yd0/w480-h640/IMG_3763.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Getting lost at Taman Sari</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwTO7dRQPgSMzqzApIfQmYxznrfUWDGjmsRh1KAQCPelt2vPNEqL_f65qkseWnVKSoX4DLY5K2sV4qW7D9kYzy5MSDUSyVfVlL2WG9fHBoT5qNLe0RDb5jwG7cxO-v6IneyNMlnV1fMRlLlRKJd3poVE1YdcpfTqflvH52wB1pzhhVw81vMQLxuKm_U1A/s2195/IMG_2454.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2195" height="448" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwTO7dRQPgSMzqzApIfQmYxznrfUWDGjmsRh1KAQCPelt2vPNEqL_f65qkseWnVKSoX4DLY5K2sV4qW7D9kYzy5MSDUSyVfVlL2WG9fHBoT5qNLe0RDb5jwG7cxO-v6IneyNMlnV1fMRlLlRKJd3poVE1YdcpfTqflvH52wB1pzhhVw81vMQLxuKm_U1A/w640-h448/IMG_2454.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>With Mas Tony & Mbak Putri in Yogyakarta</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>After our visit we went to meet Tony and <a href="https://www.journeytobatik.org/2023/10/fashion-malls-and-friends.html" target="_blank">Putri</a>. She happened to be in Jogja for the filmfestival, so we got to see her too. She documented my openingsweekend ~ footage I will share at a later moment ~ and I hope we can work more together in the near future. After a lovely lunch with a croque Nyonya, we headed to visit Batik Winotosastro. </div><div>Batik Winotosastro was the very first place I really learned about making batik. It was just days after my arrival in 2009 that I followed a workshop there under the guidance of Hani, which I found out must later is the boss of <a href="https://www.journeytobatik.org/2009/10/batik-winotosastro.html" target="_blank">Batik Winotosastro</a>. Next to enjoying the beautiful set-up batik space, we shopped, or I shopped. Two great batik pants and a Dewi Sri {goddess of fertility, creativity and rice} batik artwork! I always wanted a Dewi Sri, and having a batik version is just perfect. Although the large one on display was all our favourite, the smaller one was a little more affordable. </div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3ExqSE6wzsPnbrwJiN_PtQjn6oCWJ99a3CrUmyfX_0LGMHGN6mTkr5uS8qPLTp5wnHjXKjJaFG4UJ2yzdT2XPgwRm5CEkQSAEyG-nksr3LCheKv16QjhxLayVILg7P2JE6bRdCp47rZC0Ss4_HeV175jgnfbkDMc_N2LTbNhvsz2r_PqdYfLSBE719Dc/s4032/IMG_3803.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3ExqSE6wzsPnbrwJiN_PtQjn6oCWJ99a3CrUmyfX_0LGMHGN6mTkr5uS8qPLTp5wnHjXKjJaFG4UJ2yzdT2XPgwRm5CEkQSAEyG-nksr3LCheKv16QjhxLayVILg7P2JE6bRdCp47rZC0Ss4_HeV175jgnfbkDMc_N2LTbNhvsz2r_PqdYfLSBE719Dc/w480-h640/IMG_3803.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Drawing the design onto cotton at Batik Winotosastro</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj052i4cjRG0XYW9WTYFI6opEM85FMImzijJWiklARwYKtVm_9C_rvRES3iu0Pn3bRWO4MbS4urZnQqJabAvq1wNadPekjhraUFXA2bDSss2nWDz0gD31HNvlyDdFSUWnVy3kc-nygUTqfiuC4EsLfyqkzwlgN09EEW8RBxBo_MdwyksV-z0PN_WiBFcug/s4032/IMG_3809.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj052i4cjRG0XYW9WTYFI6opEM85FMImzijJWiklARwYKtVm_9C_rvRES3iu0Pn3bRWO4MbS4urZnQqJabAvq1wNadPekjhraUFXA2bDSss2nWDz0gD31HNvlyDdFSUWnVy3kc-nygUTqfiuC4EsLfyqkzwlgN09EEW8RBxBo_MdwyksV-z0PN_WiBFcug/w640-h480/IMG_3809.HEIC" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Pembatik at work at Batik Winotosastro</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidQY_rmBhjLK3gQOiA1fqCWwPLDHHfCKvNIuKnkByMcKGSTyYczMHVHeO_-JJbhjWFMD1iMvKe3QdKr1QKWz1iN41yXF7oVQwtKEk93CSUSbK7Wcl70cqfZX0Pbp4xSH_4qOOWcdae15q8fp-QiegrvX33WDTdRj6pfFo6HAWN2gFkEQKro2fYYH91kYc/s4032/IMG_3822.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidQY_rmBhjLK3gQOiA1fqCWwPLDHHfCKvNIuKnkByMcKGSTyYczMHVHeO_-JJbhjWFMD1iMvKe3QdKr1QKWz1iN41yXF7oVQwtKEk93CSUSbK7Wcl70cqfZX0Pbp4xSH_4qOOWcdae15q8fp-QiegrvX33WDTdRj6pfFo6HAWN2gFkEQKro2fYYH91kYc/w480-h640/IMG_3822.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Batik Cap being made at Batik Winotosastro</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>We also visited Lemari Lila, finally! It was on my wish list for so long. Her collaborations with Sekar Kawung and <a href="https://www.journeytobatik.org/2023/11/true-blue.html" target="_blank">Jivaloka</a> are great, inspiring and really what the textile world needs! Bought nothing myself this time, but Koen picked out an amazing blouse made from Batik Tuban. it reminds me of the wonderful research of Renske Heringa and the need to finally visit Tuban myself. Hopefully next time when I return to Java. </div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeR4a7R5S0HY4XksdFJIE6LQ043FIoXIZWiHkZRxprQ2aJC-rx4hoQi7jei6KryxX9IUY3iybv5oM2otWmRtMr_CxsE5B6zSp26ADOGMSw-UZ_h7yhS_CarWmBdl3p0oK2gEcKCFStsYBeGnjPtci6H8Tks7wUQdFBHk8bhdgUR3T_DNRUNqGQvzJ13rI/s4032/IMG_3867.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeR4a7R5S0HY4XksdFJIE6LQ043FIoXIZWiHkZRxprQ2aJC-rx4hoQi7jei6KryxX9IUY3iybv5oM2otWmRtMr_CxsE5B6zSp26ADOGMSw-UZ_h7yhS_CarWmBdl3p0oK2gEcKCFStsYBeGnjPtci6H8Tks7wUQdFBHk8bhdgUR3T_DNRUNqGQvzJ13rI/w480-h640/IMG_3867.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>From the Lemari Lila x <span style="text-align: left;">Sekar Kawung collab</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>It was so nice to spend a day in Yogya with Koen, Tony and Putri. Have a little walk down memory lane reminiscences the very start of my journey to batik.</div><div><br /></div><div>The next day, on 7 December, we went to Surakarta (Solo) for only one afternoon basically. It was actually such a nice visit and I never stayed in Solo before.</div><div>I really wanted to show Koen Museum Danar Hadi, that has been in many ways the starting point for the research I am doing.</div><div>We checked in to the Roemahkoe Heritage Hotel. This hotel was originally build in 1938 as a house by a wealthy batik merchant. A big house in Art Deco style with a secret back door leading right into Batik Laweyan, the batik neighborhood. It was turned into a hotel keeping the style of the building and beautiful details. If the hidden door remained we did not asked (yet).</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbR6_gi3qS1W-9l6BM0eF5XWbLi1EdeLgBv2lKwMmCypRuR5ZJZnixbFMhRyffcTKf89kb_x6E-UR6G5NMxrMrTvbDXJHCD8-cvYQjXKigbWO7DemA48VIT_h10fGD6f4n4bzeYDe0H4gntpVXS-GQMIulfRIbQPzwsMcRjAKn3qfEOpQxSoevn1DNwLM/s2049/IMG_2475.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2049" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbR6_gi3qS1W-9l6BM0eF5XWbLi1EdeLgBv2lKwMmCypRuR5ZJZnixbFMhRyffcTKf89kb_x6E-UR6G5NMxrMrTvbDXJHCD8-cvYQjXKigbWO7DemA48VIT_h10fGD6f4n4bzeYDe0H4gntpVXS-GQMIulfRIbQPzwsMcRjAKn3qfEOpQxSoevn1DNwLM/w480-h640/IMG_2475.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Roemahkoe Heritage Hotel</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>After checking in, we rushed to the kraton. At the Mangkunegaran Palace was an exhibition on ‘Batik Keratanan’ {royal batik} and not just royal batik but specific motifs created by members of the royal family in Surakarta. I think it was the first time such a specific exhibition has been done at a kraton. I thought I missed it, but it turned out it got extended, after Tony was there a week earlier with his Batiktour. The exhibition showcased designs made by the royal family, so queens, princesses and even concubines. I never been a big Sogan fan {brown coloured batiks}, but I must say this exhibition might have changed my mind. There were stunning pieces on loan too from Iwan Tirta, including a huge Dodot Ageng {a ceremonial cloth used by dancers}. I loved that it is displaced like the ‘Tiga Negeri’ installation in my exhibition. The palace itself is stunning too, with a big greenhouse in the garden. It was already closing up when we finished looking at the exhibition, so we had no time to see the rest of the palace.</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQPFXqNS2Vh4SM1QNEV3xLW4-jyDWzihcK8bg4OwjshBDJkjNVR_NXFaAwOtiDjJBK3cJ78Es7KLmELO3UAfKLxUo3w2js0kdT1Ac83pZzhQVJ0fop2b5aVfEe1qYD6kjl14xCKFw5LnD4E4BnPjRNjGND35EpEiugqMTkQT6QHaybYbOKZs8z2kIGUcI/s4032/IMG_2461.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQPFXqNS2Vh4SM1QNEV3xLW4-jyDWzihcK8bg4OwjshBDJkjNVR_NXFaAwOtiDjJBK3cJ78Es7KLmELO3UAfKLxUo3w2js0kdT1Ac83pZzhQVJ0fop2b5aVfEe1qYD6kjl14xCKFw5LnD4E4BnPjRNjGND35EpEiugqMTkQT6QHaybYbOKZs8z2kIGUcI/w480-h640/IMG_2461.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><i>Dodot by Iwan Tirta at the Mangkunegaran Palace</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrAMv42aZS9PV-4QesgGMZoVBd0hri48WowO-Z4flDvXknmN2y1-77jibO29NY6zaU-6cDcHVTmgl1R1u-q6fkkydkbGTbP7yx4Fo8fxFr6_TH2LmUBV0f0vpbrpN_H64apF5gl1jrpkcikUD7ryuVnGMvHnmDiw5afBYx2Ro3fN71Xlv_90n_85JOq2I/s4032/IMG_3927.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrAMv42aZS9PV-4QesgGMZoVBd0hri48WowO-Z4flDvXknmN2y1-77jibO29NY6zaU-6cDcHVTmgl1R1u-q6fkkydkbGTbP7yx4Fo8fxFr6_TH2LmUBV0f0vpbrpN_H64apF5gl1jrpkcikUD7ryuVnGMvHnmDiw5afBYx2Ro3fN71Xlv_90n_85JOq2I/w640-h480/IMG_3927.HEIC" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>One of the batikmakers from the royal family</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzMuGMbKwBaYGikk7xPvTtoQUbyQFjOCKsDq3rjJdKH6k5B-Cxf1igV7n-kejNMoPC6iQjWKGN1hV0qT0vtDpYAg8gjEwdxGYhR6C6Iz42h9SEk8g4OLNbH41HbLMCxK0IaTCfEO9ZH-RYxhnI3huAk1DbC0pU3gY3vQ17TNBygLc7fBovXmzYnz-Sv5A/s4032/IMG_3988.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzMuGMbKwBaYGikk7xPvTtoQUbyQFjOCKsDq3rjJdKH6k5B-Cxf1igV7n-kejNMoPC6iQjWKGN1hV0qT0vtDpYAg8gjEwdxGYhR6C6Iz42h9SEk8g4OLNbH41HbLMCxK0IaTCfEO9ZH-RYxhnI3huAk1DbC0pU3gY3vQ17TNBygLc7fBovXmzYnz-Sv5A/w480-h640/IMG_3988.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Design by Iwan Tirta for the royal family</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8z0TPGcRzRJ4uj0i_dcyzsPKpsYWLC0iYdyzxY1F7sCEfY_i8-ePq5sy4tz_0wPiiOKecMhp_Jkctp6bgxcG62FXrZ0Lt7nvTlDPOm5n6zH1-1maKIfeZSopbHAraXDO47FdGl_WCONKHXOP5-inU8b5A829VK6w9Wdt2-kHLN-XDAkRwmGV1Jcocutc/s4032/IMG_2464.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8z0TPGcRzRJ4uj0i_dcyzsPKpsYWLC0iYdyzxY1F7sCEfY_i8-ePq5sy4tz_0wPiiOKecMhp_Jkctp6bgxcG62FXrZ0Lt7nvTlDPOm5n6zH1-1maKIfeZSopbHAraXDO47FdGl_WCONKHXOP5-inU8b5A829VK6w9Wdt2-kHLN-XDAkRwmGV1Jcocutc/w640-h480/IMG_2464.HEIC" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Batik exhibition at the Mangkunegaran Palace</i></div><div><br /></div><div>We headed to <a href="https://www.journeytobatik.org/2019/10/friends-batiks.html" target="_blank">Museum Danar Hadi</a>. Wanted to meet curator Asti, but she had too many meetings that day. To our surprise she still came to meet us when we walked towards the entrance. </div><div>We got a tour by Mbak Mutiara, in between Mas Gigih, also an excellent museumguide, dropped by to say hello. So nice to see him again. It was good to see again pieces that are part of my research and batiks of which I still need to {re~}tell their story. Mbak Mutiara has also questions for me, mostly fact checking things she heard from other researchers, which I loved. After the tour we met with Mbka Asti. So happy we got to see her and her team. They do great work maintaining an very important Batik collection! </div><div>Our stay in Solo was too short, but so lovely. So I will plan a longer stay for next visit for sure, because I love to explore the Batik related heritages sites.</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_evMWbBBkKDcLAHv7IyKUCCF_TkvNWYSvpDPdH5dMfbZ_csmF_i4aKZtD15m58kwvHIq_lgWWpQJUwcGgKDI8ELhj3S3BMKlyS6cOZR9cguw_LIvvv5J94qd34qJYn8R1EYFk2iQgCCpT_ekq9vZFe0RlEp8y14rc9abavN7v4Tdy2I7gggRZKM52Ri8/s4032/IMG_2469.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_evMWbBBkKDcLAHv7IyKUCCF_TkvNWYSvpDPdH5dMfbZ_csmF_i4aKZtD15m58kwvHIq_lgWWpQJUwcGgKDI8ELhj3S3BMKlyS6cOZR9cguw_LIvvv5J94qd34qJYn8R1EYFk2iQgCCpT_ekq9vZFe0RlEp8y14rc9abavN7v4Tdy2I7gggRZKM52Ri8/w640-h480/IMG_2469.HEIC" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>With curator Asti at Museum Danar Hadi</i></div><div><br /></div><div>Are last stop before returning back to Jakarta to fly home, was the long awaited visit to Lasem. Koen was lucky <a href="https://www.journeytobatik.org/2023/12/last-acara-in-jakarta.html" target="_blank">to already meet Ibu Ramini and Mbak Tasya </a>when he just arrived, but now we got to visit the places I probably talk about the most.</div><div>Although Lasem can be a stressful place too with many outsiders pushing many agendas, the people actually from this small city are always very welcoming. </div><div>Taking Koen here was extra special. Taking him to the place it truly started.<a href="https://www.journeytobatik.org/2009/10/jeruk.html" target="_blank"> In 2009 I visited the batikworkshop KUB Srikandi </a>for the first time and that visit marked a > what I think will be a life long < love for Batik. Ibu Ramini asked us why we would spend our time going to a small desa like Jeruk, but it is these places that inspire me the most. Our visit was also practical since Ibu Ramini and her sister Ibu Juwariyah now have Instagram accounts thanks to Mbak tasya >>> Go follow them at <a href="https://www.instagram.com/raminisrikandi/" target="_blank">@raminisrikandi</a> & @juwariyahjeruk❣️</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWMzWdm-cexdhAgM0lxF931sIf0DnD1fCohTvM1RIX9Hj7Ji75J41meNWfo7KgzjNlv4Ob5O4XjEl85_HS4d30niaIRXGgrbOMWxabBQAN8WiRjtEQClNOnwo0aAOBRmdi3HGL8TlDe1WdwcH6Mr-Vh2k1jIAM7u3dQ9zUWjWJzgNfcbVimkPWBs4GrOw/s4032/IMG_4703.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWMzWdm-cexdhAgM0lxF931sIf0DnD1fCohTvM1RIX9Hj7Ji75J41meNWfo7KgzjNlv4Ob5O4XjEl85_HS4d30niaIRXGgrbOMWxabBQAN8WiRjtEQClNOnwo0aAOBRmdi3HGL8TlDe1WdwcH6Mr-Vh2k1jIAM7u3dQ9zUWjWJzgNfcbVimkPWBs4GrOw/w480-h640/IMG_4703.HEIC" width="480" /></a></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Koen posing next to the batiks on display at Batikworkshop Srikandi</i></div><div><br /></div><div>Next to going to desa Jeruk got to spend precious time with Mbak Eka and Mbak Tasya. We were welcome every day at Mbak Eka’s home, the beautiful place that also houses her Batikworkshop Lumintu. We were spoiled by her so much. We had so much jummy food, also because they were afraid I would get sick again, but honestly we are missing the meals still every day. And it is not just the food. It is talking with Mbak Eka and Mbak Tasya, the moments with the pembatiks. </div><div>I promised the year before I would cook for them all. Koen brought pasta with him, olive-oil and Italian spices, the rest we bought in Lasem. After everyone finally let me alone in the kitchen, except for Koen help that I needed, we made an Italian lunch for the pembatiks, Mbak Eka, Tasya and Ibu Ramini, Ibu Juwariyah and the grandchildren. Although it must have been kinda strange, they all tried the meal. I was just happy I got to make something, probably good for many stories at home, haha. </div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoBZusMQToCNa9KnUa9bNvjV79KPHqMq7-qCpg9eD-S_J8HnCDi3O8OnIU_zMobfVN2oK5Lz4tteDUTgVE8u9EGuqFcpseGME_AXo2nK4gCmvdeK5axlQ2rbBDZrq_e75i2oe_vDQINcB1tb_y5903qRKOv6jeIMoDiL2NHLhNBg4bhE-61wxpnQnktbU/s2049/IMG_2574.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2049" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoBZusMQToCNa9KnUa9bNvjV79KPHqMq7-qCpg9eD-S_J8HnCDi3O8OnIU_zMobfVN2oK5Lz4tteDUTgVE8u9EGuqFcpseGME_AXo2nK4gCmvdeK5axlQ2rbBDZrq_e75i2oe_vDQINcB1tb_y5903qRKOv6jeIMoDiL2NHLhNBg4bhE-61wxpnQnktbU/w480-h640/IMG_2574.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Lasem</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpI_mKMrESZ-H_v8gEhyHrnmjmLxSaZRxXCp6e-48WjlbnwzrxIdevIvX0_06rJz9FtZ_0FAlMwcwR1RLZ5qBUm9jKXRr1212yCkprWGpB3swVJU0u177hpPCNeghKACKGFxAfiVvjPbq8K57UuP37gUYrs5SPTGRrx0VydosoCXyNWi7_S-2KaUvZUDo/s4032/0633c976-a8d2-473c-8666-347aa9d993a3.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpI_mKMrESZ-H_v8gEhyHrnmjmLxSaZRxXCp6e-48WjlbnwzrxIdevIvX0_06rJz9FtZ_0FAlMwcwR1RLZ5qBUm9jKXRr1212yCkprWGpB3swVJU0u177hpPCNeghKACKGFxAfiVvjPbq8K57UuP37gUYrs5SPTGRrx0VydosoCXyNWi7_S-2KaUvZUDo/w640-h480/0633c976-a8d2-473c-8666-347aa9d993a3.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Mbak Eka, Mbak Tasya, statue of Raden Adjeng Kartini, me & Koen </i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>at the Kartini Museum in Rembang</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF-ghtWke0o_53YiF3s1yM8BXmegv47MdUlcpbVoh9NohRPmR-havXm9T7TXeXS5FDY_3qO6VISjFLq7aaO7qpEQ874EB6BiWhHo6kr7BwUiPECixHgmqSR2B-gKFe2oWCNc1IS-C6MQ-QWWpizWzFZXQEBtGR3tHdeG_5wcfnnRMv3RklC40FFvxqo-E/s4032/IMG_4917.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF-ghtWke0o_53YiF3s1yM8BXmegv47MdUlcpbVoh9NohRPmR-havXm9T7TXeXS5FDY_3qO6VISjFLq7aaO7qpEQ874EB6BiWhHo6kr7BwUiPECixHgmqSR2B-gKFe2oWCNc1IS-C6MQ-QWWpizWzFZXQEBtGR3tHdeG_5wcfnnRMv3RklC40FFvxqo-E/w480-h640/IMG_4917.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>The Gawangan, batik frame of Kartini</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>Our last day in the Rembang region we made a little roadtrip. I really wanted to go to the Kartini Museum and asked Mbak Eka and Tasya to join us. We started making plans and made the plan to also visit Raden Adjeng Kartini’s final resting place. In the morning I bought a bag of very fresh nice smelling melati and roses. </div><div>We first stopped at the Tjoe An Kiong temple, the former red, now bright pink Chinese temple. The insight is so stunning, so many ornaments to look at all with important meaning, not just as decoration. </div><div>Next stop was the Kartini Museum. I went there once before in 2016. It hadn’t changed much and still the same batiks are on display that have nothing to do with her. We were standing next to the gawangan, a bamboo batik frame, allegedly used by Kartini herself. Mbak Eka asked about it, and our guide quickly stopped using it to lean on. We laughed a little about the situation. Although the frame might not be really hers, the locaton, a tiled veranda would be a perfect spot to make batik. </div><div>After the museum we headed to Raden Adjeng Kartini’s final resting place. It is still a hour drive, but I was so glad I could pay my respects and thank Kartini for the inspiration and guidance she brings on my batik journey. Me and Mbak Eka prepared the flowers and I got a woven basket to put them in. I asked everyone to put some of the flowers on her grave. When it was my turn suddenly a tokeh started with his call. Normally tokeh’s call at night, but I experienced something similar when visiting the Sultan’s wife’s grave at Imogiri. I take it as a good sign and smiled while continuing with the flowers. </div><div>Since I bought a lot the keeper of the graveyard ask me if I wanted to gift flowers to others. I asked where Kartini’s child was. A smaller grave, right outside the gated area were Kartini’s and her husband other wife were buried. In the end I also brought him flowers.</div><div>We ended our perfect day at the beach, enjoying the sunset from a higher up place. </div><div>It was lovely to end our journey here. We have been home since before Christmas, but this journey, the exhibition and all the amazing events and meets still fill up mu mind and heart. I feel very thankful for finally getting to share this with Koen and for sharing my journey to Batik in an exhibition! </div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_QbxX0AJogqVX4IwaeKD7at4Oc-jAjgxSYAGlkvEOl6rgDaYZcjE-oGezW2RJxv3Ojwlh6vliJ-H05WQVG82rn0YiuGI0_JYjJN5X8p-1At4-qdHhUNoOQKpjW9omHy7FqnLeXxXZJxExAnNfrESI_Rfmpq4jb6Pg-_3IB6zC2Mtt7pY0osSe4cvDBAw/s4032/cda1da11-01c3-491a-aa76-63a83147a884.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_QbxX0AJogqVX4IwaeKD7at4Oc-jAjgxSYAGlkvEOl6rgDaYZcjE-oGezW2RJxv3Ojwlh6vliJ-H05WQVG82rn0YiuGI0_JYjJN5X8p-1At4-qdHhUNoOQKpjW9omHy7FqnLeXxXZJxExAnNfrESI_Rfmpq4jb6Pg-_3IB6zC2Mtt7pY0osSe4cvDBAw/w480-h640/cda1da11-01c3-491a-aa76-63a83147a884.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><i>Raden Adjeng Kartini’s final resting place</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPavXOhyphenhyphenGgOXSaDTEB5UNAXVfvpjkdfGjeHxgw7G5rD5l-moWijzIcTdw78-aTK4sPXqJEI6eRNfKebEMK8TP3YqjJxnHQz5IrQpExfuUKaRBgb4M3qtkLLHE-DrUMGBFdKhExDZSxji1uw80nE4qlNA_QaO91bLQxE21TRYiteDcyQHI9HdupTtugtFo/s4032/IMG_2559.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPavXOhyphenhyphenGgOXSaDTEB5UNAXVfvpjkdfGjeHxgw7G5rD5l-moWijzIcTdw78-aTK4sPXqJEI6eRNfKebEMK8TP3YqjJxnHQz5IrQpExfuUKaRBgb4M3qtkLLHE-DrUMGBFdKhExDZSxji1uw80nE4qlNA_QaO91bLQxE21TRYiteDcyQHI9HdupTtugtFo/w640-h480/IMG_2559.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Groupphoto with the pembatiks of Batikworkshop Lumintu, </i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>we also got one with us all looking at the camera</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /></div>Sabine Bolkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05606182977393734306noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-552130003939297537.post-12270354249559023432024-01-05T15:42:00.007+01:002024-02-07T14:04:25.387+01:00Tebu dan Batik*<h3 style="text-align: left;">* Sugan Cane and Batik</h3><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiPGS-IwgHr9xi1ZeAu_Ga4dFfljgZ3Ls3panbOYFo722xeBjGLwxAl5yxcc1ivhBylMAPnkrk-F6qkdt4q-vfLT7L3lX74rQgsLJY7iTCUMDhoZXOPfFcVqRm_mqvjjsWbTcWHpalVRSGmvF8VcMi-xzZxi1MlLupuyJdpOpSqIZvLV2dJColhv8jujc/s2049/IMG_2313.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2049" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiPGS-IwgHr9xi1ZeAu_Ga4dFfljgZ3Ls3panbOYFo722xeBjGLwxAl5yxcc1ivhBylMAPnkrk-F6qkdt4q-vfLT7L3lX74rQgsLJY7iTCUMDhoZXOPfFcVqRm_mqvjjsWbTcWHpalVRSGmvF8VcMi-xzZxi1MlLupuyJdpOpSqIZvLV2dJColhv8jujc/w640-h480/IMG_2313.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Ibu Siti shows the re-make of her exhibition batik</i></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgia153_9XM8Vd5L5-2BbjNGuNc2nWm3-DartOjz-QJlCV7d_RPBTGyqzBe_Mks_FBsBiAwUw8Va_agBrUAkJON8dXeVliJ-Pjy18k4PMSkeKl_F4jUz_0Jn5FQ1tnGLA_NAZNh6Z0rcmRh8DLzmSGI3DokOrmJX5TJZ9qlubK7gWDlCbxfdMDLhnl55KA/s4032/IMG_3147.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgia153_9XM8Vd5L5-2BbjNGuNc2nWm3-DartOjz-QJlCV7d_RPBTGyqzBe_Mks_FBsBiAwUw8Va_agBrUAkJON8dXeVliJ-Pjy18k4PMSkeKl_F4jUz_0Jn5FQ1tnGLA_NAZNh6Z0rcmRh8DLzmSGI3DokOrmJX5TJZ9qlubK7gWDlCbxfdMDLhnl55KA/w480-h640/IMG_3147.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>View from one of the remaining building of the sugarfactory Kaliwoengoe </i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">After <a href="https://www.journeytobatik.org/2023/12/last-acara-in-jakarta.html" target="_blank">finishing my program in Jakarta</a>, it was finally time to travel together with Koen. On the 29 of November 2023 we headed to Pekalongan. I was happy I already had <a href="https://www.journeytobatik.org/2023/11/we-dont-put-big-sign-like-that.html" target="_blank">a short visit a month earlier</a>, but extra happy I got to take Koen now to meet everyone in Pekalongan and Batang. </div><div style="text-align: left;">We stayed in the Sidji Hotel. My first time. I wanted to include a little bit of Batik history also for the places we slept at. The rooms, or our room was nothing special, but the hotel itself is pretty nice and shows how old {colonial} buildings can be repurposed.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>In 1918, a couple named Hoo Tong Koey and Tan Seng Nio—who were very much a part of the thriving Pekalongan society then—began the construction of this house (today, the house serves as The Sidji’s lobby). According to the family lore, Seng Nio—the wife—was the driving force behind its main architecture and completion.</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div><i>The couple began trading batik dyes before expanding to batik making. They set up a workshop for this purpose in the back of the house. It was an astute move—for the family business continued to prosper for many generations. Behind it all was the industrious Seng Nio—who managed operations while raising six children—some of whom would later raise their own families in this town.</i></div><div><i>Later on, this success allowed the flamboyant and charismatic Tong Koey to indulge in his passion for traditional music. He formed a gamelan troupe that performed for the crème de la crème of Pekalongan society. His involvement in the Peranakan community awarded him the title ‘Lieutenant der Chinezen’ (Lieutenant of the Chinese)—the third highest rank for Peranakan in the colonial hierarchy.</i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div>as can be read on the website of The Sidji Hotel. Although the building is very beautiful, we didn't really feel like using it as a photoshoot area as many guests do, but I think it is still interesting to stay here from a Batik historical point of view.</div><div><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsxq_0AkOqaY038PvTi07tkxK6B9kI0ywhKZLwmnw4h51XDIxTu5OehZjY1mqG-00wRvAWFq8n-EGF4OFsjSepHTdjCX8pCQI33Ti1wsq7S6uk0Cmj5l5Uh0mwPXUdctVGf_-RXhGSxZmcO1YYeS4Y1rUXedikvGpqf9OOgqBydiGvBIIldAtqFAIlMtc/s4032/IMG_2966.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsxq_0AkOqaY038PvTi07tkxK6B9kI0ywhKZLwmnw4h51XDIxTu5OehZjY1mqG-00wRvAWFq8n-EGF4OFsjSepHTdjCX8pCQI33Ti1wsq7S6uk0Cmj5l5Uh0mwPXUdctVGf_-RXhGSxZmcO1YYeS4Y1rUXedikvGpqf9OOgqBydiGvBIIldAtqFAIlMtc/w480-h640/IMG_2966.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Entrance of the hotel which use to be the veranda</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGlnR1qtGv3RryyCzqTgrCQkXKc1_vQTjJ9x_q7UBX3b2rKVc1kAx3qxBcytfIgSO3b686kylr36lrSWfV5vNFCztXXJtvq1rdbbxVMtDQcBSLKXbXL8YkfoounqZLHaChCMNRITVJdKBpVnGuAJ3nsrIO9WgsX69SyEkz-dOL-7-IbHjlAt7NN9QlTXM/s2738/IMG_2828.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2738" data-original-width="2237" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGlnR1qtGv3RryyCzqTgrCQkXKc1_vQTjJ9x_q7UBX3b2rKVc1kAx3qxBcytfIgSO3b686kylr36lrSWfV5vNFCztXXJtvq1rdbbxVMtDQcBSLKXbXL8YkfoounqZLHaChCMNRITVJdKBpVnGuAJ3nsrIO9WgsX69SyEkz-dOL-7-IbHjlAt7NN9QlTXM/w522-h640/IMG_2828.jpeg" width="522" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Photo at The Sidji Hotel of their batik past</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE-tnusi53FwlldpbdG6FW0bP-fLJGWYVkAkvARGCnlf3MAyX9g9ppjZv2bpbH_knHKiUYGNzoChily7G0JhfDlOfNvMQPhjAkk8iLTRxwYYiQ0k06QlzUDdZW11luBs5ZgbMp2C1VfAao4IByjJuqXkEK5WzbGsgSEpnuikribEPG1Wq-m-WY2r6Xgqg/s3899/IMG_2964.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3899" data-original-width="2924" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE-tnusi53FwlldpbdG6FW0bP-fLJGWYVkAkvARGCnlf3MAyX9g9ppjZv2bpbH_knHKiUYGNzoChily7G0JhfDlOfNvMQPhjAkk8iLTRxwYYiQ0k06QlzUDdZW11luBs5ZgbMp2C1VfAao4IByjJuqXkEK5WzbGsgSEpnuikribEPG1Wq-m-WY2r6Xgqg/w480-h640/IMG_2964.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Floor tiles at The Sidji Hotel</i></div><div><br /></div></div><div>The always helpful Mas Qomar arranged a car for us for two days, which was very nice because the first day was very hot and the second day there was so much rains, that Koen saw his first <i>banjir</i> {flood} on Java. </div><div>First day we went and meet with Ibu Rujaemah and her granddaughter Salmah. I only met them last year for <a href="https://www.journeytobatik.org/2022/11/recover-together-recover-stronger.html" target="_blank">the first time</a>. During my short visit a month earlier, I visited again. I really love the batiks in the style Batik Masin and as I shared in my previous blog I ordered something made from their only one sided batik. The <i>outer</i> {jacket} was made without any measuring, but with videos me and Ibu Salmah send back and forth trying the figure out if we can use our hands instead. The outer turned out really nice and looking forward to see if we can make more items in near future. We looked at several batiks, finished ones and those that are partly in production. I always learn a lot from seeing these steps in the process, especially about the artists behind the work. New motif name I learned, That Ibu Rujaemah uses a lot, <i>Pendal Sukun</i>. It is based on the skin of the fruit with the same name that is in English 'Breadfruit'. The motif consist of bigger circles surrounded by smaller dots, like the skin of the fruit, but I found it on images online with either spikes or more like <i>gringsing </i>almost.</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTEBlgt-UT02Yf6z4zhp5V7znJaNdF8ReF3pOPvhRWx787fDvL179OUtMJknLfZPOwvSGfGH2MFBSfuAfLtBRPb1JKpkufrmA_fVdHuUEjcaqOcN4p2BQWGGTRxEL1gKSXoX20grquxu0Ga0hoeqRD-2qsljtRE9C6JXFkeuTNpS-i-EYkaYWQSfb9Gt8/s3821/IMG_2668.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2937" data-original-width="3821" height="492" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTEBlgt-UT02Yf6z4zhp5V7znJaNdF8ReF3pOPvhRWx787fDvL179OUtMJknLfZPOwvSGfGH2MFBSfuAfLtBRPb1JKpkufrmA_fVdHuUEjcaqOcN4p2BQWGGTRxEL1gKSXoX20grquxu0Ga0hoeqRD-2qsljtRE9C6JXFkeuTNpS-i-EYkaYWQSfb9Gt8/w640-h492/IMG_2668.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Batik Masin in different stages of the wax and dyeing process</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyxtXes8xQSpqDUUnfo3njOcylkxYwEn9_Ls6TQ9bFqntyg1lXuRUt03KYAF2yBv-PVkr8cCdc_Xxc9dwtwY6WcHWXkOgb1s6FBZCZb3d_fm3hQdeeZH1ZlyczLoQu3cSOAXq7hIfQb7Bi5uTiJVb1M1uKTrT_7BwSzb1w2eaYo5BHBLHKAau-kW_Ri6Q/s4032/IMG_2676.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyxtXes8xQSpqDUUnfo3njOcylkxYwEn9_Ls6TQ9bFqntyg1lXuRUt03KYAF2yBv-PVkr8cCdc_Xxc9dwtwY6WcHWXkOgb1s6FBZCZb3d_fm3hQdeeZH1ZlyczLoQu3cSOAXq7hIfQb7Bi5uTiJVb1M1uKTrT_7BwSzb1w2eaYo5BHBLHKAau-kW_Ri6Q/w480-h640/IMG_2676.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Koen folding my new outer </i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>Next stop on our first day was Ibu Umriyah, Mak Sium. Next to seeing batiks in production, since everyone bought a lot of her pieces during the Pasar Batik at Erasmus Huis in Jakarta {Thank you!}, we shared stories on our stay in Jakarta. It is so lovely to hear how everyone enjoyed the openingsweekend. Read more about that in '<a href="https://www.journeytobatik.org/2023/10/building-future-of-batik.html" target="_blank">Building the future of Batik</a>'. </div><div>Mak Sium son-in-law Achyar was explaining how I am one of few that come visit them in Batang and that I am considered family. To emphasize, Mak Sium went to get something for us. We got 2,5 kilo of rice from her own ricefield. What an honour!</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigwmDameNK-RCDOrqbU9-jOp_rEoVUG8JTdqe9Y5R2o11HJ3NbWzPrN5_lXoD2MA6TKTKvrN0zJPh0jCjeqXKSeh7PjrK6VwDQcGQy-PgEnaZMqI9YezOEn8VEGh0AcLXVkvJN2TxiWyf7DYlxVu2lfnRGA4AsDaY_4uqwHtaUzuHSn9wFnTpYpQ82aqw/s4032/IMG_2741.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigwmDameNK-RCDOrqbU9-jOp_rEoVUG8JTdqe9Y5R2o11HJ3NbWzPrN5_lXoD2MA6TKTKvrN0zJPh0jCjeqXKSeh7PjrK6VwDQcGQy-PgEnaZMqI9YezOEn8VEGh0AcLXVkvJN2TxiWyf7DYlxVu2lfnRGA4AsDaY_4uqwHtaUzuHSn9wFnTpYpQ82aqw/w480-h640/IMG_2741.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Mas Qomar and Mak Sium son-in-law Achyar</i></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmXJ6jN9HQF_yxpJGh1bJqYc9kplOSQjOPWNQfPVHHlT2DMVdfqDaWSOf1RZtDDctotuK55g7VytdVIgKghq1F3GYtTW6Pw-ievaZxceEX4lz00jZOptEht1CZROdDXyMWwgaT6wZbq72osbuw74bUQWRUO8hhF6B8wSO9rm-1JKl3OT_WC3jjPD6Z7R0/s4032/IMG_2717.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmXJ6jN9HQF_yxpJGh1bJqYc9kplOSQjOPWNQfPVHHlT2DMVdfqDaWSOf1RZtDDctotuK55g7VytdVIgKghq1F3GYtTW6Pw-ievaZxceEX4lz00jZOptEht1CZROdDXyMWwgaT6wZbq72osbuw74bUQWRUO8hhF6B8wSO9rm-1JKl3OT_WC3jjPD6Z7R0/w480-h640/IMG_2717.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Mak Sium new batiks in the making</i></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9_gJoQx8sptHCAYfn4N7ul4R3JJUPsf8_nDqKqyOt5tgLCI3pc0HU4FSRLWrTGqOMsLykgWIGJoQdLKeDBTEXZUZPRbR1bPFbGdREBumJy3ODlx5_C2NcL-tA7oHjx3VjPQtqJazDkkma9jTp9xdd9BdbzuozlgJ81_lDnS-ZyDJI0Bpj732U3VV6JIc/s2049/IMG_2298.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2049" data-original-width="1537" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9_gJoQx8sptHCAYfn4N7ul4R3JJUPsf8_nDqKqyOt5tgLCI3pc0HU4FSRLWrTGqOMsLykgWIGJoQdLKeDBTEXZUZPRbR1bPFbGdREBumJy3ODlx5_C2NcL-tA7oHjx3VjPQtqJazDkkma9jTp9xdd9BdbzuozlgJ81_lDnS-ZyDJI0Bpj732U3VV6JIc/w480-h640/IMG_2298.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Me and Mak Sium</i></div><div><br /></div><div>Last visit on our first day was to Ibu Rasminah. Koen was wearing the blouse I let made last year by The Aria Batik with a batik by Ibu Rasminah. She was over the moon. She wanted us to take a picture with her, but first we had to get wrapped in matching batiks. It was actually a really nice look the batik shirt with the matching sarong, with the kepala on the back. I had to wear a batik too, did not choose a matching one, but one with a classic ship motif I never saw before at Ibu Rasminah. Of course I had to buy it.</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwsSnWBjOt8qLcLJlznhtOakOGRZYchZXXGUzyYAYGT85FGUG_755imIbXUemWade6ihebCc-XKD6atub0KHzeU2hgNm2gJ6m6hC71Qhw8sH3uEh5nHWpCFg_NdHfpyi6G0LdD3yKsHMYCPWPuBxmrMIFWnqYF_jG-uArdeo7XhOHhiQ75wQiOYZasNS8/s2049/IMG_2781.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2049" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwsSnWBjOt8qLcLJlznhtOakOGRZYchZXXGUzyYAYGT85FGUG_755imIbXUemWade6ihebCc-XKD6atub0KHzeU2hgNm2gJ6m6hC71Qhw8sH3uEh5nHWpCFg_NdHfpyi6G0LdD3yKsHMYCPWPuBxmrMIFWnqYF_jG-uArdeo7XhOHhiQ75wQiOYZasNS8/w480-h640/IMG_2781.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Posing with Ibu Rasminah wrapped in her batiks</i></div><div><br /></div><div>Next day we started at Museum Batik in Pekalongan. The tour organised by Tony of aNERDGallery was there too, so we got to see the group from Singapore, including Eunice. Mas Dewa was their museumguide, who we already met for lunch and dinner when we arrived. It is kinda surreal being in a place I know so well together with Koen. Of course everyone is very curious to meet Koen and Koen laughs every time someone comes around the corner with "Hallo Miss Sabine". </div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQhlLcrsp7qWFeG2oHaRI_Ex0VJZL5qHbF11lInC-Gu00orUMPJCmliSKeDdn3z0krPHaRV_-RCMV2D3PXHp8edHZ-9hj5lfd1TGRP16FhgR17-DhzqLife7PXPfYa7R_0GG_HRD3U4havtVfXIA382iDdYGWSHH_CfIeIA3kyPiBWMtuYFNSlJF2oQxg/s4032/IMG_2853.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQhlLcrsp7qWFeG2oHaRI_Ex0VJZL5qHbF11lInC-Gu00orUMPJCmliSKeDdn3z0krPHaRV_-RCMV2D3PXHp8edHZ-9hj5lfd1TGRP16FhgR17-DhzqLife7PXPfYa7R_0GG_HRD3U4havtVfXIA382iDdYGWSHH_CfIeIA3kyPiBWMtuYFNSlJF2oQxg/w640-h480/IMG_2853.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Finally a photo at the letters BATIK in Pekalongan</i></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqR5BncVC5Ok2pwQSA6ZzjhPdNcp4tTedjx3OIEU0ofB6n9-GAJ1AFkiLFRFTl-0_kqnPvxsAagY5Jlv0Theac1q5zqDYkGMtj5rqnPkDFINPxacn-BOH3FQddcex6LBy2CHTta1ZHRGR0HAsGFf0odFQsfQA3QVwJhWfBGwkoMbASzCOwUeG-X5I-Ydk/s2049/IMG_2305.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1537" data-original-width="2049" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqR5BncVC5Ok2pwQSA6ZzjhPdNcp4tTedjx3OIEU0ofB6n9-GAJ1AFkiLFRFTl-0_kqnPvxsAagY5Jlv0Theac1q5zqDYkGMtj5rqnPkDFINPxacn-BOH3FQddcex6LBy2CHTta1ZHRGR0HAsGFf0odFQsfQA3QVwJhWfBGwkoMbASzCOwUeG-X5I-Ydk/w640-h480/IMG_2305.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Tony of aNERDgallery and Mas Dewa giving a guided tour through Museum Batik in Pekalongan</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>After our visit, we headed to Batang to spend time with Ibu Siti, Nurul Maslahah, Maulida and their mother Ibu Bayinah. We started at Ibu Siti’s home, seeing her family again and seeing all the orders she got after the Pasar Batik. I am so happy to see that my exhibition could have such an impact already. Hopefully it is not a one time thing, but can develop in something more sustainable. In Siti's living room she made a small display with the poster of the exhibition and printed photographs so that visitors can see it. It makes me so proud. </div><div>After lunch we went to Nurul. Nurul got recently married and was a few days home, so we were very lucky we got to meet her and her husband in Batang. We looked at batiks, finished and in progress. Learned about the different<i> parangs</i> they make in Batang that I later saw again in Museum Danar Hadi. The <i>Parang Kembang</i> which looks like a flower ready to open up and <i>Parang Ikan</i> which is a little fish that caught with a hook.</div><div>Because the rain kept pouring down, we had the head back to the hotel on time. Roads leading into the small neighbourhoods along the way back to Pekalongan were already blocked. The street was already more a river showing how severe the situation truly is.</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNta0UmEFP2ssj-xnNS6OaXuHQtrG1P2JgJX_EHUwOFoC5iPgRNDIYl86aCVbqs1MxYRQIFqE7m_SItUpef7g7I08moYiO_2khNkGS1CAd6sN0pB-JioGicCSgrpALao20Q4aOnBBXIz0BwuJjIsabPLPo3Y56CmUgV8jod2CbrwN99EwWsCH4HEgeqQA/s4032/IMG_2919.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNta0UmEFP2ssj-xnNS6OaXuHQtrG1P2JgJX_EHUwOFoC5iPgRNDIYl86aCVbqs1MxYRQIFqE7m_SItUpef7g7I08moYiO_2khNkGS1CAd6sN0pB-JioGicCSgrpALao20Q4aOnBBXIz0BwuJjIsabPLPo3Y56CmUgV8jod2CbrwN99EwWsCH4HEgeqQA/w480-h640/IMG_2919.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Parang Ikan in process</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLn3FoAV4PSsAnu1q26w3Y8nyxWM5ez1T3JpSnXzu9PXPvI7a6YnopS1NeHkTM55tPZPhVpc8_7XrXvgYG4oxU6fimwL_VNcKaRvLMyFLaYsagsCQP4UOgMlmqC61u-Z6__dvJfy27DnP5CqOyoOMJ795ckFAwCjuz709orA4yr-H6fYGwy9EGfd6PpzI/s2048/IMG_2337.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLn3FoAV4PSsAnu1q26w3Y8nyxWM5ez1T3JpSnXzu9PXPvI7a6YnopS1NeHkTM55tPZPhVpc8_7XrXvgYG4oxU6fimwL_VNcKaRvLMyFLaYsagsCQP4UOgMlmqC61u-Z6__dvJfy27DnP5CqOyoOMJ795ckFAwCjuz709orA4yr-H6fYGwy9EGfd6PpzI/w640-h480/IMG_2337.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i> Ibu Kustiyah, Ibu Siti, Ibu Bayinah, Nurul Maslahah and Mbak <span style="text-align: left;">Maulida</span><span style="text-align: left;"> </span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqzNs8vEqON7rleWKs5aLQ-dOcRPBOAvpxT0GdNumZqPxYBbo_4OLKmxxf1nWl8gjK9bUrWijweBuD6_jvD1iqY-hlX3CCNUPsX4SkeczXsa78KI1wsuj-fBS9orwVCXBtcucmCUzYM3rkT6keyR7V2WlyV73YzDiOriLMyjui0WOxYFR6-TP1ohsVF9I/s4032/IMG_2901.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqzNs8vEqON7rleWKs5aLQ-dOcRPBOAvpxT0GdNumZqPxYBbo_4OLKmxxf1nWl8gjK9bUrWijweBuD6_jvD1iqY-hlX3CCNUPsX4SkeczXsa78KI1wsuj-fBS9orwVCXBtcucmCUzYM3rkT6keyR7V2WlyV73YzDiOriLMyjui0WOxYFR6-TP1ohsVF9I/w480-h640/IMG_2901.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Mbak Nurul with one of her batiks</i></div><div><br /></div><div>After only two full days In Pekalongan and Batang, we headed the next place on our to visit list, Semarang. We stayed in the South of Semarang in a very lovely green guesthouse. We unfortunately didn’t get to go to Ungaran because of heavy rain in the afternoon, but I was so glad Mas Aris came to meet us when we just arrived. </div><div>On Sunday 3 December we got to explore Kaliwungu and the surrounding area with Mas Ruwanto. Last year I met with Mas Ruwanto and we visited the sugarfactory that is part of both our research. Read more in the blogpost '<a href="https://www.journeytobatik.org/2022/11/ubud-sumber-salak-ungaran-and-kaliwungu.html" target="_blank">Ubud, Sumber Salak, Ungaran and Kaliwungu</a>'. </div><div>We met in the morning at what remains of the sugarfactory. The growth that was over powering the old constructions has been maintained. Making the buildings less romantic, but making it much more visible in what poor state they are. The 'waterpomphuis' roof seems ready to collapse. But from what I gather our hands are tied. As long as the police doesn't give permission to do anything with the buildings, there is nothing that can be done to protect the buildings from slowly crumbling. I still believe the buildings and certainly the 'waterpomphuis' that is right next to the road can be put to good use. If it could be renovated, it could be a little exhibition space with photos from the past showing the history of the sugarfactory and the later war years. I hope we can get to some kind of arrangement soon, before the buildings are merely piles. But I was happy to visit so soon again and now show Koen. We were again welcomed and escorted over the terrain. Took much more photos, since the weather was although hot, very sunny, of all the buildings, inside and out. </div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu5tf_rH9BhDZFR_r1IUIX3LS43mPReArTpaKjbTUAQtGeI5Rwp6tJimG73tm_Mom6lN1wvq_fMGaRWQbVxlIe45OsGo3M9nulcPzZGsfFmw2dt9DDWKlBDYSzUbyvu9q0GqHYTDff3-FSCsEL4aTqp1bN9cDj-dMhf_KZTv-kdkkVUrj0Z0KpBI5FWEk/s4032/IMG_3170.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu5tf_rH9BhDZFR_r1IUIX3LS43mPReArTpaKjbTUAQtGeI5Rwp6tJimG73tm_Mom6lN1wvq_fMGaRWQbVxlIe45OsGo3M9nulcPzZGsfFmw2dt9DDWKlBDYSzUbyvu9q0GqHYTDff3-FSCsEL4aTqp1bN9cDj-dMhf_KZTv-kdkkVUrj0Z0KpBI5FWEk/w640-h480/IMG_3170.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>One of the remaining buildings of the sugarfactory Kaliwoengoe, </i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>the center is still being used while on the sides it is falling apart</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy03R1c8hNXatneX5SqpMHy8Xr38C1UKP8_zYhi_bdWUcMQ7jFJhWUDJwStH_u1bwJ-go_DFj2F8ccvyR2DIA63Z4zmTr3ltF4TXUtV3B2LqghI0utparbqB3mgFu69QtLBqYs-umEtt3pO9zU5xU9e35wNVvH29s1qsTEjA2Etq3rreQ20hbXJVHAHNU/s2049/IMG_2380.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2049" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy03R1c8hNXatneX5SqpMHy8Xr38C1UKP8_zYhi_bdWUcMQ7jFJhWUDJwStH_u1bwJ-go_DFj2F8ccvyR2DIA63Z4zmTr3ltF4TXUtV3B2LqghI0utparbqB3mgFu69QtLBqYs-umEtt3pO9zU5xU9e35wNVvH29s1qsTEjA2Etq3rreQ20hbXJVHAHNU/w480-h640/IMG_2380.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Posing with Mas Ruwanto Tri in front of the 'waterpomphuis'</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR5OZ5FCZTY39JAL5N1N1woKmkFuhglHAFgJD5fggTyyGxAk8VGoTgSVxF3FeptEbuvvb3rkCkVSCT5PafhibHrptcjuRsX6l13xI0SaqDKedNPATtjAPXfnBXnuE7csit8qG2O7ZJrCF4b8DWBeDvNgovbC8bvivfX3nwu6g5V0JZNKzFYqBla_ftXmc/s4267/Oostzijde%20van%20de%20suikerfabriek%20Kaliwoengoe%20ten%20westen%20van%20Semarang%20met%20het%20kantoor%20en%20de%20losinrichting%20op%20de%20rails%20van%20de%20Semarang%20Cheribon%20Stoomtram%20Maatschappij%20_KITLV%2049716.tiff" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3102" data-original-width="4267" height="466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR5OZ5FCZTY39JAL5N1N1woKmkFuhglHAFgJD5fggTyyGxAk8VGoTgSVxF3FeptEbuvvb3rkCkVSCT5PafhibHrptcjuRsX6l13xI0SaqDKedNPATtjAPXfnBXnuE7csit8qG2O7ZJrCF4b8DWBeDvNgovbC8bvivfX3nwu6g5V0JZNKzFYqBla_ftXmc/w640-h466/Oostzijde%20van%20de%20suikerfabriek%20Kaliwoengoe%20ten%20westen%20van%20Semarang%20met%20het%20kantoor%20en%20de%20losinrichting%20op%20de%20rails%20van%20de%20Semarang%20Cheribon%20Stoomtram%20Maatschappij%20_KITLV%2049716.tiff" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Eastside of the sugarfactory Kaliwoengoe with view on the office </i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>and rails of the Semarang Cheribon Stoomtram Maatschappij. </i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>On the left the 'waterpomphuis'. From between 1910-1925. KITLV 49716, Collection UB Leiden</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div>After a saté-lunch, for Koen, we went to see the small train station of Kaliwungu. I don't know why, but this time it caught my eye in the train and just had to go there. </div><div>Ruwanto made a Facebook post after our visit on the history of this train station and the connection to the sugarfactory. So some info from that post with extra details added by me:</div></div><div><div><br /></div><div>The first railway was made in 1867 connecting Semarang with Tangung, Surabaya. Both important habour cities that were used by the Dutch goverment to export and import goods. Among these goods were the colonial goods or 'koloniale waren' in Dutch that were the products produced on Java under the '<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultivation_System" target="_blank">Cultuurstelsel</a>'. After the Cultuurstelsel was ended, of course plantations kept producing tea, coffee and sugar that were mostly shipped out of Java. The Samarang–Cheribon Stoomtram Maatschappij, N.V. (SCS) build and operate the Semarang West - Kaliwoengoe railway line, including the main branch line to the Kaliwungu sugar factory, which opened on Sunday, May 2, 1897. Apart from being a line for passengers, the railway continued to function as a transportation for sugar, also called 'het witte goud' {white gold}. </div></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBv24coDy1Aehm5QN8sHPC4pykiViz6GzYi_u_Eur0zXY2R8YCyO5Baaqw27arifo43tuycQ9nnfB8cdERyPWX6f7_BemSlMb4hQKMEMQwbaja0aV6S_yFtbBLCBEa7-7JEpy-LsIGwC13DmrsKI90cTo2nAFR1-ss1xjfftkNxhvIsGhJOH6uaBybWRg/s4254/Vervoer%20van%20lorries%20met%20suikerriet%20door%20karbouwen%20bij%20de%20suikerfabriek%20Kaliwoengoe%20ten_KITLV49751_1910-1925.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3101" data-original-width="4254" height="466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBv24coDy1Aehm5QN8sHPC4pykiViz6GzYi_u_Eur0zXY2R8YCyO5Baaqw27arifo43tuycQ9nnfB8cdERyPWX6f7_BemSlMb4hQKMEMQwbaja0aV6S_yFtbBLCBEa7-7JEpy-LsIGwC13DmrsKI90cTo2nAFR1-ss1xjfftkNxhvIsGhJOH6uaBybWRg/w640-h466/Vervoer%20van%20lorries%20met%20suikerriet%20door%20karbouwen%20bij%20de%20suikerfabriek%20Kaliwoengoe%20ten_KITLV49751_1910-1925.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i>Transport of sugarcane on tracks near the Sugarfactory Kaliwoengoe, </i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i>between 1910-1925, KITLV 4975, Collection UB Leiden</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9O_-57ml-v10QF0GZx-xBa_EXxlwfj9vmcFKDAr3f1muomLcOgzHwkklLOCswryQq28h9G0ff87XwehDvxsTqzIM2P_ip_Vp44K8yEk3WU8AAamxN3RdEyxQQIQXxaNHr3ZZKgAqHqvHrKipM2xNAoz_lY1KvbfcJQwKApqqqOty6RUe2l0nFhQzKluw/s4032/IMG_3242.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9O_-57ml-v10QF0GZx-xBa_EXxlwfj9vmcFKDAr3f1muomLcOgzHwkklLOCswryQq28h9G0ff87XwehDvxsTqzIM2P_ip_Vp44K8yEk3WU8AAamxN3RdEyxQQIQXxaNHr3ZZKgAqHqvHrKipM2xNAoz_lY1KvbfcJQwKApqqqOty6RUe2l0nFhQzKluw/w640-h480/IMG_3242.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i>Train station Kaliwungu with Koen and Mas Ruwanto</i></div></div><div><br /></div><div>The train station is still manned, but no trains stop there anymore. We were welcomed to look around and take some photos, but not of the office. </div><div>While headed to our next location, Mas Ruwanto also pointed out the still remaining railway tracks next to the road that use to lead to the sugarfactory. The railways were mostly dug up during the Japanese occupation. The metal was used to make weapons according to the stories.</div><div>During lunch we learned a local expression. If a drink is not sweet, in Kaliwungu they say; "<i>We must be far from the sugarfactory</i>". Showing how intertwined the history of the sugarfactory still is with the nowadays Kaliwungu.</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUcR0tANiNVpDYivuXQ88ot_WUSNfWblWYrv8I8K2XVytyOq6Y0PVRENYo2ejxdCGaxzN2D-M8fK0zVNIKHB-nZQIkMgswC7-exNAjKuVcS4JZZiccdwXJ5PIzcSn8i0dYOStwDmQuIziZhDi2AfpLj1jCPgGEI3rKcdJaOyRyG-nmeLtF0WLkA3DbEM0/s4032/IMG_3375.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUcR0tANiNVpDYivuXQ88ot_WUSNfWblWYrv8I8K2XVytyOq6Y0PVRENYo2ejxdCGaxzN2D-M8fK0zVNIKHB-nZQIkMgswC7-exNAjKuVcS4JZZiccdwXJ5PIzcSn8i0dYOStwDmQuIziZhDi2AfpLj1jCPgGEI3rKcdJaOyRyG-nmeLtF0WLkA3DbEM0/w480-h640/IMG_3375.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>What remains of <span style="text-align: left;">Onderneming Djatti Kalangan</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjITxyg2fBKJ2_N-ERHYXpE3kHQz4CHNEy7Yu8untU3E-oTGT1Ib5U4UUZ8J4Y6opyoN-5yocjtYHGFOzW9qYEmvurzrAP_jQTSqp8wb5gffmIwG7nBvUhWYAxckOAsV_yaNjmYr-C4Lkq1LyvLkp8leLa2dWOuzcSkd-ZkoQrPI2X3DTROl7iINbtxud0/s4032/IMG_3399.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjITxyg2fBKJ2_N-ERHYXpE3kHQz4CHNEy7Yu8untU3E-oTGT1Ib5U4UUZ8J4Y6opyoN-5yocjtYHGFOzW9qYEmvurzrAP_jQTSqp8wb5gffmIwG7nBvUhWYAxckOAsV_yaNjmYr-C4Lkq1LyvLkp8leLa2dWOuzcSkd-ZkoQrPI2X3DTROl7iINbtxud0/w480-h640/IMG_3399.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Rooftiles may be useful to date the buildings</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>We ended our daytrip at the Onderneming Djatikalangan, where in the past tea and coffee were processed, but now matches are made. I was nearby this place already in 2019, after I find in documents that next to the sugarfactory, the Ottenhoff family also owned <i>Onderneming Djatti Kalangan</i> in Ungaran. I found on Google maps that there was still a road called Jalan Raya Jatikalangan. I headed there and we came across what looked like a factory, but the person I was with didn't want to go in. </div><div>Talking on WA with Mas Ruwanto to prepare for this trip, I mentioned the name of the <i>onderneming </i>and soon after he came back with the possible location. The same place I was at in 2019. </div><div>To our surprise two older buildings still remain on the ground. One from the early 20th century, but one maybe older. It looks like a Dutch farmhouse. The roof tiles turned out to have some leads for us to follow, ‘steenbakkery tegal’ and different company names, so things to dive further in. The people we met didn't know anything about the buildings or the history of the place, but let us look around, even inside and take many photographs. </div><div>It was so much fun to explore with a fellow researcher, so happy we got to spend time and share knowledge. I learned and get to see so much. Thank you Mas Ruwanto!</div><div><br /></div><div>On Monday 4 December I got the news that my exhibition was in the news. A really wonderful article by journalist Sylviana Hamdani with the impressive title '<a href="https://www.thejakartapost.com/culture/2023/12/04/masa-depan-batik-unveiling-the-industrys-challenges-and-reshaping-its-future.html" target="_blank">Masa Depan, Batik, Unveiling the industry's challenges and reshaping the future</a>' in the newspaper The Jakarta Post. Hamdani attended the opening and interviewed me and the pembatiks. I didn't expect any article to still come out, but this was more then just an article. It goes in much depth on several artworks and features next to a photo of me with my selfportrait, also a lovely portrait of Mak Sium and Mbak Nurul with their batiks, the oldest and the youngest pembatik featured in the exhibition.</div><div><br /></div><div><i>"We need to show this craftsmanship to the younger generation to make it more future-oriented and sustainably resilient," Bolk said on the opening night."At the same time, this is also an invitation to reflect on the future of batik."</i></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5w4UyfImx3bpAsOr6yTv0CJ_boYJ319cUzyab7JYICfcBZW16GGeQ6zFwasahcExIswqDIbmbuDXhTpcDD4C0cuszysOy7oJz6b6DamG5Uv44g9nrUeDSUlvFbB4azC7u4yP-PnEQMWVMuMZvDqOMBbf4HW7KVUNjjNbm2ZMnyjf_KB6hz6FaESECUpE/s3416/IMG_5590.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3416" data-original-width="2838" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5w4UyfImx3bpAsOr6yTv0CJ_boYJ319cUzyab7JYICfcBZW16GGeQ6zFwasahcExIswqDIbmbuDXhTpcDD4C0cuszysOy7oJz6b6DamG5Uv44g9nrUeDSUlvFbB4azC7u4yP-PnEQMWVMuMZvDqOMBbf4HW7KVUNjjNbm2ZMnyjf_KB6hz6FaESECUpE/w532-h640/IMG_5590.jpeg" width="532" /></a></div><div><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: left;">'Masa depan Batik | Future of Batik' will re-open on Tuesday 9 January and will still be on display till 20 January 2024 at Erasmus Huis in Jakarta.<br />Keep an eye out on my blog to for further updates on me and Koen's journey to Batik!</h3><div><br /></div>Sabine Bolkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05606182977393734306noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-552130003939297537.post-26465450147779581442023-12-17T13:01:00.005+01:002023-12-28T15:55:49.882+01:00Last acara* in Jakarta<h3 style="text-align: left;">Last program* in Jakarta</h3><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4AlPV0KEFzSAR4SpVSZ9oOWgFvMv2hnobsuy9D5cjqG46FFaX1sloiD0WYPqk1GScIii0jSeRu2xc5SSRrJbf7iJgATCqQhSD3uIh7RD9qOPx45E_10OFqCVv9pRpmJsYU8i4-51xIxAVijLVQvRgeVoKswHmGRBMsIzFlrIRTUn6W7ezdwyKTgVwXXA/s4032/IMG_2245.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4AlPV0KEFzSAR4SpVSZ9oOWgFvMv2hnobsuy9D5cjqG46FFaX1sloiD0WYPqk1GScIii0jSeRu2xc5SSRrJbf7iJgATCqQhSD3uIh7RD9qOPx45E_10OFqCVv9pRpmJsYU8i4-51xIxAVijLVQvRgeVoKswHmGRBMsIzFlrIRTUn6W7ezdwyKTgVwXXA/w480-h640/IMG_2245.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Ibu Ramini dyeing a Batik during the Batikworkshop </i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>on 25 November at Erasmus Huis</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH_Jpr7oAzMcW-sNNk7h4JhQbnULPs1Im7yb7dkvQFzc6sB3e3D86G1Hwxjn2y-ZrWB6fmF0_8R4sTjUFPupp1RpxEGBjLXa2Iu2XUTZh-84SbiiDMUVsn8p8uMyV-uZdL_XRgcjrlV8CrZYuMSCNK0t3laXgrmepEeFcaotiJWMweDwV98iMdWGfofyk/s4032/IMG_2614.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH_Jpr7oAzMcW-sNNk7h4JhQbnULPs1Im7yb7dkvQFzc6sB3e3D86G1Hwxjn2y-ZrWB6fmF0_8R4sTjUFPupp1RpxEGBjLXa2Iu2XUTZh-84SbiiDMUVsn8p8uMyV-uZdL_XRgcjrlV8CrZYuMSCNK0t3laXgrmepEeFcaotiJWMweDwV98iMdWGfofyk/w480-h640/IMG_2614.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Singhasari statues at the National Gallery in Jakarta</i></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir8-K9bgg1X_-oUep3EdUENIkK8QiiZYRB8FnXeHAAXaNFiuR_rXtt1rd3Gl9rXeHad6jG_8yPbqER4gOQ2eRww3E1XLpThwaTl4EqrfG0gLHz965mDYCn4gMmFDeApRIgnxWDkttoCCqgZZYuSaicyMnKeWoxwx8JiMPBtMIDWFpN-cj-zjVM55_dOiw/s5568/IMG_5032.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3712" data-original-width="5568" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir8-K9bgg1X_-oUep3EdUENIkK8QiiZYRB8FnXeHAAXaNFiuR_rXtt1rd3Gl9rXeHad6jG_8yPbqER4gOQ2eRww3E1XLpThwaTl4EqrfG0gLHz965mDYCn4gMmFDeApRIgnxWDkttoCCqgZZYuSaicyMnKeWoxwx8JiMPBtMIDWFpN-cj-zjVM55_dOiw/w640-h426/IMG_5032.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i style="text-align: left;">Batik research workshop at Museum Batik</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">On the way home after what I could only call the perfect journey to Batik. It was so wonderful to have next the exhibition, which is in sorts an overview of the passed 14 years, a journey to all (most all) the places I have been in those 14 years together with Koen. The places where my journey begin, all the people, my batik family who I got to work with, learn from, help me so much and now got to spend time with together with Koen finally!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW2rNcGAPB_nVlXA4MrB-tvNaIt3LthAm8r4QDARiml83zvZHnHx2npTSVojEC16XADHKSy2nrrZXshegQY2gd6hyPqHapLPeABIBID6k3eToWQ-Szk3DEvVinuWJS9V7BhWDnT1NC9205DAwTJLoPUEZI0yAZkMRMx8JRHKV5PpMbLZ1TeZ_KYpfGj28/s4032/IMG_2035.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW2rNcGAPB_nVlXA4MrB-tvNaIt3LthAm8r4QDARiml83zvZHnHx2npTSVojEC16XADHKSy2nrrZXshegQY2gd6hyPqHapLPeABIBID6k3eToWQ-Szk3DEvVinuWJS9V7BhWDnT1NC9205DAwTJLoPUEZI0yAZkMRMx8JRHKV5PpMbLZ1TeZ_KYpfGj28/w480-h640/IMG_2035.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>In the Botanic garden in Bogor</i></div><div><br /></div><div>Our first full day on Java together, Friday 24 November, after Koen arrived and he saw ‘Masa depan Batik’ at Erasmus Huis, we spend in the Botanical garden in Bogor. Although it was very hot, and still is, you can walk there in the shade of the very old trees. It was funny to hear Koen reaction to the bees here, that are the size of perhaps a hummingbird. I remember reacting like that, only to find out that these flying giants never bother you.</div><div>In the evening Ibu Ramini and Tasya arrived from Lasem. The next day, on Saturday 25 November, Ibu Ramini would lead the Batikworkshop. It is so great I got to organise this. A real Batikworkshop given by a real batikmaker, and not anybody, Ibu Ramini of KUB Srikandi. <a href="https://www.journeytobatik.org/2009/10/jeruk.html?m=0" target="_blank">The place</a> that made me fall in love with Batik forever.</div><div>I asked Koen to join me at the end of my program, so he could join this workshop. It was so nice to have this extra time to hang out together. Ibu Ramini considered the workweekend as a real holiday, she said she loved how she has to do nothing, no household shores. And she is totally right, it is very luxueus to work in this way, at home I know all too well the struggle of trying to keep the house tidy while juggling multiple projects. But the big difference, me and Koen do it together, while for most women on Java they have to do everything alone. In Ibu Ramini case running a business while also running the household. </div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigOpPkd3QGvLgeZ2ai4zUGH1HZZ1VIDEbyGqB9SeYgIs0RUs4IAIuAmYu_rTZKU2IU6jcCPGO3slFypWx2J-tdOTF2zKpMgae5HkzMvCnuyBP9d7NXYXyfZQoVBKrrfKGwtS2fZ25kzgmCXVV1dBBJXojKFH1DmfE3BsPbwxaHp2CV8SahGk-90jJHRiA/s4032/IMG_2166.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigOpPkd3QGvLgeZ2ai4zUGH1HZZ1VIDEbyGqB9SeYgIs0RUs4IAIuAmYu_rTZKU2IU6jcCPGO3slFypWx2J-tdOTF2zKpMgae5HkzMvCnuyBP9d7NXYXyfZQoVBKrrfKGwtS2fZ25kzgmCXVV1dBBJXojKFH1DmfE3BsPbwxaHp2CV8SahGk-90jJHRiA/w480-h640/IMG_2166.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Guidance by Ibu Ramini on how to use the canting</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh5pTOZI4rKJTTGgcXQL-EriOv0PrFoaH1tAbXeqQCjIaqQVXTYo_7MDZBaJy-ZD74KjAOnEZkWk01xTlRsxxWx3nTy2tw-r0PwA3uvB7tA3YZ3tg1F9vQlzM3sHzF5V4SJGRhHjITgEp_JrivZ3DaQFYwshsE1ULilIoEuZC0MVfjts10FpU5-UhfCwM/s4032/IMG_2215.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh5pTOZI4rKJTTGgcXQL-EriOv0PrFoaH1tAbXeqQCjIaqQVXTYo_7MDZBaJy-ZD74KjAOnEZkWk01xTlRsxxWx3nTy2tw-r0PwA3uvB7tA3YZ3tg1F9vQlzM3sHzF5V4SJGRhHjITgEp_JrivZ3DaQFYwshsE1ULilIoEuZC0MVfjts10FpU5-UhfCwM/w480-h640/IMG_2215.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYj9L3ZDGiyYSgQYKiC-iZwiQxe3mtwypaf9ipPiw7QcxwsqISjVpeylWv0G3xrH7G6PQxJazI6CJCAAv6K_m9btr0-6GVN6w1uMccKAORoyZ22h-hJy8xSf1wH5QTbOGqlbDThHtXXMc1RhEUbf5t3ZFCkFoGyHlkHd7zCxSMYYxC8J-l0M88Y6EKbHY/s4032/IMG_2248.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYj9L3ZDGiyYSgQYKiC-iZwiQxe3mtwypaf9ipPiw7QcxwsqISjVpeylWv0G3xrH7G6PQxJazI6CJCAAv6K_m9btr0-6GVN6w1uMccKAORoyZ22h-hJy8xSf1wH5QTbOGqlbDThHtXXMc1RhEUbf5t3ZFCkFoGyHlkHd7zCxSMYYxC8J-l0M88Y6EKbHY/w480-h640/IMG_2248.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3pt6zMRlaavUH0sq_azISEcqD11UlkEV6qGPPsru5H4QifEGNf9TP9WpBn6p26uCTI7JLerZjQKWtyCEM1jWxme_nehH4t0rsGvSS965efdXRyFAdwK6ocv14ipWGpZ6HAuzuHilBf-Dr8kVEi-R0DCMr0Up5cCBQAKE_B9guMAYWMCT5ErrC0GfLhyQ/s4032/IMG_2277.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3pt6zMRlaavUH0sq_azISEcqD11UlkEV6qGPPsru5H4QifEGNf9TP9WpBn6p26uCTI7JLerZjQKWtyCEM1jWxme_nehH4t0rsGvSS965efdXRyFAdwK6ocv14ipWGpZ6HAuzuHilBf-Dr8kVEi-R0DCMr0Up5cCBQAKE_B9guMAYWMCT5ErrC0GfLhyQ/w640-h480/IMG_2277.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Tasya, Koen and Ibu Ramini</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpwq0FwSyK1Al2tfDTUYbtk2UDWDqmhafvIJipvFknSRD1RRXErbtNL2gnjfTgtAefcocZtSdUMMjHxuC_08nkrdwWP1pRRdog_9hzzQUp0yxy1skkoDo9xGMy05x9uNGSvDzZ3AmKsxx9pui6V5GSDZ4e7fUbz96dxr7qYNz481n2Fc4HLhtMSzQWcg4/s4032/IMG_2229.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpwq0FwSyK1Al2tfDTUYbtk2UDWDqmhafvIJipvFknSRD1RRXErbtNL2gnjfTgtAefcocZtSdUMMjHxuC_08nkrdwWP1pRRdog_9hzzQUp0yxy1skkoDo9xGMy05x9uNGSvDzZ3AmKsxx9pui6V5GSDZ4e7fUbz96dxr7qYNz481n2Fc4HLhtMSzQWcg4/w480-h640/IMG_2229.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Lorod by Mas Edy</i></div><div><br /></div><div>Ibu Ramini shared her knowledge on Batik with us on 25 November. The participants worked with the cantings she brought ~ from Pekalongan ~ while Museum Tekstil proved cantings from Solo. Also we worked with synthetic dyes. A react dye that first appears orange and turns green in the second bath, or first looks just wet and turns grayish blue. When mixing the two a very nice dark blueish green was made. Very different process from the natural Indigo we learned <a href=" https://www.journeytobatik.org/2023/11/true-blue.html?m=0" target="_blank">from Elisa of Jikaloka on 4 November</a>. </div><div>It was exciting in the morning because Ibu Ramini was not yet sure what colours it would give, but they turned out so beautiful. </div><div>The workshop was again given in collaboration with Museum Tekstil with the amazing guidance of Ibu Yeni and Mas Edy. A wonderful collab! I am so happy we got to organise this at Erasmus Huis. </div><div>Special thank you to Miss Tasya for joining Ibu Ramini on her journey to Jakarta & helping so much with the workshop. </div><div>Koen made a great Batik. Ibu Ramini approved of his blocking skills! </div><div>His Batik is a tribute to me: Batik ~ Baik ~ Bolk. How sweet is that!</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-VWw07cRWdXUkDuZoVftEcmny0AQryNLqgdVsWFxJyOFRM6OFJ3XefsT3UlkOpTL-wPn2J6E6rytAOPr1p0q0-A1hnSypiah7GiG9tBlWyVZRTqY9ENt_zJ-coZK2gxT74XqohHVkij75Rs4Pg5qIpp1UjyLJr7o7KAgkX1m80BUae_PlGI_zfVbSCoI/s4032/IMG_2285.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-VWw07cRWdXUkDuZoVftEcmny0AQryNLqgdVsWFxJyOFRM6OFJ3XefsT3UlkOpTL-wPn2J6E6rytAOPr1p0q0-A1hnSypiah7GiG9tBlWyVZRTqY9ENt_zJ-coZK2gxT74XqohHVkij75Rs4Pg5qIpp1UjyLJr7o7KAgkX1m80BUae_PlGI_zfVbSCoI/w480-h640/IMG_2285.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><i>Batik ~ Baik ~ Bolk by Koen de Wit</i></span></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijfyQ8Fzwyv3DOQnI6PQ5v2K9YLaYLxgXX5fa99-CR3UbJCvxGZledn3mTey3dnSWDVptP4GdHLs9cj9B7l7p30BmtRnNsCheSGtY-TTX6owuIgSGxc9r4SXixfSpH9ArnL6TQfi4r4ED8DoCR2GOfNnYA2HoOQh2oJFD8h2VVVVEa2FL_Rm8pMQZlTFo/s4032/IMG_2353.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijfyQ8Fzwyv3DOQnI6PQ5v2K9YLaYLxgXX5fa99-CR3UbJCvxGZledn3mTey3dnSWDVptP4GdHLs9cj9B7l7p30BmtRnNsCheSGtY-TTX6owuIgSGxc9r4SXixfSpH9ArnL6TQfi4r4ED8DoCR2GOfNnYA2HoOQh2oJFD8h2VVVVEa2FL_Rm8pMQZlTFo/w480-h640/IMG_2353.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>The Batikworkshop marked the official last scheduled program, but I had two more workshops to go on Monday.</div><div>On Sunday we had a relax morning, having breakfast the four of us, before Ibu Ramini and Tasya pulang {returned home}. Luckily this goodbye was not so heavy, since the sampai jumpa {see you later} was in two weeks.</div><div>In the afternoon me & Koen visited Museum Macan. Heard many positive things about this museum and seeing instastories on their recent exhibition ‘<a href="https://www.museummacan.org/exhibition/voice-against-reason" target="_blank">Voice Against Reason</a>’ I had to see it.</div><div>The museum is located in what looks like a small mall or office building. A few escalators up, you arrive in a typical modern art museum space with a nice view on the city. I think depending on whats on show, makes the visit worthwhile. Good that this exhibition is amazing! It is still on show till 14-4-2024!</div><div>The exhibition had a diversity in mediums; sculpture, paintings, tapestries, video work and even a modern wayang of which we got to see the last live performance! The artworks were by new and older modern artists. </div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgezVHa5v28z5ewad_n-4gd4kmdBs48Bl_xQtARp-Ho5QLgg5x7lk6tWOe2hZOzRVBeBzUQY-VfuzFv7yTuC97t6xN6PkJprc6V0Q3zeiYIwQRgnkP4B_jPiqFBO5_9_SpRf3yQR0v0ElZVnfxlBqI0EQi8PXHi5UVK_FI_mIf_XLHXxeD33RMnzoDEWSs/s4068/Screenshot%202023-12-17%20at%2012.29.14.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2164" data-original-width="4068" height="340" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgezVHa5v28z5ewad_n-4gd4kmdBs48Bl_xQtARp-Ho5QLgg5x7lk6tWOe2hZOzRVBeBzUQY-VfuzFv7yTuC97t6xN6PkJprc6V0Q3zeiYIwQRgnkP4B_jPiqFBO5_9_SpRf3yQR0v0ElZVnfxlBqI0EQi8PXHi5UVK_FI_mIf_XLHXxeD33RMnzoDEWSs/w640-h340/Screenshot%202023-12-17%20at%2012.29.14.png" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>‘Sirkus di Tanah Pengasingan: Oyong-oyong Ayang-ayang’ </i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>by Jumaadi and the Shadow Factory, </i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>using papercut & overhead projectors at Museum Macan</i></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm_C8dXLXtrur35iezZLeN7fERs4UfD-FpCbqO06NSR5X88tIQn8v21-_6V1QpHYz_D6Jobbrj_6z4rYzoTfrJJOy-CwfGy5u6gB05M_ishveZhV2jeBy3eSN3B5zi4mpRGHk7FS0E2rVSIr_5uhLKiKdfPtSovFNJfrvza6sUahPTtXx8ce2O1J4BrKA/s4032/IMG_2397.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm_C8dXLXtrur35iezZLeN7fERs4UfD-FpCbqO06NSR5X88tIQn8v21-_6V1QpHYz_D6Jobbrj_6z4rYzoTfrJJOy-CwfGy5u6gB05M_ishveZhV2jeBy3eSN3B5zi4mpRGHk7FS0E2rVSIr_5uhLKiKdfPtSovFNJfrvza6sUahPTtXx8ce2O1J4BrKA/w640-h480/IMG_2397.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i>Video installation 'Perpetuity' (2023) by Nadiah Bamadhaj </i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i>at Museum Macan</i></div></div><div></div><div><br /></div><div>It still amazes me how being an artist here, and being in an Art collective, is so different from the Netherlands. Real collectives are rare, while in Indonesia it seems odd to work alone. Although I feel removed from the art-world in the Netherlands, on Java I feel my work fits really well within the art-world. How I work, together preferable, has always been a given. Here I am never asked What I make specifically as an artist, what I make is not being divided into certain fields. It is just what I make. </div><div>It was therefore especially great to get the freedom to make ‘Masa depan Batik’ as I wanted, including the program, in Jakarta. </div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi34_lO7UgmVFGr7eQosjYTlQsI9Z3Ew3HLhhniqgivW8Wk_Xx3NyPzm-6Ttk6OkX0dJQyhAsRVpIfe_R6jxSOudYowY0fbU-iKvhF3dntMQsqId3nDSTyjtLnwXN66pPfEOiCLzSnaz9d4iYwo42TV84MLvZzOHKoCHs_po5UR2uZlEF2TbQa2X6A2ruY/s2587/IMG_2575.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2587" data-original-width="1976" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi34_lO7UgmVFGr7eQosjYTlQsI9Z3Ew3HLhhniqgivW8Wk_Xx3NyPzm-6Ttk6OkX0dJQyhAsRVpIfe_R6jxSOudYowY0fbU-iKvhF3dntMQsqId3nDSTyjtLnwXN66pPfEOiCLzSnaz9d4iYwo42TV84MLvZzOHKoCHs_po5UR2uZlEF2TbQa2X6A2ruY/w488-h640/IMG_2575.jpeg" width="488" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Analog photo by Oxalis of Erasmus Huis of me with my Batik selfportrait</i></div><div><br /></div><div>On Monday morning 27 November I got to give my Batik research workshop at Museum Batik. This brand new batik museum was officially opened last Hari Batik, 2 October, and <a href="https://www.journeytobatik.org/2022/11/batikful-week-in-jakarta.html?m=0" target="_blank">I got to visit it last year already</a>. </div><div>Some of the people of museum joined my workshop at Erasmus Huis, and it was so great to get asked to give it at the museum. Not just for the Batik Museum, but other museums at Taman Mini Indonesia as well. It was also great that I got to take Koen to this museum. </div><div>The workshop was really great again to do. The participants, especially the new generation, had smart questions, going beyond what I put on paper. So that made me very happy as you can imagine. </div><div>In the previous posts ‘<a href="https://www.journeytobatik.org/2023/10/pasar-batik-batik-research-workshop-at.html?m=1 " target="_blank">Pasar Batik & Batik Research Workshop at Erasmus Huis</a>’ & ‘<a href="https://www.journeytobatik.org/2023/12/for-love-of-batik.html?m=1" target="_blank">For the love of Batik</a>’ I wrote more about this workshop and the reason behind it.</div><div>The museum is closed on Mondays but we & the participants got a tour from Mas Swa, the curator of the museum. Going first through the oldest history, the making of batik, we quickly reached the point where the influence in Batik is described. Mas Swa laughed nervously when reaching <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CkS_NUky0nI/?igshid=NzBmMjdhZWRiYQ==" target="_blank">the display on European influence</a>.</div><div>“I feel this is a test” he said before starting the explanation. The text sign still says ‘Batik Belanda’, but he nicely said, “we call this batik with an European influence”, and I asked “And no longer Batik Belanda?” And he said: “yes!”</div><div>Yeahh!! I explained shortly to the group why this name ‘Batik Belanda is wrong to use and that it is actual the name for imitation batik from Europe. </div><div>I just want to say thank you again to Museum Batik! I hope we can keep on working & sharing together in the (near) future!</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWDlT7p3bVuyiDoROWOdSmPgAezgUnypkMLRIg9U0x-fL0SILmoVI2daQRV7BYQH5mVMPnEXqnXWXgj4vuQnHJ_cSICNGHdLBj09neg60bvJMon-4rkWQvD-SfjNL5vJ2R04v8UKvRZBuKgvo1Tp2ndo7Vv6M6xHAwEpAnS1kUKE2biA9AcMZY_hvxRXM/s3024/IMG_2442.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2409" data-original-width="3024" height="510" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWDlT7p3bVuyiDoROWOdSmPgAezgUnypkMLRIg9U0x-fL0SILmoVI2daQRV7BYQH5mVMPnEXqnXWXgj4vuQnHJ_cSICNGHdLBj09neg60bvJMon-4rkWQvD-SfjNL5vJ2R04v8UKvRZBuKgvo1Tp2ndo7Vv6M6xHAwEpAnS1kUKE2biA9AcMZY_hvxRXM/w640-h510/IMG_2442.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><i>Batik research workshop at Museum Batik</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNtcu3lM0noDKkKtd8MxdFaQhsWijuVHjHEJpt4nQRHeX0RE5_pLxN4mL6EZKs5pLzU0tSSah89q8t-7UAY93-71R4XO0gFZy7y96PM9sWwG1antXxGU9X0XbfNzTMP7O1mriuPGFuMKZ_AKNKbFb7Fmott55hicfOIeiIKzNqFmwecV5ZB8Gx57OwxDY/s4032/IMG_2430.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNtcu3lM0noDKkKtd8MxdFaQhsWijuVHjHEJpt4nQRHeX0RE5_pLxN4mL6EZKs5pLzU0tSSah89q8t-7UAY93-71R4XO0gFZy7y96PM9sWwG1antXxGU9X0XbfNzTMP7O1mriuPGFuMKZ_AKNKbFb7Fmott55hicfOIeiIKzNqFmwecV5ZB8Gx57OwxDY/w480-h640/IMG_2430.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3lDhsz51x8EcIlBIfEXZWeuA1OMj6OI2UN2wzXoGvhDDhszZccXzUooLWyJTvjhmFXsGhZGj6miS6cH1zkN_YpwUmFgMeinKbhAfp9k38icG6ZBj9kC5umVWzi10TIAsmYluGRSJ9SDUy8ZivVFZfr-iv1jlRfvETYBgpbDzeP-lKbyF1GRvBOtxaXdQ/s4032/IMG_2496.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3lDhsz51x8EcIlBIfEXZWeuA1OMj6OI2UN2wzXoGvhDDhszZccXzUooLWyJTvjhmFXsGhZGj6miS6cH1zkN_YpwUmFgMeinKbhAfp9k38icG6ZBj9kC5umVWzi10TIAsmYluGRSJ9SDUy8ZivVFZfr-iv1jlRfvETYBgpbDzeP-lKbyF1GRvBOtxaXdQ/w640-h480/IMG_2496.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Guided tour though Museum Batik by Mas Swa</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLVuqGmAwd-E7AEC6PGC4HdqG3w5xJNLYAs0Lc12u5BLezE2J-17FnUsdaInD24FRYAHojTa5mi6zx97awGbVvK5jyWCFVFN_Tyf5kWNQZl6__A7gd28S0bu2F1KzVB9lUWPoXK3eSC24Zg95bVeZAEjohm64ax1cbfndjlVmFZw73Z7H6knTicyWw5K8/s4032/IMG_0463.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLVuqGmAwd-E7AEC6PGC4HdqG3w5xJNLYAs0Lc12u5BLezE2J-17FnUsdaInD24FRYAHojTa5mi6zx97awGbVvK5jyWCFVFN_Tyf5kWNQZl6__A7gd28S0bu2F1KzVB9lUWPoXK3eSC24Zg95bVeZAEjohm64ax1cbfndjlVmFZw73Z7H6knTicyWw5K8/w640-h480/IMG_0463.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i style="text-align: left;">The Green Batik Workshop at Erasmus Huis</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>Right after the workshop at the museum, we had to get in a Grab {taxi} to Erasmus Huis where the next workshop was about to start. </div><div>The Green Batik Workshop: From Tradition To Innovation together with the Water Agency. </div><div>A month before I met Carrina & Octi of The Water Agency together with Ivo of the Dutch embassy. Because of my exhibition, they wanted to see if we could do an event to share the project ‘<a href="https://asiaclimatelab.com/project/pekalongan-green-batik/" target="_blank">Pekalongan Green Batik</a>’ and also see if its event can maybe creates a continuation of the project.</div><div>The idea quickly arise to do a workshop, or idea sharing session, with people from the field. Not just to water management/improvement field, or the people from Pekalongan they met earlier with, but a wider group that can share about sustainability. Got to invite people from my own network I thought would love to dive in this topic and would be wonderful to have in a room together, not just any room, the library next to my exhibition. </div><div>I was very honoured by who took the efford to join, some all the way from Yogya & Bandung, even Singapore. Read more here <a href="https://asiaclimatelab.com/updates/green-batik-workshop-a-start-for-change/">Green batik workshop, a start for change</a></div><div>As for the future of Batik in Pekalongan when it comes to their problems with water, many ideas come on the table, but if the batik bosses in Pekalongan will do anything with it, remains the question. Also batik is not really the industry we should focus on when we talk about the water issues in this city. Read more in this post ‘<a href="https://www.journeytobatik.org/2021/02/how-red-flood-in-pekalongan-reveals.html" target="_blank">How a red flood in Pekalongan reveals many issues, but blames Batik</a>‘.</div><div>That being said, we do want, no we need to create safe workingspaces for pembatiks. If the water use is the batikworkshops could improve, or other parts could become more sustainable. For example the idea was shared to replacing wood burning for ‘lorod’ {boiling out the wax} with solar heating, a pretty simple solution which would work with that much sun. Yet investment is the main problem, where to get the budget for it if you are in reality just surviving day by day in this craft. </div><div>I am sure there are many more ideas, and solutions out there. We just need people who want, can & will pionier in this field. Who is going to create the first sustainable batik village on Java? </div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDWSmg1Lc880Ly_yKpfs_ttW7T3pP8kza80wt_yl7CYZ7FbLj4GY_q6zvtAPjcH6vzbZ2S36bWxvPlzXWm2QoCIOqzmUjHaEL46ZLSEoYS0_5hphS3J5qCpXGGdDBOo58mTADa3I9iBIIqUmmmQjAPthPfR5eJfJPTXSljDzUSDqY0wlQooT8ZGdEIBPE/s6240/DSCF0076.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDWSmg1Lc880Ly_yKpfs_ttW7T3pP8kza80wt_yl7CYZ7FbLj4GY_q6zvtAPjcH6vzbZ2S36bWxvPlzXWm2QoCIOqzmUjHaEL46ZLSEoYS0_5hphS3J5qCpXGGdDBOo58mTADa3I9iBIIqUmmmQjAPthPfR5eJfJPTXSljDzUSDqY0wlQooT8ZGdEIBPE/w640-h426/DSCF0076.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><i>The Green Batik Workshop at Erasmus Huis</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzraGXq3kkB9TLP7MhI5EzmARV33jTcQgs_zBO6f9HmKI_qwlqWf_Hgtkof0A1vuBZY_U7mWtlie9uvh_GTF0QubxprDbbGmqwkSjDmhQZt99ImnDtRi6m7Wi0VYbF0LC0ootXj_brb384nMQjv168c1n4AciWwy6j9kkO9RNp3LMU47sNEN-DnHfpgmI/s6240/DSCF0083.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="6240" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzraGXq3kkB9TLP7MhI5EzmARV33jTcQgs_zBO6f9HmKI_qwlqWf_Hgtkof0A1vuBZY_U7mWtlie9uvh_GTF0QubxprDbbGmqwkSjDmhQZt99ImnDtRi6m7Wi0VYbF0LC0ootXj_brb384nMQjv168c1n4AciWwy6j9kkO9RNp3LMU47sNEN-DnHfpgmI/w640-h426/DSCF0083.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>On 28 November both Nidi & Tony were at Erasmus Huis to update “our lab”. <a href="https://www.journeytobatik.org/2023/11/research-quality-time-in-bandung.html?m=0" target="_blank">Me and Nidi worked on finding the ingredients</a>, first in the text and later in the world. Tony translated the Javanese text in the booklet. We couldn’t find all ingredients for red yet and the brown turned out to be three different recipes, low ~ middle ~ and high Sogan. So we focussed on the brown for now, which Van Musschenbroek confusingly calls “red dyeing with Soga”. </div><div>So in the Natural Dye Lab you will find the first translations, first test with Indigo and now also the ingredients for Soga. </div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYAyOJG8HX-BeFeIH3zd2ialojQoq86hIBuva6sf2O08ppe9C38OjZK7cGom0CKmHkuULCEpFbHLGUuslL6ETr-PnWXodVl5JEQSG0BEK_7uQlmkAD1Qdy5DbTOeItxBcPBPGv4V6iwdAAhHCfLQbiImpbO8ifRsnm-IRFGIPuUuqjjIkFeMffzvsKMyk/s4032/IMG_2241.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYAyOJG8HX-BeFeIH3zd2ialojQoq86hIBuva6sf2O08ppe9C38OjZK7cGom0CKmHkuULCEpFbHLGUuslL6ETr-PnWXodVl5JEQSG0BEK_7uQlmkAD1Qdy5DbTOeItxBcPBPGv4V6iwdAAhHCfLQbiImpbO8ifRsnm-IRFGIPuUuqjjIkFeMffzvsKMyk/w640-h480/IMG_2241.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Tony, Nidi and I updating the Natural Dye Lab at Erasmus Huis</i></div><div><br /></div><div>Natural Dye Recipe Project is a collaboration of Indonesian artist Nidi Kusmaya, curator Tony Sugiarta and Dutch artist and researcher Sabine Bolk that started during the pandemic in 2021. At Erasmus Huis we share the project for the first time in the Natural Dye Lab in the exhibition ‘Masa depan Batik.</div><div>Through this research-based textile project, Bolk, Kusmaya and Sugiarta aim to trace historical narratives and the connections through material exploration used in batik natural dyes. There is a knowledge gap in the technical execution and historical account of how natural dyes were used in batik in the past versus how they are used today. Due to limited records since the oral history has been lost, we depend on old writings often in Dutch. </div><div>The starting point for this researchproject is therefor one of the oldest published dye recipe books in Dutch, ‘Iets over de inlandsche wijze van katoen-verven op Midden-Java’ (Something on the local way of Cotton dyeing on Central Java) by the Dutch Samuel Corneille Jean Wilhelm van Musschenbroek (1827 - 1883). The booklet was published in 1877 and was translated by Van Musschenbroek from a Javanese text which he doesn’t specify. He was based on Java as a civil servant and had an interest in local traditions. He also commissioned batik motifs drawn in wax on cardboard, so at least he was aware of the technique.</div><div>The text by Van Musschenbroek is translated by us to re-create the old recipes and find workable formulas. For Erasmus Huis we focus on three natural colours, namely blue, brown and red.</div><div>Before the exhibition opened, we prepared everything for Indigo. Nidi had a very busy program with two other exhibitions, but still created an amazing display with dye samples, materials & measuring tools.</div><div>We are planning to continue our project, in collaboration with pembatiks & textile dyers, hopefully next year!</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQw68bWHORP3UneJka2KOal__ZV2-j9fZZKdhOw-ibEPEJVlNg24wWdjYgLLhtKEWffBsgdOHD0GayUy7DKsQyBkBjoovUVUl6a2pH4-vzoTPJ1hoThyphenhyphenxGcAi75gHPDanCIRWqedQ8mbVshN468aEjhy7qHSv3ZPkF9DwIAmTjy9LLWFFR52twbPlYdOw/s4032/IMG_2570.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQw68bWHORP3UneJka2KOal__ZV2-j9fZZKdhOw-ibEPEJVlNg24wWdjYgLLhtKEWffBsgdOHD0GayUy7DKsQyBkBjoovUVUl6a2pH4-vzoTPJ1hoThyphenhyphenxGcAi75gHPDanCIRWqedQ8mbVshN468aEjhy7qHSv3ZPkF9DwIAmTjy9LLWFFR52twbPlYdOw/w640-h480/IMG_2570.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Natural Dye Lab at Erasmus Huis</i></div><div><br /></div><div>The last Jakarta activity before we continued our journey to Pekalongan, was a visit to the exhibition ‘<a href="https://gni.kemdikbud.go.id/kunjungi-kami/kunjungan-perorangan/30" target="_blank">Repatriasi: Kembalinya Saksi Bisu Peradaban Nusantara</a>’. The exhibition is in honour of the returned objects from the Netherlands. The entrance was for the <a href="https://observerid.com/this-is-the-condition-of-the-singosari-statues-taken-by-the-dutch-to-the-netherlands/2/ " target="_blank">Singhasari statues</a> that have been in Netherlands for 204 years. I saw them regularly in Leiden, where they marked the entrance of the Indonesia collection. The statues were mostly ignored, but when the news came they were finally going to go home, many people went to the museum to see them. I also said goodbye, or actually wished them ‘Selamat pulang’ a day or so before they would be packed and send on their journey. </div><div>Seeing them so soon again was wonderful, but I am also sad they are still not really home. Now on display at the National Gallery, later perhaps on display at Museum Nasional, but when will they be on the ground they were actually taken from?</div><div>Only of the statues at the entrance you could take photos, or videos. Behind them were projections as if they were opening up a portal to another, previous world.</div><div>Inside were the pieces attributed to <a href="https://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2020/03/07/prince-diponegoros-kris-returned-ahead-of-dutch-royal-visit.html" target="_blank">Diponegoro</a> and part of the <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jul/06/netherlands-to-return-treasures-looted-from-indonesia-and-sri-lanka-in-colonial-era" target="_blank">“Lombok treasure”</a> {Are we still calling it that?!? I read it in several articles and yes it was called that for the longest time in the Netherlands, but can we just say “Objects stolen from Lombok” or “Lombok loot? }. </div><div>I might have seen most of these objects before, but here I really saw their beauty, their importance and above all the cruelty of stealing these objects. </div><div>The exhibition was small, didn’t have much info, but it was great nevertheless to get to visit it!</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPRIwaUd_sPK_mg5lLFIfybFg4Vq27fEK6Ew8-AAJAepcnTntS9MRQOJcC60nMkGMyiaRya5CCuorlA2u6c1YJgsMxCIy9FEjAbHU782veHA2lYBpWOEvR1VJmzEx-brsHW3bfJX6MCG-nS3aWI3qEtf_gJse4UG-Lu72UaSs10CNFxXm49Pl7NlAM4KI/s4032/IMG_2610.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPRIwaUd_sPK_mg5lLFIfybFg4Vq27fEK6Ew8-AAJAepcnTntS9MRQOJcC60nMkGMyiaRya5CCuorlA2u6c1YJgsMxCIy9FEjAbHU782veHA2lYBpWOEvR1VJmzEx-brsHW3bfJX6MCG-nS3aWI3qEtf_gJse4UG-Lu72UaSs10CNFxXm49Pl7NlAM4KI/w480-h640/IMG_2610.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Singhasari statues at the National Gallery in Jakarta</i></div><div><br /></div><div>Finished & posted this blog back in the Netherlands. We returned home after a long trip from Lasem to Jakarta, from Jakarta to Amsterdam, to our final destination Utrecht. It is nice traveling back and seeing the places we have been, saying goodbye again. </div><div><br /></div>Sabine Bolkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05606182977393734306noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-552130003939297537.post-72904904102889251612023-12-05T21:30:00.001+01:002023-12-05T21:30:20.369+01:00For the love of Batik<div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRkMqgBmmB01g4AfdHEuQj84rS-1y_MP4iPU9wSbFZK-f_NRluCrR7Dl4a7pt89HFPdRijQ3XqY7RlNAKZe72V8IVVLc63urO49pSuCEhDiCqj11LWbG7_oketHJLg4gJ5uqLzTp0-lfON5wzETeKq_U6Yyn1b42L1Ms7qDay42Op_-KoyAroIAGYh1zM/s4032/IMG_1929.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRkMqgBmmB01g4AfdHEuQj84rS-1y_MP4iPU9wSbFZK-f_NRluCrR7Dl4a7pt89HFPdRijQ3XqY7RlNAKZe72V8IVVLc63urO49pSuCEhDiCqj11LWbG7_oketHJLg4gJ5uqLzTp0-lfON5wzETeKq_U6Yyn1b42L1Ms7qDay42Op_-KoyAroIAGYh1zM/w480-h640/IMG_1929.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Me and Koen in the exhibition 'Masa depan Batik' at Erasmus Huis</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB6Ub_9b-6Xcz2ez7sZVODupui48TOmZ_VbXJhwzYHCFHSuLSpPTV4bIDyNtBouCaWFaCo9HRIuq1EFfWpqXPF5iIWVOzow0VwMvLeVjbXYcAdxM7v-suvzv6iQDTJ13vO5pHlcGiGUML779W75o8Yz2rEiyMp5ViMFWyz69nTzwZQQMRAWmRurFADsDQ/s2080/IMG_1790.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1158" data-original-width="2080" height="356" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB6Ub_9b-6Xcz2ez7sZVODupui48TOmZ_VbXJhwzYHCFHSuLSpPTV4bIDyNtBouCaWFaCo9HRIuq1EFfWpqXPF5iIWVOzow0VwMvLeVjbXYcAdxM7v-suvzv6iQDTJ13vO5pHlcGiGUML779W75o8Yz2rEiyMp5ViMFWyz69nTzwZQQMRAWmRurFADsDQ/w640-h356/IMG_1790.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Live on SEA Today Live on 17 November</i></div><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 13px;">Haven’t updated much on our travels, it is so wonderful to introduce Mas Koen to everyone. It feels very relax having Koen finally on my side here and he luckily enjoys it very much despits the heat & tummy ache.</span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 13px;"> </span></div>
<p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Before Koen’s arrival in Jakarta I still had a full program. Returning from Singapore on 17 November I was a guest at SEA Today, an online newschannel, who interviewed me through Zoom. I never been on live tv, and was happy to have ‘The Newsroom’ experience through the all so familiar webcam. </p>
<p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">I was delayed and took me some time to reach my room. Luckily I had enough time to figure out how to hang some batiks for my live appearance. I was contacted about a week before if I wanted to join the show and giggled when I saw the announcement “Dutch woman’s love for Indonesian Batik”. Going live my canting earrings were the first thing being noticed, after that my outfit & backdrop. “Wauw you really love Batik!”. It was wonderful to chat with the hosts Hans, Alia and Kai who clearly have a love for Batik too and know a lot. Thanks Nazila for inviting me! </p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p>
<p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">> watch the SEA Today Live back here</p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p>
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<p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">On Saturday 18 November I gave my ‘paper sarong workshop’ at Erasmus Huis. had in two sessions groups of participants ~ kids and their equality active parents~ to draw together a batik design. </p>
<p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">The idea behind this workshop that you work together in creating a pattern. Usually pembatiks don’t work alone, but in groups. Everyone is first invited to draw a motif on a smaller paper. After the drawing is made, I ask them to combine them on a bigger paper. It is always wonderful to see what is made, also to see what is on kids minds. Next to flowers, ballerina’s, the somehow always popular ‘<a href="https://www.journeytobatik.org/2016/06/rasa-nembah.html?m=0" target="_blank">Kawung</a>’ or Mega Mendung, there were robots, a t-rex and even planes on the way to war. The kids knew precisely how to draw the Palestinian flag. </p>
<p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">The created “paper sarongs” will be displayed at Erasmus Huis until the end of the exhibition ‘Masa depan Batik’, although they haven’t been hung up yet…</p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiohS6F8eBTncRxnLDJ1GA41c8k_NpXW1VpJqkkoOK1WLM4ZPHWTRdbOwyzt5oxDPue1jdGfDtmtRMPGgpH1WdyEGFLIg0DqmNcDjmp1iKjCxBC0oF2o5RHppRKxs1lO0l2ZhvNmYh7vkUoBMEh84kVJOGOJm8wgmOzLHPM6oFcMP39oMQKMC29xJIRkV4/s2075/IMG_3689.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2075" data-original-width="1170" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiohS6F8eBTncRxnLDJ1GA41c8k_NpXW1VpJqkkoOK1WLM4ZPHWTRdbOwyzt5oxDPue1jdGfDtmtRMPGgpH1WdyEGFLIg0DqmNcDjmp1iKjCxBC0oF2o5RHppRKxs1lO0l2ZhvNmYh7vkUoBMEh84kVJOGOJm8wgmOzLHPM6oFcMP39oMQKMC29xJIRkV4/w360-h640/IMG_3689.jpeg" width="360" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Working together to create motifs on a 'paper sarong'</i></div><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9lcG-krvWnn6Wom9uYhjr9Z1zaWIl-BlnCNQjc683OyAmD1O_Wdc8bq3n8Pzk6HVCQSC0NYQ07aon-cm_drLxr03V4hbeIC90YOjqME5AYJvyc1RIq6agVc03BmL96GKrxPAU2hQP6RG4_um-AqGbzT0hX9HG6G8RlxZlJbEIojjdGoHLXpMZaL_dJKs/s1600/fcf276b0-4050-4b94-8963-29914b8b1e3a.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9lcG-krvWnn6Wom9uYhjr9Z1zaWIl-BlnCNQjc683OyAmD1O_Wdc8bq3n8Pzk6HVCQSC0NYQ07aon-cm_drLxr03V4hbeIC90YOjqME5AYJvyc1RIq6agVc03BmL96GKrxPAU2hQP6RG4_um-AqGbzT0hX9HG6G8RlxZlJbEIojjdGoHLXpMZaL_dJKs/w640-h480/fcf276b0-4050-4b94-8963-29914b8b1e3a.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>One of the 'paper sarongs' made during the workshop at Erasmus Huis</i></div><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p>
<p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><br /></p>
<p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">On Monday 20 November got to give the Batik Research Workshop again. It is my favorite at the moment to do. It is so much fun to see the “ohhh” moments happen during this workshop. </p>
<p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">I have been working with the database of Worldmuseum (<a href="https://collectie.wereldculturen.nl" target="_blank">Wereldmuseum</a>, former NMvW) for many years now and as a research associate I learned what is and is not online. The information is incomplete at best and filled in with mostly Dutch. So although it is a ‘rich’ collection useful for research, it is difficult to navigate. With the workshop I not only share how to use the database, but also how to search beyond the database. There is, unfortunately, too much trust in the completeness and accurateness of this database. What is written is seen as fact, as being the best researched collection, with the most knowledge to backup these claims. With some simple examples in the workshop, I saw that there is more out there to find, discover, discuss and re-tell. </p>
<p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">I am happy to workshop is received so well and when I get home I will create an online version of it.</p>
<p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">For now, enjoy the database tutorial I made >> </p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p>
<div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/7dxjQvzyESM?si=1gjR7OhEIOt-bhT0" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><br /></p>
<blockquote style="border: medium; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i><b>“Dokumentasi atau pelestarian batik tradisional masih dalam tahap awal. (…) Penelitian yang ditujukan untuk menghidupkan kembali atau mendokumentasikan pola-pola batik tua tidak cukup; publikasi oleh masyarakat Indonesia masih langka. Oleh karena itu, baik para pekerja batik maupun pengusaha batik tidak dapat melihat hal-hal istimewa atau mahakarya batik tradisional Indonesia.</b></i></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><i><b><br /></b></i></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i><b>Ada banyak kendala. Kini pertanyaan krusialnya adalah: ke mana kita harus pergi setelah ini? Bagaimana kita mengatasi tantangan tersebut? Bisakah tantangan tersebut benar-benar teratasi?”</b></i></p></blockquote>
<p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: right;"><i><b>- Iwan Tirta, 2000</b></i></p>
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<blockquote style="border: medium; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i><b>“The documentation or preservation of traditional batik is in its infancy. (…) Not enough research is devoted to reviving or documenting old batik patterns; publications by Indonesians are scarce. Therefore neither batik workers nor batik entrepreneurs can see the highlights or masterpieces of Indonesian traditional batiks.</b></i></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><i><b><br /></b></i></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i><b>The obstacles are plenty. Now the crucial questions have become: where do we go from here? How do we overcome those challenges? Can they really be overcome?”</b></i></p></blockquote>
<p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: right;"><i><b>- Iwan Tirta, 2000</b></i></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: right;"><i><b><br /></b></i></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><i></i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuIERqYAooXF692NPYIFkhU6imbUq8Q0DOlqGPgJtNjG2J-OtJh-nzCMUCi34erli-biwJ5t9gL-ELp3nAeJapcISlxPaEoVbyWyZvHOKhqcFzqKn7ryADJ75rw3MOsOfnY0xZVeEy06NDBuk8aJb1X0hFq35mbaL-bnjuMcq7LmKfXBMd8P4puht-h4I/s4032/IMG_1828.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuIERqYAooXF692NPYIFkhU6imbUq8Q0DOlqGPgJtNjG2J-OtJh-nzCMUCi34erli-biwJ5t9gL-ELp3nAeJapcISlxPaEoVbyWyZvHOKhqcFzqKn7ryADJ75rw3MOsOfnY0xZVeEy06NDBuk8aJb1X0hFq35mbaL-bnjuMcq7LmKfXBMd8P4puht-h4I/w480-h640/IMG_1828.jpeg" width="480" /></a></i></div><i><br /></i><p></p>
<p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">On Thursday morning Koen arrived in Jakarta. I went to pick him up at the airport. His first time in Java, in Asia for that matter, the first time flying so far. </p>
<p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">After a short nap in our room, he wanted to see my exhibition right away. Hard to describe to be able to finally share it. He of course was so much part of the process, not only practical; reading all my proposals, texts, listening to my ideas and worries, <a href="https://www.journeytobatik.org/2023/10/building-future-of-batik.html" target="_blank">even helping me make all the text signs when I was already in Jakarta</a>, but also the whole journey (to batik) till this point. </p>
<p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">When we headed outside for lunch, we run into <a href="https://www.isabelleboon.com/en/" target="_blank">Isabelle Boon</a>. Isabelle had an exhibition ‘I love Banda’ shown in the Netherlands in 2021, which was amazing, and at Erasmus Huis in 2022. I followed the process closely, knowing I had my exhibition to make there too. The first time I met Isabelle was at a program in the Netherlands. We went for lunch together and what she shared was so helpful for my preparations. </p>
<p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">On the 18th, in the weekend I met with <a href="https://jvdonkersgoed.wordpress.com/blog/" target="_blank">Joëlla van Donkersgoed</a>. She came to my exhibition and we later had dinner together, chatting till late like we already met several times, while it was actually the first time off screen. </p>
<p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Joëlla and Isabelle were recently on Banda to return the <a href="https://youtu.be/YRtmOjOrioo?si=CdyAiaQF_b3ma996" target="_blank">Hikayat Lonthior</a>, a long lost manuscript on the history of the Banda Islands. I admire Joëlla & Isabelle work so much, and it was such a surprise to meet them both. And have them visit my exhibition. Thank you for all your compliments, I know I am terrible at accepting them, it means the world to me!</p>
<p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><br /></p>
<p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">I also would like to thank all other visitors. Every time I went to Erasmus Huis I would see people looking around, reading, watching the videos, posing for photos and colouring (perhaps the most busy part of my pameran). I saw people dressed in Batik, sitting in the library going through the batik books. Online there are great <a href="https://www.instagram.com/reel/CysmtiWRZK3/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link" target="_blank">tiktok videos</a> and <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CzYvBkax36C/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link" target="_blank">instagram posts</a> of my exhibition, I appreciate it so much and I am so happy it being shared like this! Also thank you for those who visited and send me a selfie! I wish I could give everyone a tour!</p>
<p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><br /></p>
<p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">I am currently on the road with Koen. After visiting Pekalongan, Batang, Kaliwungu and Semarang, we are now on the way to Yogyakarta. </p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTMngQ6yHfMZpH5wInIXOzZFDtKLtKEvizPbrrQ1iKLGDiY7vkIhh-QQlgZtQxwYZ4LghuRUdl4RD5Fswsvy2FRbH9bZSRKo7EZNqbziMvRoq8dvWq1ycOVYcwtZgNFJH7iqLXn5u1nQ7P5tRuj-QtS_h1xbVe5d6R_ADe_H5qNw69ZcdfCAybE20fynU/s4032/IMG_2047.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTMngQ6yHfMZpH5wInIXOzZFDtKLtKEvizPbrrQ1iKLGDiY7vkIhh-QQlgZtQxwYZ4LghuRUdl4RD5Fswsvy2FRbH9bZSRKo7EZNqbziMvRoq8dvWq1ycOVYcwtZgNFJH7iqLXn5u1nQ7P5tRuj-QtS_h1xbVe5d6R_ADe_H5qNw69ZcdfCAybE20fynU/w480-h640/IMG_2047.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Isabelle and me in the exhibition</i></div><br /><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p>Sabine Bolkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05606182977393734306noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-552130003939297537.post-82079072906768034472023-11-18T03:25:00.005+01:002024-02-07T14:04:09.241+01:00Knowledge over ignorance*<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4V0isYjLOvMYcFwXfrQXOt9js9VBlQULL6AuXyNvi_AyHXgASDrQbQm_Eeb8FYeENcvQ46DPdxy1kexDg2oIeirZIwqlUQMecF3Sqgakf3Ckr5P14hMvjTdn4_h8rn2mIRzb9QvDa-t3-ZxC25xBtOS90s0JvPAkdaCxGFYAfye2jVkzJx7W07crzxa8/s4032/IMG_0685.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4V0isYjLOvMYcFwXfrQXOt9js9VBlQULL6AuXyNvi_AyHXgASDrQbQm_Eeb8FYeENcvQ46DPdxy1kexDg2oIeirZIwqlUQMecF3Sqgakf3Ckr5P14hMvjTdn4_h8rn2mIRzb9QvDa-t3-ZxC25xBtOS90s0JvPAkdaCxGFYAfye2jVkzJx7W07crzxa8/w480-h640/IMG_0685.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Decorations for sale for Deepavali</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs7qZXzjr9zy94JiEPEAXY6nJvuyhm1INGRL3deOtPxs0yD0x9D0Ts2xSp1Dr6vwhsBl3Fj8QzHNeWmuj3nrS-c3P-sNaJAYebEkDDh14dM2nz_fEc7q1KlidmeSmDdTu1fSTbe4aE-auJa9wzOHnyqRTRmtWzPFPAFonxXo0oNy5hyphenhyphen_BMD3rQUaVXH6Y/s4032/IMG_0141.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs7qZXzjr9zy94JiEPEAXY6nJvuyhm1INGRL3deOtPxs0yD0x9D0Ts2xSp1Dr6vwhsBl3Fj8QzHNeWmuj3nrS-c3P-sNaJAYebEkDDh14dM2nz_fEc7q1KlidmeSmDdTu1fSTbe4aE-auJa9wzOHnyqRTRmtWzPFPAFonxXo0oNy5hyphenhyphen_BMD3rQUaVXH6Y/w640-h480/IMG_0141.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Pop-up sister exhibition of 'Masa depan batik' at aNERDgallery</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Sitting in BatikAir for my return flight to Jakarta after a week+ in Singapore. It was absolutely wonderful to be back in this city and meet up with textile friends.</div><div>Tony of aNERDgallery put together a lovely weekend to celebrate Batik & my return. I had a full schedule with talks, museum visits, even a depot visit and catching up on the latest projects happing. I will miss a full Saturday celebrating Kebaya in Singapore > go check out the exhibition ‘<a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/Czpwak9BNgU/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== " target="_blank">Gaya Kebaya, 130 years</a>’. Also catch aNERDgallery with <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CzhvpBmumJp/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== " target="_blank">Meet the Makers</a> at the Boutique Fair. But of course looking forward to my own workshop <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfDyYZ72T1qO2iv4AvCEei1HxuDMk_2fMRC9OexX28k_zdI3w/viewform" target="_blank">making paper sarongs</a> at Erasmus Huis on this Saturday, 17 November.</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEbXjpZumzyk1nq6-6sAltl17e6umeIi0-tH6LvnxRH3MC2qbzq1x0xWaSvoFbhHxJCy2MGoiO6Cn-DOWhNLeVv3NJ2sSBqKyFSNaFojN8QtMMmJPdAOlWg0zAtD1YtiU0Bur9tPE1tBLdvTgTSo9Pg7vQ5k1vvV55bd6lmb9Ce1sl5x3nmCeKv_H-ALQ/s4032/IMG_0220.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEbXjpZumzyk1nq6-6sAltl17e6umeIi0-tH6LvnxRH3MC2qbzq1x0xWaSvoFbhHxJCy2MGoiO6Cn-DOWhNLeVv3NJ2sSBqKyFSNaFojN8QtMMmJPdAOlWg0zAtD1YtiU0Bur9tPE1tBLdvTgTSo9Pg7vQ5k1vvV55bd6lmb9Ce1sl5x3nmCeKv_H-ALQ/w480-h640/IMG_0220.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Tony of aNERDgallery & aNERDstore welcoming the guests</i></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiBRMbp3me6C0NhZHS8I15nbO4dxTdPlri2x0BNpX18lK9TBOENOqGzFA5gOLsH87JYGDPoYauLCsXRw5paUmjEDzAldZw4I5q4OuHunmxRsIUP4pILAXWIOK4l67jkkelY0kvAdziAHvg9ziDdzvqGTIAFyFN7yCWku_ruuKGrUYU8h4sO2zWJZE0-sk/s4032/IMG_0138.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiBRMbp3me6C0NhZHS8I15nbO4dxTdPlri2x0BNpX18lK9TBOENOqGzFA5gOLsH87JYGDPoYauLCsXRw5paUmjEDzAldZw4I5q4OuHunmxRsIUP4pILAXWIOK4l67jkkelY0kvAdziAHvg9ziDdzvqGTIAFyFN7yCWku_ruuKGrUYU8h4sO2zWJZE0-sk/w640-h480/IMG_0138.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Pop-up sister exhibition of 'Masa depan batik' at aNERDgallery</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL-VEXWmPvJNhVB2X-rCDHuFQqjidh4A0Dkba74qC6LqE9_hRva1zy2ii451jYQ1DPAJo3shvetZsaoX2Sg06aesqckmxJz4cdTopYVZubzNcPu1tApTBnXnRb-P7A21BkFDynfXFHPCGq5FRhIMsKw74VhZrJiIXooHfpK3N0_q3N_-bo1dmJ3LNgT6s/s4032/IMG_0215.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL-VEXWmPvJNhVB2X-rCDHuFQqjidh4A0Dkba74qC6LqE9_hRva1zy2ii451jYQ1DPAJo3shvetZsaoX2Sg06aesqckmxJz4cdTopYVZubzNcPu1tApTBnXnRb-P7A21BkFDynfXFHPCGq5FRhIMsKw74VhZrJiIXooHfpK3N0_q3N_-bo1dmJ3LNgT6s/w480-h640/IMG_0215.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Hafiz Rashid always dressed stylish in traditional inspired wear</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7ugSlHdmK1iHICaIwb2Cja_Hodt7zcmbA3ufs4vPnxdsG_kS5hOa34J_gM90ICiSW6kD50DyseNAlqEsHbOcXOjgr1Kzm6ksd92NevMRFurTBynV6ohwNrxPtNuyL0iQRjSDJUUCpKv_jPoFomBDNTVjlya7uzxDeSmzswtnrRFrzjIG3T1XKHK_b8IE/s4032/IMG_0145.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7ugSlHdmK1iHICaIwb2Cja_Hodt7zcmbA3ufs4vPnxdsG_kS5hOa34J_gM90ICiSW6kD50DyseNAlqEsHbOcXOjgr1Kzm6ksd92NevMRFurTBynV6ohwNrxPtNuyL0iQRjSDJUUCpKv_jPoFomBDNTVjlya7uzxDeSmzswtnrRFrzjIG3T1XKHK_b8IE/w640-h480/IMG_0145.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnE_9kw-osC_M1v4qh-9tCZI-Tm6K9IzhyphenhyphenhOZNKFt5zSbX4NUMvIEO2mljnhxG7wnQ742-bOrqMcOWzT9epExk72E3wllz4GmionPI7dLYeRF477V2q-S6Kyyle2CfhSiZfQT5_jRSdXVN0D0B3_UPdvCc-34f8jUfwLqbG9B5xCvXaoobikR366_0-tY/s4032/IMG_0206.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnE_9kw-osC_M1v4qh-9tCZI-Tm6K9IzhyphenhyphenhOZNKFt5zSbX4NUMvIEO2mljnhxG7wnQ742-bOrqMcOWzT9epExk72E3wllz4GmionPI7dLYeRF477V2q-S6Kyyle2CfhSiZfQT5_jRSdXVN0D0B3_UPdvCc-34f8jUfwLqbG9B5xCvXaoobikR366_0-tY/w480-h640/IMG_0206.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Research workshop at aNERDgallery</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRwaFlaJySdcpcibZiUmdfTo3MMW4eorbvG_tXxSIMjb2mLEJfoULxwSNkSf8_yw0fxlPcyp-kJjBSGw_rLX6tzB0BXQZb7oJcPdfGTF6SH9hNgilEWQWEnaZYOfyedXgzrJL9jGs5YO7TvOWXc9Dmo1ct0x605F1yoz5jJ7I6MEp_ZrpeqsIhJbw9l_E/s4032/IMG_0157.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRwaFlaJySdcpcibZiUmdfTo3MMW4eorbvG_tXxSIMjb2mLEJfoULxwSNkSf8_yw0fxlPcyp-kJjBSGw_rLX6tzB0BXQZb7oJcPdfGTF6SH9hNgilEWQWEnaZYOfyedXgzrJL9jGs5YO7TvOWXc9Dmo1ct0x605F1yoz5jJ7I6MEp_ZrpeqsIhJbw9l_E/w640-h480/IMG_0157.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Talking about the future of Batik</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>I arrived a week ago on Thursday. With the MRT, local public transport, I made my way to aNERDstore. Tony of aNERDgallery just got the keys of the place when I was here in 2022, so it was great to see the transformation. I got to hang several pieces of Batik I brought with me from the same makers featured in my exhibition, so by Ibu Ramini, Mbak Eka, Ibu Siti, Mak Sium and Mbak Nurul. In the front of the store Tony has all kinds of items made with textile from mostly Indonesia; clothing, jewellery, bags, scarfs and uncut kains. In the back he does exhibitions and workshops. </div><div>It was so nice to have this little pop-up sister-exhibition of ‘Masa depan Batik’. On Friday we opened with a session talking about the Future of Batik. Wonderful to share a little bit more on the ideas behind the exhibition, the worries about batik and how it is going with the exhibition. </div><div>In the evening we had the Batik Friends Fridate and the batik friends not only turned up, but also shopped! So happy to see the pieces I brought were liked here so much. So much so that Hafiz Rashid who was preparing his tales for the storytelling event had to change it two times since the items he wanted to talk about got sold. </div><div>On Saturday I did the Batik research workshop. I really enjoying giving this workshop, and glad I get to do it two more times on Java. The idea behind the workshop is to work in a more hands-one way with a database. With questions to answer using the <a href="https://collectie.wereldculturen.nl" target="_blank">digital database of Wereldmuseum</a> and provided sources, the participants get an introduction in not only how to use the database, but also on why certain things might not work. Of course this is based on my personal experience using these databases and sources. One participant was saying; “That is why I couldn’t found so much!”. Looking forward turning it in a digital version when I return. <a href="https://www.journeytobatik.org/2023/10/pasar-batik-batik-research-workshop-at.html" target="_blank">Read more on the previous workshop here in my post</a>.</div><div>On Saturday evening we had the storytelling session. It was so exciting to work with Hafiz Rashid on this. We had a WA call two weeks before I came to share the optional pieces, and because of as Hafiz would call it ~ a happy problem ~ some of the pieces he selected were already sold. While he had to improvise, it was great and well prepared. His stories are local folktales, fairytales if you will and give an interesting dimension to the batiks. It is not necessarily based on the actual story behind the work, but more a reaction to what he sees. I responded to the stories telling a little bit more about the maker with a personal anekdote. I think my favourite was the one of the little mouse-deer <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kancil_Story" target="_blank">Kancil </a>that was surprisingly dark and gruesome. He told it with the batik of Mak Sium on which she depict ‘Roban forest’ which has a darker, mythical undertone. It fitten really well and it made us chuckle. </div><div>I enjoyed having this as a grownup activity, we sometimes forget importance of storytelling, not just of historical facts, but also in a more fun, relax way using old folktales. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6AKnkb1R11nZt0CHQBszh5F6pUHZVn58o0-dxDy4xPQfSgKVKggIsJdFhk4HZlgpql7om0s2fY8FhuM5rGs4QniiW0YGSXrg3Hl_629VQfs8Z6H65s6CzBl78zMJZjIFBBdtlP7txSDPnx1mN0MHMQKXZm5gFNPWHb5CDPsbcL-DiWWbeTdgLqXYn1yM/s3910/IMG_0288.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2932" data-original-width="3910" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6AKnkb1R11nZt0CHQBszh5F6pUHZVn58o0-dxDy4xPQfSgKVKggIsJdFhk4HZlgpql7om0s2fY8FhuM5rGs4QniiW0YGSXrg3Hl_629VQfs8Z6H65s6CzBl78zMJZjIFBBdtlP7txSDPnx1mN0MHMQKXZm5gFNPWHb5CDPsbcL-DiWWbeTdgLqXYn1yM/w640-h480/IMG_0288.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Photo wall at Peranakan Museum</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5EpGicO1tTPUegSD-vh5RvZf8fxlh1NNsmbXCSPA-YD6ZGBwyytocSGe-9Y_a_8yMATRjJ6JLLRV3nAdpZ_b6wOPNPx_1yv4UCPAmXYTfCV5499V7QloF_Z4-NvzqAEvQSVhaEPAd95fumb8VnG7Qj31y7KA5rCrlEtiXdNNvIlu4OsvVpyrAKs5Ox9E/s4032/IMG_0493.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5EpGicO1tTPUegSD-vh5RvZf8fxlh1NNsmbXCSPA-YD6ZGBwyytocSGe-9Y_a_8yMATRjJ6JLLRV3nAdpZ_b6wOPNPx_1yv4UCPAmXYTfCV5499V7QloF_Z4-NvzqAEvQSVhaEPAd95fumb8VnG7Qj31y7KA5rCrlEtiXdNNvIlu4OsvVpyrAKs5Ox9E/w480-h640/IMG_0493.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Fun kebaya at the Peranakan Museum</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvey6NjHHjPLgDWbxI6N9MIGsTvqTVM3QiZIbTm9OO_mls4rBa70eer7oGpQXdGA2MupJzfrmv-jkaKeCml4E9QSuwdSUu1o311sQft-0QBOUpJuIAYqiX8hh2H5FN3_jgiCtxdZxIEYBOiILbHGjDkh7RWtQ_jyey9NXBvvv88anrfiYAnjMWgt5M4WI/s4032/IMG_0309.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvey6NjHHjPLgDWbxI6N9MIGsTvqTVM3QiZIbTm9OO_mls4rBa70eer7oGpQXdGA2MupJzfrmv-jkaKeCml4E9QSuwdSUu1o311sQft-0QBOUpJuIAYqiX8hh2H5FN3_jgiCtxdZxIEYBOiILbHGjDkh7RWtQ_jyey9NXBvvv88anrfiYAnjMWgt5M4WI/w480-h640/IMG_0309.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Full set of Nyonya Ware</i></div><div><br /></div><div>On Sunday me and Tony went to the Peranakan Museum. It opened up recently after being closed for a while for renovations. The museum is pretty small, but housed in a nice building. The first floor/entrance is all about “What is an peranakan?”. It tries to show a multicultural display of the different peranakan communities, but of course the museum focus on one, the most well-known one, that of the Peranakan Chinese community. In this part of the exhibition are also many photos from the collection. They are displayed covering the walls and on screens you can get more info, or at least the info from the database. </div><div>The other floors show objects related to Peranakan Chinese culture such as ceramics {nyonya ware}, furniture and jewellery, of course to wear there are items that are beaded, batiked, embroidered & laced. </div><div>To my surprise the room displaying batik was divided into ‘Indo-Dutch batik makers’ ~ ‘Peranakan Chinese batik makers’ ~ Pesisir & Principalities’ {Why not Javanese makers?} and ‘Batik as Furnishings’. An even bigger surprise was finding the term Batik Belanda used to describe the batiks with a European influence.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUtsw1GXAKfmt3LDpXlFR1wAqHc6FU1Bqx0oxYZVKdtolV7nqCgUHFNvFg4RLaqFSX5PFn2qrdnABUXDTgfLpZDFL1jtdN9ZlEvxaYbbizgaya5zOjnV5Sj2wrdWmm9rcWI5v36vFJ8qGca3ay3XKGOn3Wnitx3TgEi-7g36n0MU-8rf4AHFT8O_HJHUw/s4032/IMG_0378.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUtsw1GXAKfmt3LDpXlFR1wAqHc6FU1Bqx0oxYZVKdtolV7nqCgUHFNvFg4RLaqFSX5PFn2qrdnABUXDTgfLpZDFL1jtdN9ZlEvxaYbbizgaya5zOjnV5Sj2wrdWmm9rcWI5v36vFJ8qGca3ay3XKGOn3Wnitx3TgEi-7g36n0MU-8rf4AHFT8O_HJHUw/w640-h480/IMG_0378.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><blockquote style="border: medium; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><i>Batik workshops established and run by Indo-European women were in operation from around the mid-19th century into the first decades of the 20th century (before the Japanese occupation of Singapore).</i></div><div><i>Popularly called "Batik Belanda", the batiks created by these workshops often depicted motifs inspired by Dutch fashion and craft magazines, as well as Christian symbols and scenes from European fairy tales. Other innovations included the introduction of a lace-like border with scalloped edges.</i></div></blockquote><div><br /></div><div>I gave last year a talk at ACM on this topic and it was before the museum re-opened. </div><div>But there is more. </div><div>How can you explain on a sign that Indo-Europeans make batiks with European motifs while the work of an Indonesian maker, of whom we sadly know nothing, is in the same room, from the exactly the same time With A Snow White batik! The batik with Snow White by batik entrepreneur Soediro is classified as a ‘Tiga Negeri’, what? </div><div>Yes, it was a trend, and yes it was European inspired, but stop this racializing narrative on these makers. We need to really re-tell this history and let go of the way it was introduced by Veldhuisen in his book ‘Batik Belanda’. But for now I am happy with a removal of just Batik Belanda of the text sign ;). It was the populair term for imitations from Europe, never before 1993 for the batiks from Java with a European influence in the motifs. </div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSLynlyesDpPPkW01uD48mcN02asfX9F1gZ9q4JgYT1OXlVEHjl7FQcI-tyLY5RhE-q7hD-rKMaQyKYXgJ-Ke-2pEJDSj9VXwaXM-SymYpdEue0eILNVb9EygsRlN8wFjjoM7Tbv_lzHgHfUNnlnzo-tscOYO-j9oQhtdQYISPyf9Ok21d70HE3hwcs4k/s4032/IMG_0443.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSLynlyesDpPPkW01uD48mcN02asfX9F1gZ9q4JgYT1OXlVEHjl7FQcI-tyLY5RhE-q7hD-rKMaQyKYXgJ-Ke-2pEJDSj9VXwaXM-SymYpdEue0eILNVb9EygsRlN8wFjjoM7Tbv_lzHgHfUNnlnzo-tscOYO-j9oQhtdQYISPyf9Ok21d70HE3hwcs4k/w640-h480/IMG_0443.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>Eversince the start of my project together with Dido Michielsen on ‘The meaning of the white kebaya’ I was excited to go to Singapore.</div><div>In the Peranakan Museum was of course a lovely display of kebayas. One display showcasing different styles had no less than 4 white kebayas, but only 2 would be identified as “European style”. I had already some short chats during the days before, and looking forward continuing them in more depth. A version was also worn in Singapore, it was used by different groups and when it exactly started is still unclear, but already some useful suggestions were made. It will for sure already bring an, I think, new perspective. But first more work on this. For now just enjoying what I got to see.</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRrwX8bobFFrktGFpzVrQyrJsf3su2dDvbhXSPJ__ePdRE1muKW_CyEMugaa5t0ioSqBy80QE_jIU9rRiHJ5FUbB__psmfoiw69q5AbFRvPb01HSjZ5_XaBAhmwlkjizykgsXnDbTittBTs09DuaBDAkOUJUzgdZuLyatj_46AQjueTmTTpWh04wvtxqw/s4032/IMG_0508.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRrwX8bobFFrktGFpzVrQyrJsf3su2dDvbhXSPJ__ePdRE1muKW_CyEMugaa5t0ioSqBy80QE_jIU9rRiHJ5FUbB__psmfoiw69q5AbFRvPb01HSjZ5_XaBAhmwlkjizykgsXnDbTittBTs09DuaBDAkOUJUzgdZuLyatj_46AQjueTmTTpWh04wvtxqw/w480-h640/IMG_0508.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>White kebayas at the Peranakan Museum</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL9IwE8Qe35BgrK2tZ5gTzyt3X26S6L7-0XfLf038FEVsyBQ2iL1hH4z6zRwhpme37Ilcn7bWg9JDTC0uCIXdfw-2AEF0IsTG25630UQqAcG7N9AJInEu3zIQx9yahWy7gYjtUB9f6A_gVNL02Cd3Pd4FXItP1OHRb1sPJJqoYHQ3eKXEzxex1-ddibEk/s4032/IMG_0160.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL9IwE8Qe35BgrK2tZ5gTzyt3X26S6L7-0XfLf038FEVsyBQ2iL1hH4z6zRwhpme37Ilcn7bWg9JDTC0uCIXdfw-2AEF0IsTG25630UQqAcG7N9AJInEu3zIQx9yahWy7gYjtUB9f6A_gVNL02Cd3Pd4FXItP1OHRb1sPJJqoYHQ3eKXEzxex1-ddibEk/w480-h640/IMG_0160.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Making Rangoli for the celebrations</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>After opening shop, in the evening we went to see the Deepavali celebrations.</div><div>Diwali (English: Deepavali) is the Hindu festival of lights with its variations also celebrated in other Indian religions. It symbolises the spiritual "victory of light over darkness, good over evil, and knowledge over ignorance".*</div><div>aNERDstore is right next to Little India and the decorations were already everywhere, even actual rangoli (temporary floor decorations) every day in front of the stores. </div><div>The Indian Heritage Center was open for free on Sunday. It has a great display of objects and stories related to the Indian community in Singapore. </div><div>I feel in the Netherlands, or Europe for that matter don’t really have these kind of places and after this week in Singapore I really wonder why… We don’t even have room for other holidays to be actual free days. </div><div>I am not saying that Singapore is perfect, there is also here a lot of “othering” and exclusion, but the ways these different cultures seem to be celebrated is refreshing. </div><div>I guess the “knowledge over ignorance” hits at the core.</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIAq4YmeNlpfFVnYTaY8nHPVIgnuLxC3MEtdazHSo9Kx8hrXr2sdSognWz5Upmpg49wVdNCnB8-b1sxxHJAnXFuiOn9SlmXE2CaKs1vGO76_eI4hFPOXPFIv5LGyRccnUKelGchbIzWJSZD1DgJIcvvT5-KccyXJ5WRePXnEX-apVJAJNUvcTv1eV_iE8/s4032/IMG_0582.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIAq4YmeNlpfFVnYTaY8nHPVIgnuLxC3MEtdazHSo9Kx8hrXr2sdSognWz5Upmpg49wVdNCnB8-b1sxxHJAnXFuiOn9SlmXE2CaKs1vGO76_eI4hFPOXPFIv5LGyRccnUKelGchbIzWJSZD1DgJIcvvT5-KccyXJ5WRePXnEX-apVJAJNUvcTv1eV_iE8/w480-h640/IMG_0582.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoNsqiCNmr25TMK9Pep4E0trr7xHuO2BjI-PgpzjU5S8TwQjeHIJ1mp-MsDsnftrDcHbEfTIGhwNG7jzEClZXc5P17kcPcBS6678FqHZwHIsz98JK5SHvkLji6LGIuiJKM_1eFvhW5aL0opD6sZd9OlBZtDM39LW41n8O_KJf5b9i-e6DDjsWj_Tz9RX8/s4032/IMG_0598.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoNsqiCNmr25TMK9Pep4E0trr7xHuO2BjI-PgpzjU5S8TwQjeHIJ1mp-MsDsnftrDcHbEfTIGhwNG7jzEClZXc5P17kcPcBS6678FqHZwHIsz98JK5SHvkLji6LGIuiJKM_1eFvhW5aL0opD6sZd9OlBZtDM39LW41n8O_KJf5b9i-e6DDjsWj_Tz9RX8/w640-h480/IMG_0598.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>On Tuesday I was invited to give a talk at the Eurasian Association. Hafiz came with the suggestion to share my research there and it seemed as an interesting place to raise some of the questions I have regarding how we now tell batik history and specifically the history of the European influence. </div><div>They announced my talk as a Kebaya talk, so because it was mostly batik talk, I wore my new kebaya again. </div><div>In the audience we had apart from the Eurasian society members, also some of the nyonya’s in their colourful kebayas & batiks and many dosens, as in guides for museums. They had by far the most questions afterwards, especially since terms like ‘Batik Belanda’ are specifically taught to them to explain in tours. I loved that one asked; “Sabine, what are you debunking next”. I explained, it is not so much on proving something is not true, it is much more finding a layered story. And yes, something things are just wrong, and we can put them right. One talk at a time.</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK4Gk14tmDUT24l-uSre551AJoVuuFv7jVF0mbv_OQ7TGM5SGzfO2e5zhJUPV7i1-621POot9npM_YdnGrPiqluRAufxzOoqoMGVBrvUt2wImYlJbvV7zawxR0zVBRyLJHPvvdAh2IXzMPRdenteVTuobkZOxW_Zla7xSZRnsiJeB4gVCCnabVak30qEs/s1695/0e5dd8c0-7d1c-4013-8656-44618a417aa0.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="899" data-original-width="1695" height="340" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK4Gk14tmDUT24l-uSre551AJoVuuFv7jVF0mbv_OQ7TGM5SGzfO2e5zhJUPV7i1-621POot9npM_YdnGrPiqluRAufxzOoqoMGVBrvUt2wImYlJbvV7zawxR0zVBRyLJHPvvdAh2IXzMPRdenteVTuobkZOxW_Zla7xSZRnsiJeB4gVCCnabVak30qEs/w640-h340/0e5dd8c0-7d1c-4013-8656-44618a417aa0.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Group photo after my talk</i></div><div><br /></div><div>On Wednesday morning got a tour through the <a href="https://www.nhb.gov.sg/what-we-do/our-work/preserve-our-stories-treasures-and-places/the-national-collection/heritage-conservation-centre" target="_blank">Heritage Conservation Centre</a>, the place where 100,000 artefacts are kept from about 7 museums. From paintings to giant metal sculptures, from old wooden furniture to fashion and everything else and more. I always love seeing a new depot, and in this case, restoration and research center. Sufiyanto who is a restorator there, gave us the tour and shared more on their work and future plans. Exciting batik donation has been added and cannot wait to hear more about it! A morning well spend!</div><div><br /></div><div>In the evening I was invited for the opening of the new exhibition at ACM. I didn’t manage to see the exhibition, it was very busy. But got a sneak peek of an exhibition instead I was otherwise going to miss. So I returned the next afternoon to ACM. Since I only saw ‘<a href="https://www.journeytobatik.org/2022/09/holding-batik-closer-to-our-heart.html" target="_blank">Batik Kita</a>’ last time, three times, I decided to begin at the beginning and just do the whole building. </div><div>I am so happy I did that, because besides great objects, I ran into some batiks & other textiles I have to do continue research on. So basically homework… Patola keep following me this trip. Not the real ones, but the European imitations. Which is great, only now to find time to dive into it more. </div><div>Highlight at ACM is for sure the current fashion exhibition, all the way upstairs, ‘<a href="https://www.nhb.gov.sg/acm/whats-on/exhibitions/textile-masters-to-the-world---the-global-desire-for-indian-cloth " target="_blank">Textile masters to the world, the global desire for Indian cloth</a>’ which shows in a pretty small space how divers this worldwide trend was. The shown pieces are just stunning. </div><div>Also a new book was published of an exhibition of 10 years ago ‘Patterns of Trade, Indian textiles for export’. A dream of a book!</div><div><br /></div><div>I am back in Jakarta, hope to meet & see you here! Thanks Singapore, and thanks Mas Tony, it was wonderful to be busy together. Cannot wait to return!</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk-bWuLfC0w3aBQbwikRqHArewC60tMeorz0D4a8KjDNvhpYY_if9lOoQXaQsKwtRjonoyuQTEhwSnrg5O_FSHcKAnrXjPoGT1Jh2nz9PPF8S8VMH5vnyAsxRw_QONTC24qjJOalR1f4myVQ8TpuuTBX0-6H35fiBPPDr5UsVMwwucl1diNladwqO2SSM/s4032/IMG_1033.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk-bWuLfC0w3aBQbwikRqHArewC60tMeorz0D4a8KjDNvhpYY_if9lOoQXaQsKwtRjonoyuQTEhwSnrg5O_FSHcKAnrXjPoGT1Jh2nz9PPF8S8VMH5vnyAsxRw_QONTC24qjJOalR1f4myVQ8TpuuTBX0-6H35fiBPPDr5UsVMwwucl1diNladwqO2SSM/w480-h640/IMG_1033.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Spot the mina bird</i></div>Sabine Bolkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05606182977393734306noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-552130003939297537.post-14966750313854821132023-11-10T03:03:00.002+01:002024-02-07T14:04:01.318+01:00Research & quality time in Bandung<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilJa4Qcy94f794Zw_tr-q-jA75dVzbgB-K6wK3_cfVoaX8CHqwyAs25owk743OsYJUKAvDqg-tY3M6ORSoe_RKAFUB5daNMC_SUaASoUSMTD53czrqGkkiXuuyUrOytyzCkli4_mUl8IgmRq-NBE5-eE1eeIfZK3RW8LB2eqp1276BUGvsa0fmmkS5pJI/s4032/IMG_9820.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilJa4Qcy94f794Zw_tr-q-jA75dVzbgB-K6wK3_cfVoaX8CHqwyAs25owk743OsYJUKAvDqg-tY3M6ORSoe_RKAFUB5daNMC_SUaASoUSMTD53czrqGkkiXuuyUrOytyzCkli4_mUl8IgmRq-NBE5-eE1eeIfZK3RW8LB2eqp1276BUGvsa0fmmkS5pJI/w480-h640/IMG_9820.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Near Bandung from the train</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">On the way to Singapore for a nice program together with <a href="https://peatix.com/event/3732724/view?k=3681cac32c04af50362af7b02d1251a4d5bb884d" target="_blank">aNERDgallery</a>. Happy to return already <a href="https://www.journeytobatik.org/2022/09/holding-batik-closer-to-our-heart.html" target="_blank">after a year</a> I had such a good time. </div><div>This passed weekend I returned to Bandung. I only been there <a href="https://www.journeytobatik.org/2016/09/hello-bandung.html" target="_blank">in 2016</a>. I was traveling alone, like always, but at that time I didn’t know many people & really was finding out everything while traveling. Although my trip was good, it was also confronting, I cried on Braga street while eating a tompoes, and traditionally there isn’t much batik culture there. But I am glad I returned after 7 years, made friends along the way with whom I have been working with and would like to work with more. I was also invited to give a talk at the University Maranatha in Bandung.</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIhJ8EqiJiv5zVj64deR9_SLheo2ZURnVXGeNASW4oPtnN_nClY5hlXbfEWr8duEijrBQYye4Nt51aSlbJjEfQFqF80HclidF5ckaeZJUE3fzXvL5TO0EzrNBvss0V-_TYs6qQ7w4hCDM9GmOMdL6tT72bwfEoVzOxai9GPctvj0UOQjENpAXuuHOrQME/s4032/06a55dfe-3f93-474d-90e3-06d391866b3f.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIhJ8EqiJiv5zVj64deR9_SLheo2ZURnVXGeNASW4oPtnN_nClY5hlXbfEWr8duEijrBQYye4Nt51aSlbJjEfQFqF80HclidF5ckaeZJUE3fzXvL5TO0EzrNBvss0V-_TYs6qQ7w4hCDM9GmOMdL6tT72bwfEoVzOxai9GPctvj0UOQjENpAXuuHOrQME/w480-h640/06a55dfe-3f93-474d-90e3-06d391866b3f.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>With <span style="text-align: left;">Nidi Kusmaya and </span><span style="text-align: left;">Arlene D. Soemardi </span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><i>in front of Nidi's studio</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirI3X_vnu2mpK8tqVB0FmfSglmVveBgH-z2FXS9ABpfFWL9CXPgSxEYhQiMwy4uNzN3X9TXMYeQhXVci0fv5qazj6IGaJ6NHOFRLW3gCl7dYLLkmXGK8YX_4BUh9ktCtFotOtwd2tvMiJg0cIhllZLdMspgM6t1gPMKp2p1cE3ZjtoykoHxkBEmaNeVPA/s4032/IMG_9673.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirI3X_vnu2mpK8tqVB0FmfSglmVveBgH-z2FXS9ABpfFWL9CXPgSxEYhQiMwy4uNzN3X9TXMYeQhXVci0fv5qazj6IGaJ6NHOFRLW3gCl7dYLLkmXGK8YX_4BUh9ktCtFotOtwd2tvMiJg0cIhllZLdMspgM6t1gPMKp2p1cE3ZjtoykoHxkBEmaNeVPA/w480-h640/IMG_9673.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Inside Nidi's studio 'Earth and Plant Pigment Expert'</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsO5vjhWXYaNLDwPPzh6pVp6FEJMYuMD7BZHGnymHkxLnZYNxrlzRIR0CLuGnfM1xfgJ7u6rMihjXzgr00cRsAibxzTAtcQxfD18FMq7ZvwrtAHytAsoaF27wiJgwhTTKnJu0480FnqoNsK5yIRelA182P5u4b9I7qMbBxK3-1Dm8uPLmvq3ofFrMGyBA/s4032/IMG_9682.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsO5vjhWXYaNLDwPPzh6pVp6FEJMYuMD7BZHGnymHkxLnZYNxrlzRIR0CLuGnfM1xfgJ7u6rMihjXzgr00cRsAibxzTAtcQxfD18FMq7ZvwrtAHytAsoaF27wiJgwhTTKnJu0480FnqoNsK5yIRelA182P5u4b9I7qMbBxK3-1Dm8uPLmvq3ofFrMGyBA/w480-h640/IMG_9682.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Working on the recipes in Bandung</i></div><div><br /></div><div>I left right after the Batik workshop at Erasmus Huis on Saturday. I was traveling with Mr. Pot, the pan I bought for the Indigo vat that would now be used by Nidi Kusmaya for our Natural Dye Lab project. My hand were a little bit blue, but luckily most people were sleeping in the train. </div><div>I arrived late, but it gave me a full day on Sunday.</div><div>It was so so so nice to have a lazy cafe Sunday in Bandung talking with friends! Arlene D. Soemardi who I worked with in the Netherlands and of which just got published this amazing story for my Things That Talk zone ‘Fabric(s) of Leiden’ on <a href="https://thingsthattalk.net/en/t/ttt:TQPAAB" target="_blank">a Batik by J.Jans</a> that I helped her write. She joined me and Nidi, and we got to meet her baby, 4 months old, re-see her husband and mother. It was so sweet of them to join so that we got to chat and chat and chat. It is funny how sometimes it is a small world, Arlene and Nidi were schoolmates. Arlene also interviewed my brother who joined our batik workshop we gave together at the Indonesian embassy in <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CdsNbnEITka/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==" target="_blank">May 2022</a>. I had him on the phone in the morning and could give his warm regards right away! I love how we can be spread over the globe in different timezones and still connect and keep connected.</div><div>In the afternoon Nidi and I moved to another location to have lunch and work on our project. The Natural Dye Lab is for the first time on display. We started the project in the pandemic together with Tony Sugiarta of aNERDgallery.</div><div><br /></div><blockquote style="border: medium; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><i>Natural Dye Recipe Project in collaboration with Indonesian artist Nidi Kusmaya and curator Tony Sugiarta. With growing interest and discussion in sustainability and fashion (de-)colonisation history, it piques the curiosity of the use of natural dyes in local textile culture, including Indonesian batik. Through this research-based textile project, Bolk, Kusmaya and Sugiarta aim to</i></div><div><i>trace historical narratives and the connections through material exploration used in batik natural dyes. There is a knowledge gap in the technical execution and historical account of how natural dyes were used in batik in the past versus how it is used today. Due to limited records since the oral history has been lost, we depend on old writings often in Dutch. The starting point for this researchproject is therefor one of the oldest published dye recipe books in Dutch, ‘Iets over de inlandsche wijze van katoen-verven op Midden-Java’ (Something on the local way of Cotton dyeing on Central Java) by the Dutch Samuel Corneille Jean Wilhelm van Musschenbroek (1827 - 1883). The booklet was published in 1877 and was translated by Van Musschenbroek from an Javanese text which he doesn’t specify. He was based on Java as a civil servant and had in interest in local traditions. He also commissioned batik motifs drawn in wax on cardboard, so at least he was aware of the technique.</i></div><div><i>The text by Van Musschenbroek is translated by us to re-creation the old recipes and find out workable formulas. For Erasmus Huis we focus is on three natural colours, namely blue, brown and red. The process and progress of this colours will be shared and updated throughout the exhibition in this Natural Dye Lab.</i></div></blockquote><div><br /></div><div>Through WA, a zoom with experts and calls we manage to do a lot of preparations. Now it was a great opportunity to launch the project and use this time to work on it further. In the exhibition you can see the first experiments with re-creating the Blue ~ Indigo recipe from the recipe book by <a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Corneille_Jean_Wilhelm_van_Musschenbroek" target="_blank">Van Musschenbroek</a>. We hope to update Brown ~ Sogan on 28 November at Erasmus Huis {feel free to come, meet us & ask questions} and while work on collecting the materials needed for Red ~ Mengkudu. The process of dyeing with Mengkudu is pretty long and since the practice of dyeing bright red has been lost, we want to take our time with it. Our hope is we can present the recipe book by Van Musschenbroek in a not just translated version, but in a workable recipe book. </div><div><br /></div><div>It is so fun to work on this project. We laugh so much when trying to figure out what tools were used. Van Musschenbroek has this way of listing tools to scoop or measure with descriptions on local uses. This provides very useful to figure out what it actually is. </div><div>To be continued!</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBSDzllnWKmCNZW40DcZEBmU65J4xVqWdTD2EQCXRdmyRgQYL6J37upxZ4RAl4OtNw6WT7B0wck78tAf-tRyDIiAR8D_3bvQlOn70JOcSvZA-VLbnch43J0BeVPS9iLTnf60ktnsxl4lLh8WG6kxWrix0-sgaURSLj-sb8HC7yofP_hRVCeHAQ0zhlUxM/s4624/IMG_20231106_103647.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3472" data-original-width="4624" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBSDzllnWKmCNZW40DcZEBmU65J4xVqWdTD2EQCXRdmyRgQYL6J37upxZ4RAl4OtNw6WT7B0wck78tAf-tRyDIiAR8D_3bvQlOn70JOcSvZA-VLbnch43J0BeVPS9iLTnf60ktnsxl4lLh8WG6kxWrix0-sgaURSLj-sb8HC7yofP_hRVCeHAQ0zhlUxM/w640-h480/IMG_20231106_103647.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Giving my talk at <span style="text-align: left;">University Maranatha</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3rK_84Zf3OOu7H5CttZrnsXV7Rmm4pGvwKRl67REEj6z-Js8FXjqNiQj67A8_a57kn6N5s-EkXaIQJYHDcAeTtt-_YXLMK5YobYkWGaToCU_SXx6sEURTdmErydW-g6w1tGK-K5glMM-pH8U9TYBDfiI93Ikmf9tu4_5cRXSSbFNhFPGSzhsz54mWXZA/s4032/IMG_9719.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3rK_84Zf3OOu7H5CttZrnsXV7Rmm4pGvwKRl67REEj6z-Js8FXjqNiQj67A8_a57kn6N5s-EkXaIQJYHDcAeTtt-_YXLMK5YobYkWGaToCU_SXx6sEURTdmErydW-g6w1tGK-K5glMM-pH8U9TYBDfiI93Ikmf9tu4_5cRXSSbFNhFPGSzhsz54mWXZA/w480-h640/IMG_9719.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div><i>Batik design made by students of Christine Lukman inspired by Lasem stories, </i></div><div><i>produced in Lasem by batikworkshops</i></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgytA3WH-YYgMPwAOqYanMaEwYBMjv13R4a1574FsJY7hmbCfa7Ux_152ZgBCelc_aJzfg52fYWuvw_7oGX-Qwz63eHg-s4T-pIpntf0Bf2yYjCnA8nfxpjcVNfJJJbI9tUc5ADsKcnkudsjuo5RDwNzq7Y1HY0BUFs_aDLCuiULUNUWMsdKFNm615iGds/s4032/IMG_9714.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgytA3WH-YYgMPwAOqYanMaEwYBMjv13R4a1574FsJY7hmbCfa7Ux_152ZgBCelc_aJzfg52fYWuvw_7oGX-Qwz63eHg-s4T-pIpntf0Bf2yYjCnA8nfxpjcVNfJJJbI9tUc5ADsKcnkudsjuo5RDwNzq7Y1HY0BUFs_aDLCuiULUNUWMsdKFNm615iGds/w640-h480/IMG_9714.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Batik design made by students of Christine Lukman inspired by Lasem stories, </i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>produced in Lasem by batikworkshops</i></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK3T2ccED5xDSWbGkApg0UOU4wXKioWOCjbMQiDlIf8xKIdIIWYx2FLOQHUwF2vEYQ7okiXX59MdgFcJRm6plrUVIhGnPbSdxxcB0SoQrR5uIUCeumTLK-v4loPuiOUkDNfsy8AG8s8mHU6Pu0LUdfrF86q1CK_wniwJuY4Z4XXVMaemL7ecxWHqBsX6E/s1187/a018591b-5f20-4f1f-a2ca-25aee9aa509a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="681" data-original-width="1187" height="368" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK3T2ccED5xDSWbGkApg0UOU4wXKioWOCjbMQiDlIf8xKIdIIWYx2FLOQHUwF2vEYQ7okiXX59MdgFcJRm6plrUVIhGnPbSdxxcB0SoQrR5uIUCeumTLK-v4loPuiOUkDNfsy8AG8s8mHU6Pu0LUdfrF86q1CK_wniwJuY4Z4XXVMaemL7ecxWHqBsX6E/w640-h368/a018591b-5f20-4f1f-a2ca-25aee9aa509a.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Groupphoto at <span style="text-align: left;">University Maranatha</span> </i></div><div><br /></div><div>On Monday morning I gave a talk at the University Maranatha. Professor Christine Lukman invited me to share about my research. I gave the talk only for the lecturers, while I prepared with the students in mind, luckily it was received really well and provided us with enough points for discussion after wards. While fieldresearch is very common in Indonesia, provenance research is done far less. Logical if you consider most sources and data are kept outside Indonesia, with a big part kept in the Netherlands. So I hope we can continue sharing knowledge and help each others research.</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrsu40izz9QL-btHMU5rRZngJisQrqly-D_v353SffqZA5byNgpwh6NaEsOZLoKI8Tjd7eczwNCh6WypZZ6nT_vnaftvzboWCZh47syHwqtrdrrI2xoeFnfR508j5OaV5whBhPheJ0cPTG4DgjR6inTK-g1Q89_9iCsvmbpY1Dp_mBs93wAx2kfhB4O9c/s4032/IMG_9731.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrsu40izz9QL-btHMU5rRZngJisQrqly-D_v353SffqZA5byNgpwh6NaEsOZLoKI8Tjd7eczwNCh6WypZZ6nT_vnaftvzboWCZh47syHwqtrdrrI2xoeFnfR508j5OaV5whBhPheJ0cPTG4DgjR6inTK-g1Q89_9iCsvmbpY1Dp_mBs93wAx2kfhB4O9c/w480-h640/IMG_9731.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><i>Institut Teknologi Bandung</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXPlIsm9IefTXyaQQkueUOSOIdo00HAT1xmCpEWZMYzMCYEUqmPk7Xzx50sbPU76nR6IUyMVT6nBBZAz0AhOQAUuekDM7W2q3OcnZXdcradlSTfYiMtMBBmeHNdX93gCqGSQUibqImS8WBTH2TDcT4KibHAjB3t1ik9jvCZKeNwj0Cf5pB7TOdcfsDJ78/s4032/IMG_9763.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXPlIsm9IefTXyaQQkueUOSOIdo00HAT1xmCpEWZMYzMCYEUqmPk7Xzx50sbPU76nR6IUyMVT6nBBZAz0AhOQAUuekDM7W2q3OcnZXdcradlSTfYiMtMBBmeHNdX93gCqGSQUibqImS8WBTH2TDcT4KibHAjB3t1ik9jvCZKeNwj0Cf5pB7TOdcfsDJ78/w640-h480/IMG_9763.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><i>The institute was a big surprise, not only are the buildings stunning. </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><i>It was build in 1920 as the first technical university</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjms2VEUNkk-ldW32X5QtZt5pr0TyszCphxiLXQp0cClbepe7LQcaHkCY9HC5pol_3ojWpl9mcZuCyeJ5jnClYKEQPKwkahY49VzvWxeTW9VO1Tcg9JSTX4mwpaT29sqvLuJqUuD3SknvZSgSxc8xZyddqdeLnfiC4eZu2CUG07azYb9OIpLogONJgqH7g/s4032/IMG_9792.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjms2VEUNkk-ldW32X5QtZt5pr0TyszCphxiLXQp0cClbepe7LQcaHkCY9HC5pol_3ojWpl9mcZuCyeJ5jnClYKEQPKwkahY49VzvWxeTW9VO1Tcg9JSTX4mwpaT29sqvLuJqUuD3SknvZSgSxc8xZyddqdeLnfiC4eZu2CUG07azYb9OIpLogONJgqH7g/w640-h480/IMG_9792.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>The <span style="text-align: left;">Material library</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfIcd49Yyx8vEXA0G_kWU8YfSM20_k6mKYxAft1jHFIoDtKq6yZjfETj4O5y9KHFPop1Jx9elJZk1Pfrlm969kyH3rsY21AtX-PFoauYdyE-uHfboxQQrvG2ioymQiYgDBRU4Bd0c1Ekc3uvhvL6K5LpkPFoxsW5Yrw-aLtc5Bc_b2EGsSi2AFDCYjgb0/s4032/IMG_9790.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfIcd49Yyx8vEXA0G_kWU8YfSM20_k6mKYxAft1jHFIoDtKq6yZjfETj4O5y9KHFPop1Jx9elJZk1Pfrlm969kyH3rsY21AtX-PFoauYdyE-uHfboxQQrvG2ioymQiYgDBRU4Bd0c1Ekc3uvhvL6K5LpkPFoxsW5Yrw-aLtc5Bc_b2EGsSi2AFDCYjgb0/w480-h640/IMG_9790.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><i>The Material library</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcXWqj5154yl4u1va5D1JVcoeSCe75qJW0FiP8nwT_UNrmfLlP8gTN6Td3aFk5Lagr2YPglnM0MiAVytCoyiIhZy6o0HsV7bul7HZF_JYgPdsnvjUJ34w1SfjoMbOrGOqjfbkCd-0xTt1QtuzF1cObzboeqBsORgtTS6fYDys1B5bJpgWh9xf3G6DQ_d4/s4032/IMG_9755.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcXWqj5154yl4u1va5D1JVcoeSCe75qJW0FiP8nwT_UNrmfLlP8gTN6Td3aFk5Lagr2YPglnM0MiAVytCoyiIhZy6o0HsV7bul7HZF_JYgPdsnvjUJ34w1SfjoMbOrGOqjfbkCd-0xTt1QtuzF1cObzboeqBsORgtTS6fYDys1B5bJpgWh9xf3G6DQ_d4/w480-h640/IMG_9755.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Ibu Tyar showing how thick the wooden beams are</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>at <span style="text-align: left;">Bandung Institute of Technology</span> </i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>After the talk I headed to meet Nidi & Ibu Tyar at Bandung Institute of Technology. Tyar Ratuanissa is a researcher at Institut Teknologi Bandung (ITB) with a focus on Batik and natural materials.</div><div>I met Tyar online during the soft launch of the Natural dye project and it was great to go to her lab!</div><div>The institute was a big surprise, not only are the buildings stunning. it was build in 1920 as the first technical university. The students are so divers and cool, saw a lot of pink hair. Wish I could study there! </div><div>In the building that houses Ibu Tyar’s lab ‘Tren Warna - Trend Color Lab’ is downstairs a Material library. Displayed are materials that research has been done on; colour pigments from waste materials, woven mats, and even more experimental stuff like textile from fungi. </div><div>Upstairs Tyar has her lab, the main project she is working on is ‘mapping colours’. She shared her progress and the necessary detour her work is on. Turned out to do the actual mapping, first the photography of the batiks has to be correct and this turned out more challenging than imagined. Not having a standard system in place at the partner museum, ment this had to be created first. An interesting progress and I always think this is as much part of the research as the final report. So thanks for sharing Ibu Tyar!</div><div>We had too little time, and I really have to return, but it was already so great to just talk. It was so nice I almost missed my train back to Jakarta! </div><div><br /></div><div>Till next time Bandung!</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaGSHKCs4HB7ekzGHq3iKgwgKc8veol0cGyJKYmJ9WF-sf1gO7xffJlmBnd7sGZW1ek9NUHOimLtwhJBXomc-_r6v7k2MAPpRiO8hhyphenhyphen0d2fcOfvr9ukoAIEEk67M4wlRuphW7-ZGjB9MHcH4kllQnZn1j6m9oIJOXBg7cOzoysNC11cuS9zhNJ14Aj5a0/s4032/IMG_9657.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaGSHKCs4HB7ekzGHq3iKgwgKc8veol0cGyJKYmJ9WF-sf1gO7xffJlmBnd7sGZW1ek9NUHOimLtwhJBXomc-_r6v7k2MAPpRiO8hhyphenhyphen0d2fcOfvr9ukoAIEEk67M4wlRuphW7-ZGjB9MHcH4kllQnZn1j6m9oIJOXBg7cOzoysNC11cuS9zhNJ14Aj5a0/w480-h640/IMG_9657.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>There has been some shares on my exhibition online, check them out here:</div><div><br /></div><div>Blog <a href="https://ameblo.jp/eriko-spis-mix/entry-12826779656.html" target="_blank">Erasmus Huisで展覧会Masa Depan Batik</a></div><div><br /></div><div>Mediaweek <a href="https://m.mediaindonesia.com/weekend/627981/ingin-bedakan-proses-batik-asli-atau-cetak-ini-kata-pakar" target="_blank">Ingin Bedakan Proses Batik Asli atau Cetak? Ini Kata Pakar</a></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.rijksoverheid.nl/ministeries/ministerie-van-buitenlandse-zaken/het-werk-van-bz-in-de-praktijk/weblogs/2023/minister-bezoekt-erasmus-huis" target="_blank">Erasmus Huis: culturele brug tussen Nederland en Indonesië</a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgljpOFuPkl9TiUnQgugkWK3b9NhyD9cbGQANNYa0hYSPlwSUqcudr1xZyde4O8fbSoOgwNI_g0AxNzYPauMgRgKKORO7Bio8LReJpFI82JESVsAk9Hh_ffduKV_7KYObXV-P_e1FSex7LFzpWJPSkGQJc1qAwCWjBhSTUY_2bTuSuTH42Ch9fPl0hG8IA/s4032/IMG_9822.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgljpOFuPkl9TiUnQgugkWK3b9NhyD9cbGQANNYa0hYSPlwSUqcudr1xZyde4O8fbSoOgwNI_g0AxNzYPauMgRgKKORO7Bio8LReJpFI82JESVsAk9Hh_ffduKV_7KYObXV-P_e1FSex7LFzpWJPSkGQJc1qAwCWjBhSTUY_2bTuSuTH42Ch9fPl0hG8IA/w480-h640/IMG_9822.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Sabine Bolkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05606182977393734306noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-552130003939297537.post-41946142038769256762023-11-07T14:21:00.004+01:002023-11-07T14:21:41.686+01:00True Blue*<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqM_OrvEsy8fkOZ46NNcXXe04SWKlGsc9xCKOBl2m8e3ALRd6hiUrJKOPMV-R9DqEuOUTTUdIOcp5L2WvUn-rjtEN1M7qELBgyygajLXff-wAnByLyf3eu5Ub8eVqBG4OIwuBCRqwBrMJQkgXt3h2lCvXhVZ4beO5q-2TsJXrOsmidKyNvcoKNks0ydlI/s4032/IMG_9584.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqM_OrvEsy8fkOZ46NNcXXe04SWKlGsc9xCKOBl2m8e3ALRd6hiUrJKOPMV-R9DqEuOUTTUdIOcp5L2WvUn-rjtEN1M7qELBgyygajLXff-wAnByLyf3eu5Ub8eVqBG4OIwuBCRqwBrMJQkgXt3h2lCvXhVZ4beO5q-2TsJXrOsmidKyNvcoKNks0ydlI/w480-h640/IMG_9584.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Indigo dyeing in process, 4 November at Erasmus Huis</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I had to return from Pekalongan and Batang right away after the weekend, because the Dutch embassy and Erasmus Huis would get a visit of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on 1 November, and it would include a visit to my exhibition. I never gave such a quick tour in my life, but it was happy I could share a little about the stories behind the batiks made by Ibu Ramini, Ibu Siti and Mak Sium. So in 5 minutes Hanke Bruins Slot was off to her next meeting.</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnv9EPcm28gm8-KfOaAKfbytNlHwPBMeGSlnbSSbF2c_WOJ2PAh-5fSpjvaP8rorN7ngRwkrydQQTbJWHSTF2kMPdHAqRdM-gXY5Ci0_7EQqaLjJ74ebo5P9WDCEBokwo1pxjdGq7dx-rE77OEIIXSzeTha6h44PerAYwYV05aKP_zPuYJGtzVCcoxLSs/s4032/IMG_9133.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnv9EPcm28gm8-KfOaAKfbytNlHwPBMeGSlnbSSbF2c_WOJ2PAh-5fSpjvaP8rorN7ngRwkrydQQTbJWHSTF2kMPdHAqRdM-gXY5Ci0_7EQqaLjJ74ebo5P9WDCEBokwo1pxjdGq7dx-rE77OEIIXSzeTha6h44PerAYwYV05aKP_zPuYJGtzVCcoxLSs/w480-h640/IMG_9133.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Wrapping batik at Esmod</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>In the afternoon I headed to Ibu Liesna at Esmod. We hope to create a pop-up fashion moment in the exhibition in which students create looks by just wrapping the batiks. The students came to the Pasar Batik to pick out two kains they wanted to use. </div><div>Ibu Liesna already did a pre-wrapping session and we tried 3 looks using two kains. Looking forward to see the final wraps!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnnVT6bSwmXU6ol0TN-aKbUq7qaJrTxL8xeGVQazQO9hEugGRFjpFerZmFNm9fn7ORWEa-H9-r2Au56BoGSUuyK-Z8QTgqdZ2ZP0cMeRUYsRhM9WU83GJNfQQS8Y32QHdmWWJiUB0-uyngw4DsDfjFRtR30q0uBTijqPsyExlZsotvnhE8V42U5AgFT3g/s4032/IMG_9233.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnnVT6bSwmXU6ol0TN-aKbUq7qaJrTxL8xeGVQazQO9hEugGRFjpFerZmFNm9fn7ORWEa-H9-r2Au56BoGSUuyK-Z8QTgqdZ2ZP0cMeRUYsRhM9WU83GJNfQQS8Y32QHdmWWJiUB0-uyngw4DsDfjFRtR30q0uBTijqPsyExlZsotvnhE8V42U5AgFT3g/w480-h640/IMG_9233.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Pak Bahri with a new Batik design with turtles, </i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>motif name Serak Danau Spin (Kura-kura Danau Sipin) Latar Bungo Klambanq Bertaut</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTFzWlPxyYCSiETleOf9qZLiXV0qz6zELqi9nqxvzPu0z6umCHSRcearS_le2iNxBJWOpkLshBGMFAhdBT1JEMTIQk4rhe8OdixilZMXaV7CkMlQrgbIGfrQ5fudu33suVUNExE_B35prVld9TMYoqu32S3dzJoR6Ao8b6DTP5OxEY_bH7QFwu6vdAL6o/s4032/IMG_9231.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTFzWlPxyYCSiETleOf9qZLiXV0qz6zELqi9nqxvzPu0z6umCHSRcearS_le2iNxBJWOpkLshBGMFAhdBT1JEMTIQk4rhe8OdixilZMXaV7CkMlQrgbIGfrQ5fudu33suVUNExE_B35prVld9TMYoqu32S3dzJoR6Ao8b6DTP5OxEY_bH7QFwu6vdAL6o/w480-h640/IMG_9231.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAH4lQEogX-uacmmve-VLJsvPVCVxZ26r7Sg6FPjaU4Ce7PZY1xX-ELJn__Ry9bnVa_hYvu2hgeCvmSvlF9W2ntGjLJmu2_f76PfkrowNV8CjJlTIQrF1W-jp96Q7jKElTocx0oo-F0X8ncUhzhbhOOOhTlaaqdHYmzPtvmfsKdwKbwwg4pq3-paXtlaw/s4032/IMG_9265.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAH4lQEogX-uacmmve-VLJsvPVCVxZ26r7Sg6FPjaU4Ce7PZY1xX-ELJn__Ry9bnVa_hYvu2hgeCvmSvlF9W2ntGjLJmu2_f76PfkrowNV8CjJlTIQrF1W-jp96Q7jKElTocx0oo-F0X8ncUhzhbhOOOhTlaaqdHYmzPtvmfsKdwKbwwg4pq3-paXtlaw/w640-h480/IMG_9265.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Basket with fish in new batik design 'Jagad </i><i>Panguripan' from Batang</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5VI9NP6pz9HFN7tq6MQxdTRE8OQFeFzZJocxcf8Z2sRptPH66Gy-sC8ZFVhyphenhyphenB8p6vDQP8Azj4BaQjc_dQlhczaRehJigaye9LaeIC0cdmZvuwtl3OOygZEZNmc4MERk8seh_rgcn6-nh_Rx76z49s-CWaeITP2ghjIC_eswPfE9xm6rG-XBwh6qotqsw/s4032/IMG_9252.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5VI9NP6pz9HFN7tq6MQxdTRE8OQFeFzZJocxcf8Z2sRptPH66Gy-sC8ZFVhyphenhyphenB8p6vDQP8Azj4BaQjc_dQlhczaRehJigaye9LaeIC0cdmZvuwtl3OOygZEZNmc4MERk8seh_rgcn6-nh_Rx76z49s-CWaeITP2ghjIC_eswPfE9xm6rG-XBwh6qotqsw/w480-h640/IMG_9252.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>New batik motif 'Semanggi Kontak Listrik'</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>On 2 November I headed to the presentation and exhibition of Pak William Kwan’s latest research project on Batik Jambi & Batang; Pameran Merangkai Batik</div><div>Bhinneka Tunggal Ika. In the exhibition, which was way to short on display only 3 days, Pak William showed pieces from his collection, new made designs created by artisans in Jambi and Batang and collaborations of the two. There were some really fun designs, about lighting and electricity, or on local crafts like basket weaving, but also sea turtles and revivals of classic motifs. One of this classic ones right away caught my eye. Pak Zainul Bahri who made the Jambi pieces, said to me, this is a very old motif from Jambi. The motif in question is a motif I know all too well, because it is on one of the pieces I have been researching to. This motif is referred to in old documents as ‘Dancing peacocks’, while Pak Bahri birds were called ‘Kuau Berhias’ which translated into ‘Decorated Pheasants’. I shared this together with the new motif next to old one on my social media and oh how I love my friends. Jennifer got inspired by my post and started googling. She not only found that the local bird Kuau and Peacocks are closely related. The Kuau bird recently was re-discovered in Aceh! She shared <a href="https://youtu.be/gEKn5UwzilM?si=g_RL8psOEkjR12Wa" target="_blank">a video of the bird</a> and actually they do truly dance to impress the females. So a real Dancing peacock. There are several subspecies of the bird, even one called Bornean peacock-pheasant. So probably both names are right, but over time the motif was more explained as a peacock, will actually it is more a pheasant. To be continued…</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAwxGz0JISzD8GqWM7ggBPretyXabU6fAZasMj0SxT2gVtQI0gMHSGeICkYJbsfMBXvvowdJ00tsYomNx06L4wJberDww0hQSzPfan0OifYO_vELR2LrK-wKGEiaD12WQUlyzLYwUS2a5Krb70cMx67AlK9ak00dPuYiDA7b_OypSfrl1g5VlqBiAQUGs/s4032/IMG_9236.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAwxGz0JISzD8GqWM7ggBPretyXabU6fAZasMj0SxT2gVtQI0gMHSGeICkYJbsfMBXvvowdJ00tsYomNx06L4wJberDww0hQSzPfan0OifYO_vELR2LrK-wKGEiaD12WQUlyzLYwUS2a5Krb70cMx67AlK9ak00dPuYiDA7b_OypSfrl1g5VlqBiAQUGs/w480-h640/IMG_9236.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>New design by Pak Bahri, motif name 'Kuau Berhias'</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDV7LFF28Ck3ljqF9VfWOMo_OImlCJX1qQcwjhZUsjkjAQRCtpaaT5qWXXkt4gEdu75A7FLZY8zm6BdnmqFBmcJNdE0W6XbIDDM8LyIu9kOb9X2TXjAfcHrqPSVAgvJvttQjYjej1zq4_XzEfj-1dtqU3Jr8_uVgv6jm7PYzEXEmeGLHd4fHjSTTB4-C4/s4032/IMG_2772.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDV7LFF28Ck3ljqF9VfWOMo_OImlCJX1qQcwjhZUsjkjAQRCtpaaT5qWXXkt4gEdu75A7FLZY8zm6BdnmqFBmcJNdE0W6XbIDDM8LyIu9kOb9X2TXjAfcHrqPSVAgvJvttQjYjej1zq4_XzEfj-1dtqU3Jr8_uVgv6jm7PYzEXEmeGLHd4fHjSTTB4-C4/w480-h640/IMG_2772.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Old version from before 1874, </i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Collection Wereldmuseum Rotterdam, </i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://www.sabinebolk.nl/news/article-in-textile-asia-journal/" target="_blank">former collection by Van Rijckevorsel</a></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>inventorynumber WM-272</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>The talk ‘Diskusi Literasi: Ecoefisiensi & Masa Depan Batik Indonesia’ held at the venue was interesting and frustrating. It was a younger generation sharing their thoughts on Batik, but two explained how ‘cold wax’ was a good idea for the future of batik. ‘Malam dinggin’ is not batik. It is a resist dye technique using screenprinting, or “sjablon. But only the hot wax process is batik as stated clearly in the description of this Unesco intangible heritage. Brands that work with Malam dinggin are happy to post pictures of pembatiks, but never of their actual workshop where the screenprinting is done. These small workshop don’t have any protective measures for the makers, the working conditions are really bad, at least seen from the secret videos shared online. Worst of all, the whole it is cheaper argument is only for the one who produce and sells it. The malam dinggin products are as high or higher priced than batik. It is so smart to tell consumers that it is cheaper. Honestly just buy a real batik and go to a tailor, or learn to wrap it in different ways and have 5 looks for the price of one. We should not consider ‘Malam dinggin’ as a good solution.</div><div>Luckily Pak Bahri saved the morning by sharing with us batiks he made based on old motifs he could find in books and (Dutch) collections. He even showed us two old Jambi batiks, which were almost falling apart, but still so gorgeous. Wanted have a closer look, but had to run of to go to a meeting at Erasmus Huis.</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC8C9jtlbCnRppFFgEr4uQpadLeZF5LhgNR3SfYFiGWSIf49Q0fMP7BESTX-mOw6mj0N2O50zOlGOSoeOwoxAXU6tIKXTA0hyphenhyphenucmkli6mHhsTgAJ2FyyXaU7UogpktOrzCJ-E-JnIqdaTKuvpqLMdMqP3KJzZ2WzjDYw5JmQ_CKuCsh78VhD6wdkAzm8o/s4032/IMG_9290.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC8C9jtlbCnRppFFgEr4uQpadLeZF5LhgNR3SfYFiGWSIf49Q0fMP7BESTX-mOw6mj0N2O50zOlGOSoeOwoxAXU6tIKXTA0hyphenhyphenucmkli6mHhsTgAJ2FyyXaU7UogpktOrzCJ-E-JnIqdaTKuvpqLMdMqP3KJzZ2WzjDYw5JmQ_CKuCsh78VhD6wdkAzm8o/w640-h480/IMG_9290.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Slide on 'Cold wax', next to Batik Tulis</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7iBDs0vZc26OokbFDvIMI9E5SuDFenCOjCJ3hoBtNiwfPqz5Hb6swdAC1-Mi-UE_ncldbupjCSCvXVXxCWkMTsaTXYZG4vr0a4izaBART1GlfIDAEr15j7lloxzWIb97CpxiHsTUOQFn123HjmaVH3mvnGAoj8x3BPaTP7MrVHwH5TOe_hIl570Vmxzg/s4032/IMG_9321.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7iBDs0vZc26OokbFDvIMI9E5SuDFenCOjCJ3hoBtNiwfPqz5Hb6swdAC1-Mi-UE_ncldbupjCSCvXVXxCWkMTsaTXYZG4vr0a4izaBART1GlfIDAEr15j7lloxzWIb97CpxiHsTUOQFn123HjmaVH3mvnGAoj8x3BPaTP7MrVHwH5TOe_hIl570Vmxzg/w640-h480/IMG_9321.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Pak Bahri sharing a old Jambi Batik with us</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>In the afternoon Chandra Prijosusilo visited my exhibition. I have been admiring her work for a while now. As the founder of <a href="https://www.sekarkawung.com" target="_blank">Sekar Kawung</a> Social Enterprize that focusses on Biodiversity & culture for sustainable prosperity, Chandra did remarkable projects with textile communities. She is not just looking at the craft, but at the full picture. So what is needed to grow and maintain to be able to continue the craft in a sustainable way, improving not just the craft but their surrounding as well. At the moment her focus is on Tuban.</div><div>She brought with her this so stylishly dressed couple Mas Lalu Hilman Afriandi and his wife Dina of Bidadariku. They make natural produced textiles in Lombok and they were dressed head to tow in it too. </div><div>What an honour to have such amazing visitors. By the way, we already had more than a 1000 visitors!!</div><div>It was so wonderful to go with them through the exhibition. The work by Ibu Siti, which is fully done in natural dye, and the Natural Dye lab project had their interest. They looking forward to the continuation of this project, Nidi and Tony! </div><div>At my small cinema, we watched ‘<a href="https://youtu.be/ed9k359Vkl4?si=4PCIK41gC5LJ_Mbw" target="_blank">Tari Batik</a>'. Automatically ‘<a href="https://youtu.be/v3bS7FXWNA0?si=ph7zj7QPEZz_1M1s" target="_blank">Dance in a ricecarpet</a>’ started playing too and we ended up watching it in full. We laughed about how “mainstream” my exhibition is, compared to my older work. Thank you so much for your visit and cannot wait for our next meet-up in Yogya or Tuban!</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtWyemDe_e2TogdqFSlWTd3nXPioEIeRPP8j9qu2c4UgE-AltSe9waGQ55OaD6jtZ97OkeX_nP2-hv2ILVwgdCy2H3bRAFbMMQUGsEoqQX4SCmRU5k7OuAWRPvJdA7DeYgEMZrLv9eeaiL_k-7DjTNu5u367GzUONJFbloBYSCj7-tqvL0KKekexrCuL8/s4032/IMG_9360.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtWyemDe_e2TogdqFSlWTd3nXPioEIeRPP8j9qu2c4UgE-AltSe9waGQ55OaD6jtZ97OkeX_nP2-hv2ILVwgdCy2H3bRAFbMMQUGsEoqQX4SCmRU5k7OuAWRPvJdA7DeYgEMZrLv9eeaiL_k-7DjTNu5u367GzUONJFbloBYSCj7-tqvL0KKekexrCuL8/w640-h480/IMG_9360.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Ibu Chandra, me, Ibu Dina and Mas Lalu at my exhibition</i></div><div><br /></div><div>On Friday 3 November me and Ibu Liesna went to visit <a href="https://www.instagram.com/griyapeni/" target="_blank">Griya Peni</a>, the creative home/workshop of Ibu Indra and her daughter Peni. </div><div>I have seen Ibu Indra often during the pandemic in zooms on Batik, either as a speaker or as a participants like me. I was so happy when Ibu Indra, her daughter and full Griya Peni team attended the Pasar Batik. </div><div>So Friday me and Ibu Liesna went to their place, thanks Liesna for driving and joining me. The place is great, but a little outside of Jakarta. It was so nice to see be there and share stories. Every corner is pretty and I am sure who ever follows a workshop there has a lovely time.</div><div>Thanks for welcome me & read more in Bahasa Indonesia on their blog; <a href="https://mbatikyuuuk.com/2023/11/04/diplomasi-wastra-bersama-ms-sabine-bolk/" target="_blank">DIPLOMASI WASTRA bersama Ms. SABINE BOLK</a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhki6UuZvC5x-hj2WxsdtlNzx0xHOBF93utXkPXaRQQRP4Jw_bWDSnaE0wSLTLlx76YP8CwV2S1a-guDMtjGICjrOSpdUYsQZ9cBsOBPrhDxOyexQwcgo_5QKv0tq7UGYfZzKujdyybHM_xx-qYPyvm-5iKcKZtoL2FPDfMkmXxSNhlrUmB5p2ZZjUWelE/s4032/IMG_9432.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhki6UuZvC5x-hj2WxsdtlNzx0xHOBF93utXkPXaRQQRP4Jw_bWDSnaE0wSLTLlx76YP8CwV2S1a-guDMtjGICjrOSpdUYsQZ9cBsOBPrhDxOyexQwcgo_5QKv0tq7UGYfZzKujdyybHM_xx-qYPyvm-5iKcKZtoL2FPDfMkmXxSNhlrUmB5p2ZZjUWelE/w480-h640/IMG_9432.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Ibu Liesna at Griya Peni</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNFKiIQuU2Y7seK-YYwIW-u5NidMdAgYlfQrDWyA6euaGODB7kARzZHWo9dTaKyZqJE8XSkDZnqlS-Z7esxGHc19iNC89cPQntzPFMdMQRi1YxbFtJm36ffYww2jHT17I5_CdxySimIpYHhKP85HjNdVxq5YgUs0MgVCVH-dfSJN_E6EFCQA-qfyygXGo/s4032/IMG_9448.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNFKiIQuU2Y7seK-YYwIW-u5NidMdAgYlfQrDWyA6euaGODB7kARzZHWo9dTaKyZqJE8XSkDZnqlS-Z7esxGHc19iNC89cPQntzPFMdMQRi1YxbFtJm36ffYww2jHT17I5_CdxySimIpYHhKP85HjNdVxq5YgUs0MgVCVH-dfSJN_E6EFCQA-qfyygXGo/w480-h640/IMG_9448.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Slendang mural outside of Griya Peni with Ibu Indra</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>Saturday was an event I was looking forward to and was scared off all at once. The Batikworkshop with Indigo. I have been giving workshop myself and doing it on a new location is always exciting, but now with buying, borrowing and improvising the needed materials, I really was like, can we? But it went perfect. <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CzQoMF9SfRb/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link" target="_blank">Museum Tekstil</a> borrowed us all the material we needed for the batik making. So the stoves {kompor}, little stools, canting, wax, bigger stove for boiling out the wax {lorod}, a pan and plastic containers for rinsing. Their batik teachers Mbak Yeni and Mas Edy were there to guide everyone to the process. At Museum Tekstil you can follow Batik courses (I believe every weekend, and on request). At the moment they are closed for renovations, but later this year you can go there again to learn making batik. </div><div>Mbak Elisa of <a href="https://www.instagram.com/jivaloka/" target="_blank">Jivaloka</a> was our Indigo expert all the way from Yogyakarta. It was amazing to see her create a dye vat, all natural, in the morning. Her focus is indigo, so it was great to put her expertise together with Museum Tekstil. Mbak Yeni and Mas Edy had loads of questions for her, and it turned out they never had an Indigo vat at the museum. Because the dye vat wouldn’t be used at Erasmus Huis after the workshop and couldn’t be brought home with Elisa, so we were very happy ‘migunani’ { useful/nuttig as Elisa named the vat } was brought to Museum Tekstil after the workshop. Talking about Masa depan Batik!</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHBhSE1uQBA6qIeOtR8jAYIBay456fd71aB3yaVNcEDiBdZJUSAzByLvtzBpvAxMKl9EpUe2vDduamZrAjUQADnEKy3RMX8ol7qX90qD5mR9KpPb878dK8daVk3JIHLyJuqaHnTaVqiJktVIPh6fRY7Nih_QLiKMfKjOTfar01gj3IyYyaT7onE1vlUm4/s4032/IMG_9491.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHBhSE1uQBA6qIeOtR8jAYIBay456fd71aB3yaVNcEDiBdZJUSAzByLvtzBpvAxMKl9EpUe2vDduamZrAjUQADnEKy3RMX8ol7qX90qD5mR9KpPb878dK8daVk3JIHLyJuqaHnTaVqiJktVIPh6fRY7Nih_QLiKMfKjOTfar01gj3IyYyaT7onE1vlUm4/w480-h640/IMG_9491.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Mbak Elisa of Jivaloka with Indigo dyevat <span style="text-align: left;">‘Migunani'</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhseLHQEoE9tL7SByZYtnWpCPI9U653TJ4mi3TtpA83n_sCUPBjMPMEK3TJp8g6YX0GkMVxhS2Vzv6syWHtJaFtnu-CYd0jeR_bi6YgKQ3WCouEPEuMA5beXE-_nnied-xYtLwNNOM5sGzPV52NBQNLsIbQNHnZiubVCIuh0IAODF_DeH6JCFd_6LItG0o/s4032/IMG_9508.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhseLHQEoE9tL7SByZYtnWpCPI9U653TJ4mi3TtpA83n_sCUPBjMPMEK3TJp8g6YX0GkMVxhS2Vzv6syWHtJaFtnu-CYd0jeR_bi6YgKQ3WCouEPEuMA5beXE-_nnied-xYtLwNNOM5sGzPV52NBQNLsIbQNHnZiubVCIuh0IAODF_DeH6JCFd_6LItG0o/w480-h640/IMG_9508.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Ibu Yeni explaining how to use the canting to draw the hot wax</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglyv7XR5T90eLExuxDnGOQK7AJguL-ItCLz-skQESwEe8IpwP-YByP1W2J5PRd80QaRrSnz1M7ASiip6vd8b5cdX7Udg5QFCNLA_h46ledIJes9Axpm-_ojBRX9PmxGYiYLp-ATS3MRbd2646SZD1R4JDcn2ysEtsz2nilg1Ql4LvhsGu1B9UpEhqGSYA/s4032/IMG_9507.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglyv7XR5T90eLExuxDnGOQK7AJguL-ItCLz-skQESwEe8IpwP-YByP1W2J5PRd80QaRrSnz1M7ASiip6vd8b5cdX7Udg5QFCNLA_h46ledIJes9Axpm-_ojBRX9PmxGYiYLp-ATS3MRbd2646SZD1R4JDcn2ysEtsz2nilg1Ql4LvhsGu1B9UpEhqGSYA/w480-h640/IMG_9507.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Starting with a blank canvas</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJYZBk8Fgp-IW8dvA1ouETR7-SsgVEAvsCKL5PODDSSHcGlmhKKuJhXVrlsGG9rSZAO5u6__VAtkL4TWhSqHWKzim7FPqoLAC5X0aYd76y6VdpmMlvl8HxRq1nCD-fULxDRX8DQWagA_1kzQtHSEHZy2n4zRJ6-f-e00EPaLDv44RlJuQOSs6p1AuSHto/s4032/IMG_9513.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJYZBk8Fgp-IW8dvA1ouETR7-SsgVEAvsCKL5PODDSSHcGlmhKKuJhXVrlsGG9rSZAO5u6__VAtkL4TWhSqHWKzim7FPqoLAC5X0aYd76y6VdpmMlvl8HxRq1nCD-fULxDRX8DQWagA_1kzQtHSEHZy2n4zRJ6-f-e00EPaLDv44RlJuQOSs6p1AuSHto/w640-h480/IMG_9513.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Giving information on Indigo while bringing the vat to live</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUx3mvyOPsxAgLOfHpFTUx_ReGhEzvvS7a_oaKVVc_lWG0P-DF4ZsvLSfWq99OviwYqILemKuaxTkkv829uiijfPj-i81NWi4nbLzgj_litEZU0l1GOe_Q6v5DRAgOymXHvgXfEzG52z5Ps11-FAhZSN4ufyfJOjKoJ6NLw7brYBi5GAhd_xRPhsOz3gY/s4032/IMG_9549.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUx3mvyOPsxAgLOfHpFTUx_ReGhEzvvS7a_oaKVVc_lWG0P-DF4ZsvLSfWq99OviwYqILemKuaxTkkv829uiijfPj-i81NWi4nbLzgj_litEZU0l1GOe_Q6v5DRAgOymXHvgXfEzG52z5Ps11-FAhZSN4ufyfJOjKoJ6NLw7brYBi5GAhd_xRPhsOz3gY/w640-h480/IMG_9549.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>30+ participants making batik</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTKvvXNmzXR2YZTxmk80Cp3i5FowkbZ74lXsn_HHPZTGv1cIGn9aCNQQS50aE6VvFBMBVTn4KqzTs3E77umBUqd3nLjsD1W5tRqhbcM4rEcNPt6EQDKBJ742_GVQWFX4GquFw9-yH1X2dHfBGz0wiA8K6FVsD5RDC220Y_9ydJaUvnPw4gNhhnKjS57p4/s4032/IMG_9550.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTKvvXNmzXR2YZTxmk80Cp3i5FowkbZ74lXsn_HHPZTGv1cIGn9aCNQQS50aE6VvFBMBVTn4KqzTs3E77umBUqd3nLjsD1W5tRqhbcM4rEcNPt6EQDKBJ742_GVQWFX4GquFw9-yH1X2dHfBGz0wiA8K6FVsD5RDC220Y_9ydJaUvnPw4gNhhnKjS57p4/w480-h640/IMG_9550.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Ready to be dipped into the Indigo</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKsrGZZokeWKgtHscQMfwLVHTVAXOcW9TFjBb_20oT0Fn-dqfI707kW8cXiPhAfR9iCuknXupOtimDizfqhDyxXrJ6s4SxHsFaFEFj97yysr2tudMEo-wDKRp9IGMZH9-FD140nU0UPMe8RX_ss2B7CkyleyXWlTE8RMpi3A1l7VNsIXMXBnZuFIdP9MU/s1600/2b020678-a6ba-45ff-ab74-e3b7551d2d7c.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKsrGZZokeWKgtHscQMfwLVHTVAXOcW9TFjBb_20oT0Fn-dqfI707kW8cXiPhAfR9iCuknXupOtimDizfqhDyxXrJ6s4SxHsFaFEFj97yysr2tudMEo-wDKRp9IGMZH9-FD140nU0UPMe8RX_ss2B7CkyleyXWlTE8RMpi3A1l7VNsIXMXBnZuFIdP9MU/w640-h480/2b020678-a6ba-45ff-ab74-e3b7551d2d7c.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Watching everyones dyed batiks</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmHxyaJX85Yf862JcdeeXbHZBisiS0fanMONEltn1SKUNkIFqyaT6_H5oAhm1XTYuWjkzP8dltn-2c9POQeVWZ2Mu4k7Bm44sdm3Y7PwkaNcKGR5VNti5LWyhZgfeZZcR5NJqmScObm_lRFOv2ZcuAomP74x3GENBw8pvzjHzoaipyAi94yketCbaIvUA/s4032/IMG_9601.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmHxyaJX85Yf862JcdeeXbHZBisiS0fanMONEltn1SKUNkIFqyaT6_H5oAhm1XTYuWjkzP8dltn-2c9POQeVWZ2Mu4k7Bm44sdm3Y7PwkaNcKGR5VNti5LWyhZgfeZZcR5NJqmScObm_lRFOv2ZcuAomP74x3GENBw8pvzjHzoaipyAi94yketCbaIvUA/w480-h640/IMG_9601.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Mas Edy of Museum Tekstil boiling out the wax</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>We worked on cotton prepared by Ibu Siti in Batang, the cotton has to be mordant so the dye can go into the cloth. I cut it on size the night before. Ripping pieces of white cotton in a hotelroom is a strange experience and I was worried my neighbors might call the hotel wkwkwk.</div><div>I didn’t put a drawing with pencil on the cloth, I never do that, but it is very common on Java. So first the participants were like, we need to design ourselves?!? </div><div>I was so happy that after a short moment, they all just dove in it, creating all unique pieces.</div><div>The participants came in as early as 9.30. After meeting Elisa and talk about Indigo, they would start with drawing the wax. When it was time for the first group to start dyeing, the dye vat was a little bit too hot. Luckily Hema the small restaurant at Erasmus Huis provided us with buckets of icecubes. It cooled it enough down, to put the cloth in without melting the wax already. </div><div>The participants had to dip their batiks 3 to 4 times to get a dark enough blue before boiling the wax out. We really had a nice production going on with timers going off, people rinsing, hanging to dry, taking the dried pieces and putting it back in the dye vat.</div><div>By 13.30 all batiks were ready to have the wax removed, so perfectly on time. Amazing with 30+ participants! And everyone was so happy with their own made batik!</div><div>Thanks Elisa, Mbak Yeni, Mas Edy, Mas Ardi, Museum Tekstil and Ibu Siti! Thanks Erasmus Huis for letting me host this workshop!</div><div>Up to the next one!</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwoWVN0SaoFwEZad_9qV-SvWmLAi0bjofLo2HIpl6xhP2RTXdH3yk37vtYpUVNm4LO-SFsSxobzS_9Ncrky_mEgrPgM7OPx9PG_oO5GI_OEnZQvI78oaXA3RZTGSBewt6JwQ4Opr7FImugWUuXCOHYBKouPz2rRoTeYUQwIHeJMwgj2Ug5oLkpgEmRBoc/s2080/0FED9D4E-3F57-4400-A72D-FBC7A2D399DB.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2080" data-original-width="1170" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwoWVN0SaoFwEZad_9qV-SvWmLAi0bjofLo2HIpl6xhP2RTXdH3yk37vtYpUVNm4LO-SFsSxobzS_9Ncrky_mEgrPgM7OPx9PG_oO5GI_OEnZQvI78oaXA3RZTGSBewt6JwQ4Opr7FImugWUuXCOHYBKouPz2rRoTeYUQwIHeJMwgj2Ug5oLkpgEmRBoc/w360-h640/0FED9D4E-3F57-4400-A72D-FBC7A2D399DB.JPG" width="360" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Insta story of Elisa of Jivaloka</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>* True love</i></div><div><i>You're the one I'm dreaming of</i></div><div><i>Your heart fits me like a glove</i></div><div><i>And I'm gonna be true blue, baby, I love you</i></div><div><i><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span>- Madonna</i></div>Sabine Bolkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05606182977393734306noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-552130003939297537.post-23963253962324403592023-11-05T03:52:00.003+01:002023-11-05T03:52:35.045+01:00We don’t put big sign like that<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCSQPwFByIHjfjaoyRkyVosf5EeNR2XwYIo6gCHq8V2MVAdYuTHryD1SFj2Pk2mKsA7Uec8aa3wEcZQUx5dSw1DItV5IpgreIGmEWhOGRYCfuR7LcLe25imVYDpBKQv_DEq6AGyPjOBVWZecvdVvPmUtlphrTd6xXfZrwLoG3Ltex0kX929r0oJKkhE3g/s4032/IMG_8759.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCSQPwFByIHjfjaoyRkyVosf5EeNR2XwYIo6gCHq8V2MVAdYuTHryD1SFj2Pk2mKsA7Uec8aa3wEcZQUx5dSw1DItV5IpgreIGmEWhOGRYCfuR7LcLe25imVYDpBKQv_DEq6AGyPjOBVWZecvdVvPmUtlphrTd6xXfZrwLoG3Ltex0kX929r0oJKkhE3g/w480-h640/IMG_8759.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Ibu Rasminah and her batik</i></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZkT7kPwyOvxJ3lGeCXgtzvo7E8Ck4aGRkYhqFY9l0TUPlLTZGfCmTXJZjJBesTpEHGRdCxcx6fuw8Bo1Dm4rfC3oS2RsUDquKU2b9sxp8wqzZKLhWWlo88IvtYxXV2ipJjZqjxvUUf-T2vNPI-FyI8NK6t9ZnW2szvJjtw-XBAbcLsrd8ddbCzx8WQlE/s4032/IMG_8631.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZkT7kPwyOvxJ3lGeCXgtzvo7E8Ck4aGRkYhqFY9l0TUPlLTZGfCmTXJZjJBesTpEHGRdCxcx6fuw8Bo1Dm4rfC3oS2RsUDquKU2b9sxp8wqzZKLhWWlo88IvtYxXV2ipJjZqjxvUUf-T2vNPI-FyI8NK6t9ZnW2szvJjtw-XBAbcLsrd8ddbCzx8WQlE/w480-h640/IMG_8631.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Batik Carnival Pekalongan</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Last weekend I escaped Jakarta and now I am escaping again. So trainride blogging again.</div><div>Last weekend I went to Pekalongan. I was already planning to go and got an invite to the Batik Carnival, just to watch this time, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/reel/CjwinG9goJI/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==" target="_blank">not as a jury</a>. </div><div>To my surprise the Pekan Batik/<a href="https://www.journeytobatik.org/2016/10/batik-week.html" target="_blank">Batik Week</a> just started also. So when I arrived on Friday, I went there first. Mbak Mila of the brand Molafi, <a href="https://www.journeytobatik.org/2022/11/recover-together-recover-stronger.html" target="_blank">who I met last year</a>, accompanied me. Her university had their own booth this year. At the university Pekalongan batik making and making batik product is part of the education. It is nice that through Mbak Mila I get to know other students too. At the booth my eye caught this interesting slendang. I thought it was white with only a bold motif of a squirrel on. The tails were connected in the shape of clouds like Mega Mendung. Actually the background was dyed using Coconut husk. Apparently the batik was made last year and the colour had faded into this pale yellow. I asked Mbak Mila if we could meet the maker the next day, so I could buy it from her directly.</div><div><a href="https://www.journeytobatik.org/2023/10/pasar-batik-batik-research-workshop-at.html" target="_blank">Mas Fairuzulha</a> also came to meet us. As the tourism/cultural ambassador he was already there everyday, but still came to meet me with his friend who was also the current ambassador. We went for dinner together nearby. We talked about how batik can be promoted for younger generation. The friend organised an event where you had to wear batik to enter, inspired by the events in Jakarta by <a href="https://www.journeytobatik.org/2021/06/sarong-on-screen.html" target="_blank">Swara Gembira</a>. Only most were wearing printed textiles, of course with batik motifs.Not real handmade Batik Tulis or Cap. So it is a nice idea, but if the visitors do not wear real batik, you are actually adding onto the problem, not being the solution. So how do you get people inspired to wear it. Mbak Mila is working on this too with her brand. She was wearing these fabulous pants with a large free parang motif. They were sold out, great, less great for me, but she explained at her university they didn’t teach them about fashion, only making fine batik. How to balance all these ideas and find a way forward? I think it is also a generational thing, because guess what, the new generation of Batik wearing is already there and it is a young generation, jippie!</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJpArJSi92XtwChFVCzKnJYz139fjUoWQVt1hbPbzmp02_rrGJ96TZbWdZZ4EYbcuxYMNfoxA_h3Z_QT9CHnIRxZVcCckRk8JrvP-nrovRMHZvdLSqzm27V0HfOmgCvQp74FhJYzfM72-5-oX2u9am6zTYnZ-QJDU-nEM5N5eOTvnG3yACt74W8L86gG0/s4032/IMG_8371.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJpArJSi92XtwChFVCzKnJYz139fjUoWQVt1hbPbzmp02_rrGJ96TZbWdZZ4EYbcuxYMNfoxA_h3Z_QT9CHnIRxZVcCckRk8JrvP-nrovRMHZvdLSqzm27V0HfOmgCvQp74FhJYzfM72-5-oX2u9am6zTYnZ-QJDU-nEM5N5eOTvnG3yACt74W8L86gG0/w480-h640/IMG_8371.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Batik from Mbak Mila's family collection</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwn7YeIaTv-go4aH27Wq2KDoyxIKp8Q6RG135Pc277hu3SgpyMrnG_2Jwtv0mze0FxJWbpm-n5-E5W028vhdMgxBeGWwXW9v0af89W5UT9o7PAtO8_-CxeG5MghAxsLO05oJjZa4IVYyH8-r1cmo0WSxJWiXtf2M3r5NGZBj7eaxn4mQ8qzeuEC7bmL6k/s4032/IMG_8380.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwn7YeIaTv-go4aH27Wq2KDoyxIKp8Q6RG135Pc277hu3SgpyMrnG_2Jwtv0mze0FxJWbpm-n5-E5W028vhdMgxBeGWwXW9v0af89W5UT9o7PAtO8_-CxeG5MghAxsLO05oJjZa4IVYyH8-r1cmo0WSxJWiXtf2M3r5NGZBj7eaxn4mQ8qzeuEC7bmL6k/w640-h480/IMG_8380.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Angel on Batik from Mbak Mila's family collection</i></div><div><br /></div><div>On Saturday 28 October I was welcomed at Mbak Mila’s home. The house of her grandparents was renovated last year. It is this stunning 1920’s house with patterned floor-tiles, completely surrounded by other buildings, so not visible from the street, but even has a garden. Mila’s mother, who runs ‘Batik H.M’, surprised us by sharing Mila’s grandmothers batik collection. Some are made by her, others only worn probably. It were mostly Pekalongan pieces, I recognised styles I now only see in Batang, some Sogan pieces, including one with an angel. Our favourite was one with a European style basket. The batik most likely dates from 1940-1950. It was amazing to see, and Mila was so happy her mother finally shared them with her too. They will definitely provided much inspiration for upcoming collections for Molafi.</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivjGzT79skodvIReZQRN5A6HufwtxW_w1fxxofjTOSZ_sOUdCKM5dbGdlC7nZTDk4XK0tw1wMHRQALECVL-vc9dk0dP08vCz2NDK0nt9RJd7m4EpSpSeHaQOVrDXtcdhEkQXW7hjo8577DRhg-B0IN4nihyphenhyphenHjSWSjc1SIkTPodbACFkLss59TjJniCY4c/s3500/IMG_8412.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3500" data-original-width="2373" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivjGzT79skodvIReZQRN5A6HufwtxW_w1fxxofjTOSZ_sOUdCKM5dbGdlC7nZTDk4XK0tw1wMHRQALECVL-vc9dk0dP08vCz2NDK0nt9RJd7m4EpSpSeHaQOVrDXtcdhEkQXW7hjo8577DRhg-B0IN4nihyphenhyphenHjSWSjc1SIkTPodbACFkLss59TjJniCY4c/w434-h640/IMG_8412.jpeg" width="434" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Ibu Nur showing us around in the exhibition 'Buketan' </i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>at Museum Batik in Pekalongan</i></div><div><br /></div><div>After the batik breakfast, me and Mila headed to Museum Batik. She was a month an internship there, between my last visit and now, just so she could learn more about batik! </div><div>At Museum Batik we were welcomed by Ibu Nur, the director of the museum. Very tired after non-stop program with many batik competitions, she still gave us a guided tour through the new exhibition about ‘Buketan’ and showed us the new collection pieces, all by Iwan Tirta. Truly artworks, his designs are so beautiful and I realised, or think, that some might be inspired by <a href="https://www.journeytobatik.org/2022/07/haste-ye-back-batiks-and-more-in.html" target="_blank">William Morris his wallpaper</a>. I wonder if he was, I think Morris writing about protecting and reviving crafts must have spoken to Tirta. I have a quote by Iwan Tirta in my exhibition as well, so it was extra nice to see his work up close again. Before we headed to the Batik Week, we had a short look around at the Batik Carnival preparations. This time it was held at night, so the participants were judged in the afternoon. </div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2FQXZGYG6sr0sXrG91Ra26bxrik-Avy4jVkC5aGPpomttBkv00qwuTO7NLLtSLNcw0YJUleoUDLDFTpMW-9F89e-v9QpQejVRFOFZUPDeqYV_a1ouNKJhozLXLNaQoY7K_TUFUEHpQLkhavf3ebwEZ7x8fTY2j1KFY6MQEsjMmoKqq0n4WC6SlOVV0a4/s4032/IMG_8431.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2FQXZGYG6sr0sXrG91Ra26bxrik-Avy4jVkC5aGPpomttBkv00qwuTO7NLLtSLNcw0YJUleoUDLDFTpMW-9F89e-v9QpQejVRFOFZUPDeqYV_a1ouNKJhozLXLNaQoY7K_TUFUEHpQLkhavf3ebwEZ7x8fTY2j1KFY6MQEsjMmoKqq0n4WC6SlOVV0a4/w480-h640/IMG_8431.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Batik by Iwan Tirta at Museum Pekalongan</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2FaiMl5UEWMSkiPU7_W7U42sknfRCAa6XCJ7oQN1VQNO0E4zIhxRc08ds3FiuGNAdiLTQ85VjjZsGTGRYxLJh45td7jle7cXOK_TVtw-OvDhG01m0-HgfxV59J2Q6oPDer_MuGWCcGHt1owxInABYfP93Q-Xum81Bf6R_35ik_zdZqABl08VIFRkWpPA/s4032/IMG_8457.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2FaiMl5UEWMSkiPU7_W7U42sknfRCAa6XCJ7oQN1VQNO0E4zIhxRc08ds3FiuGNAdiLTQ85VjjZsGTGRYxLJh45td7jle7cXOK_TVtw-OvDhG01m0-HgfxV59J2Q6oPDer_MuGWCcGHt1owxInABYfP93Q-Xum81Bf6R_35ik_zdZqABl08VIFRkWpPA/w480-h640/IMG_8457.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivGeZ_f0BOni3Q-nEi_jHcYZSVzXMghhTD3BYQ5bRsUaLajmR9PdMPOf_cedbPQxGBoDlVL1lGytBPBLMTRZ81c485SkpmK_-V-YymyxVPGLpehDxvIu0A50xPKR0StjuQKc5HEcEaCFfE-LLV9U_zUR4sFLqCDJZJrho_qTvm6iWQAsQTxZ5lsdzaqiI/s4032/IMG_8459.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivGeZ_f0BOni3Q-nEi_jHcYZSVzXMghhTD3BYQ5bRsUaLajmR9PdMPOf_cedbPQxGBoDlVL1lGytBPBLMTRZ81c485SkpmK_-V-YymyxVPGLpehDxvIu0A50xPKR0StjuQKc5HEcEaCFfE-LLV9U_zUR4sFLqCDJZJrho_qTvm6iWQAsQTxZ5lsdzaqiI/w480-h640/IMG_8459.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Batik Carnival Pekalongan preparations</i></div><div><br /></div><div>At the Batik Week we met with Yovita Christi the maker of the slendang. The booth was filled with nervous students and everything was documented on phones. I tried to make a little conversation and if she wanted to ask me anything, but as often is with first meetings here, she did not dare yet. She did send me through WA this explanation about her work;</div><div><br /></div><blockquote style="border: medium; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><i>Inspired by squirrels that have calm behavior and intelligent thinking, this Selendang Batik visualizes how Batik culture and the young generation collaborate to survive in this era.</i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><i>Background color: Natural dyes from Coconut Husk </i></div><div><i>Colet dyes: Remazol</i></div><div><i>Process: 1-2 months</i></div><div><i>Elements: </i></div><div><i>1. Two squirrels with modifications of Mega Mendung on their tails. </i></div><div><i>2. Trees and pine cones at both ends of the Selendang Batik.</i></div><div><i>3. Squirrels running around the edge of Selendang Batik. </i></div></blockquote><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwoIbeXjlmh4Kn9zyJACsGMwIenst-fyOmvYM0hkdm1ITRkKs5KlEz8uEe2bgqZzORfSFysscbCKiNqFcjE2GzKPIKulFETXKq9pXxLrZon1vdf3r5yPaMvHfzJecQadDgCyHtis3QWz-qLDNPDHN3xD4RlkGY5rZQlC6cZBO_ZFq1OAAnR91MBhRYljs/s3151/IMG_8478.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3151" data-original-width="3016" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwoIbeXjlmh4Kn9zyJACsGMwIenst-fyOmvYM0hkdm1ITRkKs5KlEz8uEe2bgqZzORfSFysscbCKiNqFcjE2GzKPIKulFETXKq9pXxLrZon1vdf3r5yPaMvHfzJecQadDgCyHtis3QWz-qLDNPDHN3xD4RlkGY5rZQlC6cZBO_ZFq1OAAnR91MBhRYljs/w612-h640/IMG_8478.jpeg" width="612" /></a> </p><div>I hope Yovita continues to make batik and looking forward to meeting her again and seeing her next designs!</div><div><br /></div><div>In the evening it was <a href="https://www.journeytobatik.org/2022/10/i-wonder-how-many-dots-we-make.html" target="_blank">Batik Carnival</a> time. The new trend on Java is at night. So participants add lights, even fireworks to their creations. I was happy I saw some of them already during the day, because it was difficult to see any details, or the batik for that matter. There were some spectacular looks, really a new level. Some favourites; The Hong bird, which was an installations on wheels with firework! The food-cart with one person dressed up as the meal. The boat, there were many boats, but this was like a full size boat. All the dragons and a Nonna Belanda. Not a favourite, but it is interesting how this history is being referred too. It is not about the sarong kebaya style of the early 1900’s or about the Indo-European batik entrepreneurs. The look they made is like the “Dutch lady” in the old city in Jakarta which whom you can take a photograph. The style is more like a lady in an impressionistic painting, or like in a costume drama movie, not really what they were wearing when they walked around in Pekalongan a century or more ago.</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy9l2xG18An-cPtEoF7eek3kIlPL0FZDtbzZZl0-pB2kggCVEcHbtcgKBy52B1NOlMY_pZHkVJwzy8YCO3T-T69PrZAII9C6l1I0Y1rm_dwvdyQJg2YTYJGMPLRRuL_X0cee6iWV-Pz-zF6d3jr9rhcEifR0_JaZajt9-JHlggXaAN7TNRNIapykXKkWg/s3670/IMG_8580.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3670" data-original-width="2805" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy9l2xG18An-cPtEoF7eek3kIlPL0FZDtbzZZl0-pB2kggCVEcHbtcgKBy52B1NOlMY_pZHkVJwzy8YCO3T-T69PrZAII9C6l1I0Y1rm_dwvdyQJg2YTYJGMPLRRuL_X0cee6iWV-Pz-zF6d3jr9rhcEifR0_JaZajt9-JHlggXaAN7TNRNIapykXKkWg/w490-h640/IMG_8580.jpeg" width="490" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Batik Carnival Pekalongan 2023</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNsZNuk_G3DVcfPmxSXTIg1yaJchTXJELMbwn2R-fsrwHtPK9ULaCI0t_UoAgPXJ82CaHBOZlrddqLj1N8IAd5X7Qf3fLebpPwyqnYU3zXRWPb8DiBot6KhfOV8ZshJw5VWaluSKh9x0qRXUT2DclXO6NJKMWofp9AprSyGUze1oUqi25Q_XUoIOE-pg0/s3372/IMG_8601.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3372" data-original-width="2743" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNsZNuk_G3DVcfPmxSXTIg1yaJchTXJELMbwn2R-fsrwHtPK9ULaCI0t_UoAgPXJ82CaHBOZlrddqLj1N8IAd5X7Qf3fLebpPwyqnYU3zXRWPb8DiBot6KhfOV8ZshJw5VWaluSKh9x0qRXUT2DclXO6NJKMWofp9AprSyGUze1oUqi25Q_XUoIOE-pg0/w520-h640/IMG_8601.jpeg" width="520" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Sunday 29 October in Pekalongan I spend by relaxing and visiting Ibu Widianti of<a href="https://www.journeytobatik.org/2021/03/fangirling-over-oey-soe-tjoen.html" target="_blank"> Oey Soe Tjoen</a>. She couldn’t be at the opening, so I wanted to visit her and thank her, also from Erasmus Huis. </div><div>We talked about her exhibition and book plans for 2025. About her newly made designs, about the quality of batiks and the lack of workshops in Kedungwuni or Pekalongan for that matter. On the way to Kedungwuni you see so many signs saying that Batik is sold there. The bigger banner the better. But in reality only the batikworkshop of Oey Soe Tjoen and Liem Ping Wie are really making batik and the others sell printed dusters (housedresses) and sarongs with ‘cold wax’. Ibu Widianti said; <i>“We don’t put big sign like that”</i>, meaning, the big signs are the ones selling fake batik. </div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghyphenhyphen13cIwUBka1Y5x180RK8qSRhfinWdaAeyBpDTMu_xGvSII26ZXdfrEWj8LawMRPu72QXTm9vG_JHz5l21dxCXv-YFIBnc7bghzgg08pLLSZl6py15z2_GDbghkLb7ljqOsMvONYYxulKkdp_i6SZa-4V07q4x5oo3jvvDskeupXW9aAsIf-W_mGpc_o/s1580/6c00511b-6bfb-4994-9668-5a5401475224.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1124" data-original-width="1580" height="456" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghyphenhyphen13cIwUBka1Y5x180RK8qSRhfinWdaAeyBpDTMu_xGvSII26ZXdfrEWj8LawMRPu72QXTm9vG_JHz5l21dxCXv-YFIBnc7bghzgg08pLLSZl6py15z2_GDbghkLb7ljqOsMvONYYxulKkdp_i6SZa-4V07q4x5oo3jvvDskeupXW9aAsIf-W_mGpc_o/w640-h456/6c00511b-6bfb-4994-9668-5a5401475224.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Ibu Widianti and me</i></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifIDRI2bsdLbs5mIhe7nx7qhW_uEPEEO0WWMeb7F51hX3HJ-gJGOuQ3cWDysZWjyZxTUz4Oy1GzShmZaVjD3iCKzw2Lr6d8eGFN9nyYyr91rMbzXknswk2gRN6KQDJW5dypDUoOf2zB4J-eDhWAw6OI5deHArdjAmoJyTUa4R2ugkqEHVbheJjDLqHrL8/s4032/IMG_8727.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifIDRI2bsdLbs5mIhe7nx7qhW_uEPEEO0WWMeb7F51hX3HJ-gJGOuQ3cWDysZWjyZxTUz4Oy1GzShmZaVjD3iCKzw2Lr6d8eGFN9nyYyr91rMbzXknswk2gRN6KQDJW5dypDUoOf2zB4J-eDhWAw6OI5deHArdjAmoJyTUa4R2ugkqEHVbheJjDLqHrL8/w480-h640/IMG_8727.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Banner on a shop selling "Batik"</i></div><div><br /></div><div>My short visit to Pekalongan was not complete without a visit to Batang. I just wanted to visit the pembatiks I hadn’t seen yet the weekend before, because I will return later this month. </div><div>Mas Qomar picked me up on Monday and we first went to Ibu Rasminah. Our visit was not announced, so she opened the door wondering who was bothering her, then shock, to continue in full laughter. I shared with Ibu Rasminah photos of Koen and Noël van Bemmel wearing a blouse made from her batik. She loved it sooo much! She approved on the way her motif was placed and was just so surprised and proud all at once. </div><div>She wanted to share her latest made pieces. Most designs I have at home, but I learn every time new things about motif names and this time gender also. In Batang the kepala, head of the sarong, is called Tumpal and is actually only for men! The sarong without kepala is for women. Men wear the sarong with the kepala in the back, this I knew, but that only they wear the kepala was something new. I don’t know from when this is custom and if in other places it is like this too, something to dive into.</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-8X4FErBxj3r8Z7l31vea0HLu_QLpslvAha-DJC0UPb_v9iSEM1exw80f_oWTMaGiJtmXxCSchCYJh16ePtoSKVmMl_HpFw58b1JwQ_6ByJ8mg1dGRi38m31vRQF1Nlk56KhlxdlziLRtFunRGDoAlRUMR5KG3bl7Ika6f_-2bn61jlYX8OU0BAZeoMM/s4032/IMG_8778.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-8X4FErBxj3r8Z7l31vea0HLu_QLpslvAha-DJC0UPb_v9iSEM1exw80f_oWTMaGiJtmXxCSchCYJh16ePtoSKVmMl_HpFw58b1JwQ_6ByJ8mg1dGRi38m31vRQF1Nlk56KhlxdlziLRtFunRGDoAlRUMR5KG3bl7Ika6f_-2bn61jlYX8OU0BAZeoMM/w480-h640/IMG_8778.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Ibu Rasminah holding the batik for women, </i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>her son shows us the batik for men</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv3FMxNoMNyrA3YR0Ly2aOLlj_m6vKqS5F5lF-2lmqLMfaK0KlP2J-WZg4BIFR_406BGgt0z38vtL-mQlm-JqlH7KHoFYsA_C0bSdFvvu9dhQ5MDIxiWGjzX7ijgwXm66c3NyK89GTT1Lz1JKdmA5VWF477tODg3oscJQmAKzWU3tfc2YdCPSeACePf4k/s4032/IMG_8824.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv3FMxNoMNyrA3YR0Ly2aOLlj_m6vKqS5F5lF-2lmqLMfaK0KlP2J-WZg4BIFR_406BGgt0z38vtL-mQlm-JqlH7KHoFYsA_C0bSdFvvu9dhQ5MDIxiWGjzX7ijgwXm66c3NyK89GTT1Lz1JKdmA5VWF477tODg3oscJQmAKzWU3tfc2YdCPSeACePf4k/w480-h640/IMG_8824.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Ibu Salmah with a batik by her grandmother, her grandfather pointing out the details</i></div><div> </div><div>After our visit to Ibu Rasminah, miss her already, we headed to Ibu Rujaemah and granddaughter Ibu Salmah. I have stayed in contact with Ibu Salmah on WA. I wish we could chat more easily, we are from different world, but I just love how she support her grandmothers batik. She is not a batikmaker herself, yet but she does make clothing. Only homedresses at the moment, but I ask her to make something with a batik. Hopefully it is finished when I return and I can share it here. </div><div>We talked batik, of course and her sewing business, while we got to try different snacks, fruits and even pecel made by their family. I always laugh about Mas Qomar ability to snack while asking about the most serious everything. In between hee would tell me; don’t eat this, not vegetarian, eat this and pushes a plate or pot towards me. </div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8AcBZ5tWjbFm6Q03yijBss4DV1Av-VUfDDZzoNeUhhiuk1W62endpsK341C13MC6LUx1wFyQ7kRbV8fC8UehtzJzpRaKS8Tnv6LL1Rs_ZQCqnHIeqhZH2KgoKx3_TYjJFsIvXFF2LyA52wbz6sfz0c-T7M6Vjuda5Gp8ShRcnfTZG7Ukh_PXAb1Q9_YI/s4032/IMG_8844.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8AcBZ5tWjbFm6Q03yijBss4DV1Av-VUfDDZzoNeUhhiuk1W62endpsK341C13MC6LUx1wFyQ7kRbV8fC8UehtzJzpRaKS8Tnv6LL1Rs_ZQCqnHIeqhZH2KgoKx3_TYjJFsIvXFF2LyA52wbz6sfz0c-T7M6Vjuda5Gp8ShRcnfTZG7Ukh_PXAb1Q9_YI/w480-h640/IMG_8844.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Design to make a Cap at workshop Khopir</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicEzyReA84PEjRBXJTUrCpP93ZFEFJbZUeZKAm9uuFylUkRN0ULrQr9skZzPg92UBZQrAsJpQ9ZEIaXltYGCWUcn71-3Io7fSP9RLw4Xv92QwXxjL2RN8iFhk4cGJt2lGtVmQ99jxNejcxJklwYOlAyH3Atyo7aummoVdVJQqTdnjMJQZkkV1JQ7tJAss/s4032/IMG_8883.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicEzyReA84PEjRBXJTUrCpP93ZFEFJbZUeZKAm9uuFylUkRN0ULrQr9skZzPg92UBZQrAsJpQ9ZEIaXltYGCWUcn71-3Io7fSP9RLw4Xv92QwXxjL2RN8iFhk4cGJt2lGtVmQ99jxNejcxJklwYOlAyH3Atyo7aummoVdVJQqTdnjMJQZkkV1JQ7tJAss/w480-h640/IMG_8883.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Weaving at <span style="text-align: left;">Ridaka Tenun</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo2ZFye6z-KQ1_BtHvQOM00h-Sz8EEwQWIguBHySoyvkig1XjnCFVJiiZNqXL49RlQGm4qBAK-9YmJTBsvfQ8kGtkXGEeGv_7uVGJK-t-SqhTP2FEHXmMKT6Lsy-fO-YtbO7mLainoWmSf_Apqy7pMrlF-10Af7QR8abmnQJJZyvb464ojFzgeKDvgKvs/s4032/IMG_8907.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo2ZFye6z-KQ1_BtHvQOM00h-Sz8EEwQWIguBHySoyvkig1XjnCFVJiiZNqXL49RlQGm4qBAK-9YmJTBsvfQ8kGtkXGEeGv_7uVGJK-t-SqhTP2FEHXmMKT6Lsy-fO-YtbO7mLainoWmSf_Apqy7pMrlF-10Af7QR8abmnQJJZyvb464ojFzgeKDvgKvs/w480-h640/IMG_8907.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Cotton Shop</i></div><div><br /></div><div>After my visits, Mas Qomar wanted to show me some more things. First we went to a local cap maker. Mas Khopir has been producing caps since 1999. The porch that is their workshop had just two tables, for him and Mas Amad. In a cupboard all the design drawings are kept, oh I wanted to see them all, but also didn’t want to take more of their time.</div><div>Next stop was Tenun. Ridaka Tenun in Pekalongan has been up and running since 1940. The family house that is the shop has in the back the production. The old wooden looms are used the produce unconvention fabrics. They were weaving cotton, natural dyed, together with banana fiber. It is shipped to Japan and used as wallpaper. </div><div>In the shop I was showed other products such as towels with batik motifs, but the motifs are actually applied with Batik Cap! </div><div>Last place we stopped was the local cottonseller. A space just filled with rolls and bales of cotton. They had the local ‘Tari kupu-kupu’, primissima, prima, but also a cotton called ‘silk’ because of the shiny finish and other textiles like dobby (silk/cotton) and rayon. Didn’t buy any textile, but it was nice to see where basically everyone in Pekalongan & Batang gets their cotton.</div><div><br /></div><div>Thank you Batik City, and Batik region of the world, and sampai jumpa lagi! </div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKzxSkt-lMM4E7AFPqjdDIJ7-NgecdnwypOQMe_FQ0cBrHhiz77KSQ4IgazTDXlAZSb67Pa7HVfNHshiM1dvxGfpfOodON8n45VVC3yj2IC-69F8zhAjH7prV7lOavKhRDfjcjvlQN_lzRxhvo-rpntYdburLNg2VtZi7iCdMp2QUH0hDbtFn_RDnEFxo/s4032/IMG_8645.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKzxSkt-lMM4E7AFPqjdDIJ7-NgecdnwypOQMe_FQ0cBrHhiz77KSQ4IgazTDXlAZSb67Pa7HVfNHshiM1dvxGfpfOodON8n45VVC3yj2IC-69F8zhAjH7prV7lOavKhRDfjcjvlQN_lzRxhvo-rpntYdburLNg2VtZi7iCdMp2QUH0hDbtFn_RDnEFxo/w480-h640/IMG_8645.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Yes, Batik is Art! Love this graffiti artwork</i></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Sabine Bolkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05606182977393734306noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-552130003939297537.post-89590748392294344122023-10-31T17:53:00.006+01:002023-10-31T18:17:00.690+01:00Fashion, Malls and Friends<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTuLjh9ud4L9E5F4x0sbL5KPA928iaoCwQlBHluWc2ZDnB-8RWm6YKoZWJlLZTWhh1uI1ZikkCXs117W2_CsTgFaIWz6RIXdbjDWx3LeyDGFODOuEyeBEDKWnyeM3-DfWATac_SQdweTlKphVJ5rY4E3J7Fsgr4uqgtW9d0fR9vM0LCWc7mYZJ8BmeGKE/s3796/IMG_7915.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3796" data-original-width="2794" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTuLjh9ud4L9E5F4x0sbL5KPA928iaoCwQlBHluWc2ZDnB-8RWm6YKoZWJlLZTWhh1uI1ZikkCXs117W2_CsTgFaIWz6RIXdbjDWx3LeyDGFODOuEyeBEDKWnyeM3-DfWATac_SQdweTlKphVJ5rY4E3J7Fsgr4uqgtW9d0fR9vM0LCWc7mYZJ8BmeGKE/w472-h640/IMG_7915.jpeg" width="472" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><i>European/Chinese lace kebaya and Little Red Ridng Hood</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><i>Fashionshow 'Pada suatu hari' by BINhouse</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><i>Photo by me</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">In between building up the exhibition 'Masa depan Batik | Future of Batik', I got to do a lot of Jakarta things, things I almost only do in Jakarta like hanging out in malls and going to fashionshows. It is not my favourite thing in the world, specifically the malls, but it is the best thing to do when you want to hang out with people in Jakarta.</div><div>I was lucky got to hang out my first weekend with Stefanie Patricia. Have know her online for a while now, and she reach out a few days before I went if I could bring a book. Could get the book to still fit, so my first meeting was with her in a mall. Together with some family that was also in town we shared a meal. The next day, Stefanie kindly arranged for me to meet with fashiondesigner <a href="https://augustesoesastro.com/auguste-soesastro" target="_blank">Auguste Soesastro</a>. His recent exhibition showing 15th years of work was a huge succes. </div><div><br /></div><blockquote style="border: medium; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><div><i>KRATON is Auguste Soesastro's Fashion House established in 2008.</i></div></div><div><div><i>Kraton emerges to promote the best aspects of Indonesian arts and cultures to the international</i></div></div><div><div><i>fashion world, to ensure the survival of Indonesian unique heritage for future generations.</i></div></div></blockquote><div><br /></div><div>Auguste not only gets inspirations from Indonesian Arts and culture, he also comes from a long line of batikmakers on both sides of his family. It was so odd that I already looked into one of these makers because of <a href="https://www.modemuze.nl/blog/batiks-uit-het-oostelijk-havengebied-onthuld" target="_blank">a piece still owned by a family</a> in the Netherlands, but couldn't find much about them. How wonderful Stefanie introduced me. I am looking forward to find more signed pieces for him when I return home. An exciting part of batik history to uncover!</div><div><br /></div><div>On Tuesday morning I was invited to <i>Museum Tekstil</i>. The talkshow with the title ‘Masa depan artisan Batik’ was suppose to feature me as a speaker, but because of wrong scheduling I had to decline. I made it after all, and could still invite the audience to come to the exhibition. They even played the short video of the pembatiks introducing themselves, which was really nice!</div><div>The talkshow itself wasn’t great. I am always missing the voice of the pembatiks, the makers. There was talk about AI, about machines making Batik Tulis, about the Batik masters, who have already passed away or are the last generation. It is like we are stuck in the past and can only fantasize about a very distant futuristic future. Not a practical close by one, in which we address the issues at hand, such as sustainability in the making process, making sure makers have a clean, safe and good payed job, so a new generation would consider to continue making. </div><div>Only when the audience started discussing the urgency to protect handmade batik ~ because robots are not making handmade batik ~ it got a lot of agreement of the panel and applause. </div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixTpPgOg-TT4u-2pM0M82-XLvqKBkRzSrs4Wo5QKW-eES5E3L03Lv6QXxWH5zos9KjXPAjpAit11oPQ7wCFq68cBBw7dTsgtTHsoR8KliMthSneEGpRizZSzzev_XwslS_RG-sWHErFZt9lPjNSaVakMBK-MMqih8azIVWxCDNjgvuTzaLUrgwhjcqcS4/s4032/IMG_7353.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixTpPgOg-TT4u-2pM0M82-XLvqKBkRzSrs4Wo5QKW-eES5E3L03Lv6QXxWH5zos9KjXPAjpAit11oPQ7wCFq68cBBw7dTsgtTHsoR8KliMthSneEGpRizZSzzev_XwslS_RG-sWHErFZt9lPjNSaVakMBK-MMqih8azIVWxCDNjgvuTzaLUrgwhjcqcS4/w480-h640/IMG_7353.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Jakarta Muslim Fashion Week</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJy_XxAAAJ973fyK908fos9lRVFYykNJ1cCVOUtXoAExNfMW5LMXKPN4ji4wBhvaqFxn_df6CcYOmKFiN6KDmcsSXnCW9V_I0orDfjiiQuMjq-6EPYtZb_jhrixzPUIQFXs3gzJrHJtiymVhL6k0BDi1lMuTEHdkE_X9jioWSAguEkf_3xEHgoQXEP2qg/s1286/IMG_7363.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="965" data-original-width="1286" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJy_XxAAAJ973fyK908fos9lRVFYykNJ1cCVOUtXoAExNfMW5LMXKPN4ji4wBhvaqFxn_df6CcYOmKFiN6KDmcsSXnCW9V_I0orDfjiiQuMjq-6EPYtZb_jhrixzPUIQFXs3gzJrHJtiymVhL6k0BDi1lMuTEHdkE_X9jioWSAguEkf_3xEHgoQXEP2qg/w640-h480/IMG_7363.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>John Ang and me otw to the Fashionshow</i></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">On the 19th John Ang arrived in Jakarta. It was soooo nice to hang out, although my schedule didn’t leave much room for that. We went to two fashionshows. The first one, new to me, the Jakarta Muslim Fashionweek. The second, on 24 October at the Jakarta Fashionweek, was the show ‘Pada suatu hari’ by <i>BINhouse</i> in collab with <i>Auguste Soesastro</i>. It was so kind of him to give me an invite, and what a show it was. It was so much fun, and sexy and even emotional. The looks were amazing, going from very classic sarong kebaya to very modern, but always with a unique twist in either colour, collar or combination. The whole ‘love to love you baby’ runway was a pure gift. I loved it so much, it was so edgy. Auguste’s part was much more chique, the models walking on this sad goodbye song. There were several looks I liked right away, not surprisingly worn by my favorite model from JFW in 2016! </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV-GKCRnS2ZOfVGM9AKoMLphXbT8vpgfVk2SDA5jqXV7s5FB4tJxf8qPj07XhJPxWctmXM615Qe8G6DR87WxCZ0nlxGzB6iywaJIr4Dx0i4xUpx5_rBQt3Iee0bWlIikMM90NB36f1rFGb5kFCYGf0p3UQv8itWccBbrTDTJtWjL0p6lnnyS_2JPi_Ba4/s4032/IMG_7872.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV-GKCRnS2ZOfVGM9AKoMLphXbT8vpgfVk2SDA5jqXV7s5FB4tJxf8qPj07XhJPxWctmXM615Qe8G6DR87WxCZ0nlxGzB6iywaJIr4Dx0i4xUpx5_rBQt3Iee0bWlIikMM90NB36f1rFGb5kFCYGf0p3UQv8itWccBbrTDTJtWjL0p6lnnyS_2JPi_Ba4/w480-h640/IMG_7872.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="text-align: left;"><i>Fashionshow 'Pada suatu hari' by BINhouse</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="text-align: left;"><i>Photo by me</i></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8zX9JlRx2_144RvQ6jz-ZSAzFMiDP0-tERiffS1UWkyWQETvJATvUgqg-RYHXwvFBLRviIrAouo4rrIw5_K1ETAiyO8WPL54HvktKZJn4CQ5x9weSfnQTmk8OSOVgbt_08hdWcOEdYTx0MR-xvHq0sPLekvr-c9aGvkxGz_a3ywhSnPqwAs0OXkjBvEY/s4032/IMG_7869.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8zX9JlRx2_144RvQ6jz-ZSAzFMiDP0-tERiffS1UWkyWQETvJATvUgqg-RYHXwvFBLRviIrAouo4rrIw5_K1ETAiyO8WPL54HvktKZJn4CQ5x9weSfnQTmk8OSOVgbt_08hdWcOEdYTx0MR-xvHq0sPLekvr-c9aGvkxGz_a3ywhSnPqwAs0OXkjBvEY/w480-h640/IMG_7869.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="text-align: left;"><i>Fashionshow 'Pada suatu hari' by BINhouse at JFW</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="text-align: left;"><i>Photo by me</i></span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUhgiUS3xaNdwbuSP21a7qWlTpoyB1IktbqcNo7f3wlxrekc04SbvuLVclv97n2LHpbz6PZHenEua4dBDQcgmnY1mfPIKOSI9eCnpbKyGR12PTRTTWcQTzQn3IOxJB4oigg_RqHcCS4WwkknOFUogs2km5AUDy3P8ttCzUQegey3Uzr5FBd7wwVEVE7m0/s4032/IMG_7861.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUhgiUS3xaNdwbuSP21a7qWlTpoyB1IktbqcNo7f3wlxrekc04SbvuLVclv97n2LHpbz6PZHenEua4dBDQcgmnY1mfPIKOSI9eCnpbKyGR12PTRTTWcQTzQn3IOxJB4oigg_RqHcCS4WwkknOFUogs2km5AUDy3P8ttCzUQegey3Uzr5FBd7wwVEVE7m0/w640-h480/IMG_7861.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i style="text-align: left;">Auguste Soesastro in collab with BINhouse at JFW</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="text-align: left;"><i>Photo by me</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="text-align: left;"><i><br /></i></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnImWS1cFmfJcj4DbS3bxM3FsLc9EMDJTJtju-DdNsNibADwz-e842hwLaAGlY_mDgSEy_OAn7F6nhBmMIJa6Brefll6q2iMg440zKEOD1fE_2dElyppwa3tOq9IHaaqT4lYEM8HnMv5_v5P4CpW53PUcndhuc1cAhLgPuOulJZ88P77HwYrrESG1QYds/s4032/IMG_7809.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnImWS1cFmfJcj4DbS3bxM3FsLc9EMDJTJtju-DdNsNibADwz-e842hwLaAGlY_mDgSEy_OAn7F6nhBmMIJa6Brefll6q2iMg440zKEOD1fE_2dElyppwa3tOq9IHaaqT4lYEM8HnMv5_v5P4CpW53PUcndhuc1cAhLgPuOulJZ88P77HwYrrESG1QYds/w480-h640/IMG_7809.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="text-align: left;"><i>Fashionshow 'Pada suatu hari' by BINhouse at JFW</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="text-align: left;"><i>Photo by me</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="text-align: left;"><i><br /></i></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoE4tVisc11VM-cWhs1vtRB5F6N-sLBJESJoLHm4Q0QnBKn3Js0IabDX6VZ6i_bxSyyKGYBCIXr1rMelrCgeAUCSYhyphenhyphengDdtbwL-diiHHnjeQrnPlc21u81SfstYXve785JxZHNvqpZskC4D1stxxzdlCOssy6_ZnOX9TjmJcD0euBs_B6komJBhdsL0lI/s4032/IMG_7892.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoE4tVisc11VM-cWhs1vtRB5F6N-sLBJESJoLHm4Q0QnBKn3Js0IabDX6VZ6i_bxSyyKGYBCIXr1rMelrCgeAUCSYhyphenhyphengDdtbwL-diiHHnjeQrnPlc21u81SfstYXve785JxZHNvqpZskC4D1stxxzdlCOssy6_ZnOX9TjmJcD0euBs_B6komJBhdsL0lI/w480-h640/IMG_7892.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="text-align: left;"><i>Fashionshow 'Pada suatu hari' by BINhouse at JFW</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="text-align: left;"><i>Photo by me</i></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">
<iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ocIzZRNyA7w?si=xynLfFAzjIZR1ttc" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div><div> </div><div>Next to hanging out with John Ang, got to meet two other textile enthousiast, researcher, even batik activists you might say. Got to visit Asmoro Damais and Caecilia Adinoto. </div><div><br /></div><blockquote style="border: medium; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div style="text-align: left;"><i>Asmoro Damais is the daughter of a French historian and a Javanese mother, Asmoro was brought up in a household deeply involved with culture. After spending some years in Europe where she attended various art and language classes, Asmoro returned to Jakarta and began to work as a designer for shoes and handicrafts. Meanwhile, her older brother Adji, was collecting artifacts and experimenting with developing Pekalongan batik. Since Asmoro showed an obvious interest in old batik, Adji’s suppliers began to bring her their old batiks. This was the beginning of Asmoro’s journey through the history of batik</i></div></blockquote><p> Having several books at home by her, it was so wonderful to finally meet. I hope I can return again, since I hope to dive into the kebaya with her and her son. But it was now already great, sitting in this beautiful place surrounded by plants and artifacts. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxlZDMrdMi8v5a-1nFZruRg_TZ3MoJJTwyJqqEf3uyHKUAfYvyzvWyrnNaGVWYyTe84G7uwuA0v4IaBdmEs4o3zumc3K7dsfhMWJW-sgcEzYKlyXbi15FXU_xHIstLosW2iQA5l43jvHlVtn_uITUwaaguxghNZI9i7_MuAT2Km7fqVFi60fnqAY6VtUE/s810/IMG_8026.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="810" data-original-width="713" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxlZDMrdMi8v5a-1nFZruRg_TZ3MoJJTwyJqqEf3uyHKUAfYvyzvWyrnNaGVWYyTe84G7uwuA0v4IaBdmEs4o3zumc3K7dsfhMWJW-sgcEzYKlyXbi15FXU_xHIstLosW2iQA5l43jvHlVtn_uITUwaaguxghNZI9i7_MuAT2Km7fqVFi60fnqAY6VtUE/w564-h640/IMG_8026.jpeg" width="564" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Ibu Asmoro and me</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">Ibu Caecilia was at my opening, and I was so happy to see her there after knowing each other through instagram, zooms and DM’s. Caecilia invited me to her home to see some of her collection. I was surprised by so many wonderful pieces, and of each Caecilia easily recalls why she got it, and the interesting story they tell. She not only collected old pieces, but also newer, making her a true batik warrior. It is so lovely to get to spend time with people who love batik like I do and want to share time with me! Such a gift and cannot wait for your Batik book Caecilia!</span></p><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbfIF7O8FB3vKJ6xKXh5rl8DqOQw8s275fwEKuImw6U_znmldA-oRhO4GMCofKmi1oWvP5wa7TTTfs0TplVAV8GPd4irWuPZi0I-vMF2VOgj2ml79wfY_r_tzmVQKuWNBNZPnmk0VgAikqi8RW5UCol1gObHZo3y7i-Ik9H6L4qZe5l5MaP9ngD1_mulw/s4032/IMG_8164.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbfIF7O8FB3vKJ6xKXh5rl8DqOQw8s275fwEKuImw6U_znmldA-oRhO4GMCofKmi1oWvP5wa7TTTfs0TplVAV8GPd4irWuPZi0I-vMF2VOgj2ml79wfY_r_tzmVQKuWNBNZPnmk0VgAikqi8RW5UCol1gObHZo3y7i-Ik9H6L4qZe5l5MaP9ngD1_mulw/w480-h640/IMG_8164.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Opening of the I Love Wastra Bazaar</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Photo by me</i></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb0yPPHlWRooGKQuUyfmxUfZrGyliEABZTUZxPdDnUADcN_yYVFgf1NWKi-iejOiO2pKbN3uF5_HkA-ip3CjyumFiqFKrdDVOxBVX22m_uzE6ijUQt0u3XI432b2e7N7TwDU7QK_Kd1PXYO8LS90TT5OQ3cRGC3-7-3xq7i_ZAE-dc9ELY0NR-xkX982A/s3567/IMG_8135.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3567" data-original-width="2440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb0yPPHlWRooGKQuUyfmxUfZrGyliEABZTUZxPdDnUADcN_yYVFgf1NWKi-iejOiO2pKbN3uF5_HkA-ip3CjyumFiqFKrdDVOxBVX22m_uzE6ijUQt0u3XI432b2e7N7TwDU7QK_Kd1PXYO8LS90TT5OQ3cRGC3-7-3xq7i_ZAE-dc9ELY0NR-xkX982A/w438-h640/IMG_8135.jpeg" width="438" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>White lace kebaya from <span style="text-align: left;">Wayang Sakti</span><span style="text-align: left;"> </span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>On Thursday 26 Oktober started my morning at the Bazaar Indonesia for the opening of the ‘I love Wastra Bazaar’ {Who can hook me up with a t-shirt of the event, it is so good!}. Several familiar textile promotors were there, so nice to not only great Ibu Liesna of <i>Galerie Liesna</i>, but also run into Stefanie of <i>Wayang Sakti</i> and Pak Agus of <i>Batik Tiga Puteri</i>. To my surprise he already visited my exhibition and told me he loved it, yes! </div><div>At Stefanie’s booth I tried several white kebaya’s. For the Batik Carnival in Pekalongan the dresscode was white top, batik below. Not having anything white, I saw it as a good reason to get one, also with me & Dido’s project in mind (Read more here about <a href="https://www.journeytobatik.org/2023/09/masa-depan-batik-and-my-upcoming-journey.html" target="_blank">The meaning of the white kebaya</a> & <a href="https://www.sabinebolk.nl/projects/op-zoek-naar-witte-kebayas/" target="_blank">our project</a>). I went for a long, lace version. Not European, not very Chinese either, somewhere in between. Still feel weird wearing it though... </div><div>Liesna had her new collection <i>Kebaya Jeng Sri </i>at her booth. Love her designed fabrics made from paintings she did. </div><div>This week we start our <i>Erasmus Huis | Esmod Jakarta</i> collab. Her students picked out Batiks during the pasar batik and will style looks with this. These looks will be finalized and modelled <u>on 8 November</u> in the exhibition space at Erasmus Huis. </div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizXzth8HQ-Vttjwpla-PhkD4ReVXepRYKXGwirNtEYj1DcVUYxqwdD-r5FTqK20lklnJI-ohoHYIeXi0oupocuHALZzJBHXzB9ikN1kIPJyJnBy3SyhYNz-ZybFRi_RlLrurt5lUSJ81aIlnotjWuglHNUZblo_2TbXzHpGnP-bT-ZG57WhhyIvcCRM2o/s4032/IMG_8161.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizXzth8HQ-Vttjwpla-PhkD4ReVXepRYKXGwirNtEYj1DcVUYxqwdD-r5FTqK20lklnJI-ohoHYIeXi0oupocuHALZzJBHXzB9ikN1kIPJyJnBy3SyhYNz-ZybFRi_RlLrurt5lUSJ81aIlnotjWuglHNUZblo_2TbXzHpGnP-bT-ZG57WhhyIvcCRM2o/w480-h640/IMG_8161.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Liesna's latest collection <span style="text-align: left;">Kebaya Jeng Sri</span> </i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Photo by me</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3Z4IZfTvbw73vWYamJKdarbzl0L27TXWJBDWRhDD0JPf_r900D4Pe-A_CMr524hYaEHyaWqT15MKoarJqqPMCiRA4oLmksm64ukjoeAi1e3ZztbNdXjI0mM9J5uz9-dNHZPxyw8rsCq1UmiJ1gx9vHxkGbUZmYTDt4G5mhNw8x28F097M4l8fJ-yp49U/s4032/IMG_8147.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3Z4IZfTvbw73vWYamJKdarbzl0L27TXWJBDWRhDD0JPf_r900D4Pe-A_CMr524hYaEHyaWqT15MKoarJqqPMCiRA4oLmksm64ukjoeAi1e3ZztbNdXjI0mM9J5uz9-dNHZPxyw8rsCq1UmiJ1gx9vHxkGbUZmYTDt4G5mhNw8x28F097M4l8fJ-yp49U/w480-h640/IMG_8147.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Kebaya from <span style="text-align: left;">Kebaya Jeng Sri collection</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;">Photo by me</div><div><br /></div><div>In the afternoon I headed to the screening of two films by Wulan Putri of <a href="https://www.instagram.com/perempuanberkabar" style="font-style: italic;" target="_blank">Perempuan Berkabar</a> at Gudskul. We got introduced to each other years ago by Krisna Murti. For us both an inspiration in our work, who is truly missed in the creative world. I contacted Wulan if she had any tips who could document my openingsweekend, to my big surprise, she wanted to do it! </div><div>I am saving the footage of this for a later moment!</div><div>Wulan was screening on the 26th two short documentaries, <i>Mama Lihat Awan Jatuh</i> and <i>Salmiyah</i> at the Gudskul</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIu7iLHJZXrk9NRr7sJomFNQvf_RMrr154CMFWP4-PyKteW5vYMoXOTNBkZvofFjk2CcwxHmiIpEi_1xasB0nm9Ca3sgkEOijPSUKeeEGk3PVFskMP3bdVnOWoqsKUmQPI4sfonkAK5es5QpVSBBxxSx3MFksCpOznqNFBjFp5CLzo_aontzU30F42BXY/s3598/IMG_8192.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3598" data-original-width="2435" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIu7iLHJZXrk9NRr7sJomFNQvf_RMrr154CMFWP4-PyKteW5vYMoXOTNBkZvofFjk2CcwxHmiIpEi_1xasB0nm9Ca3sgkEOijPSUKeeEGk3PVFskMP3bdVnOWoqsKUmQPI4sfonkAK5es5QpVSBBxxSx3MFksCpOznqNFBjFp5CLzo_aontzU30F42BXY/w434-h640/IMG_8192.jpeg" width="434" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Screening of <span style="text-align: left;">Salmiyah at Gudskul</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="text-align: left;">Photo by me</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><blockquote style="border: medium; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div style="text-align: left;"><i>Salmiyah (2020) explores pieces of memory, perceptions of historical actors, historical enthusiasts and audiences. The past, always leave questions, it can never return in its full scenes. People contend to rebuild it. Salmiyah is an effort to depict the complexity of history which is always full of bias and distance.</i></div></blockquote><p> </p><div style="text-align: center;">
<iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/wzWEWGnQ_Xo?si=-PZrhOUMXfGUPDoZ" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Such great projects and stunning videos, we need to bring these to the Netherland! I was happy got to see them on a big screen and chatting a little bit more with Wulan about our work, about Krisna Murti, who we miss, the crazy world we live in and our activists souls that cannot always say what we want. It is great we finally got to meet in person and hope we can work on more in the near future!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Thank you Jakarta, I am back again and hope it will be again such great days, maybe a little bit more relax, but probably not</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwkxEG9ffA_TC07BgJW2BKbGZB6z4_MGrsScqTeLh6U8M48s_GtTYrlBoYx3p1aH93dE8nto74wRdWWCDSKlqRYHJfD0NH4ska-HUAyyA-dnmQWWW2VNVBclXhGptxL7C1-r2BvvT10tOEDsXdxhmeXOItNeiEeSccz5xMBxoE35QDXUI8t6EMLLiz5q4/s4032/IMG_7780.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwkxEG9ffA_TC07BgJW2BKbGZB6z4_MGrsScqTeLh6U8M48s_GtTYrlBoYx3p1aH93dE8nto74wRdWWCDSKlqRYHJfD0NH4ska-HUAyyA-dnmQWWW2VNVBclXhGptxL7C1-r2BvvT10tOEDsXdxhmeXOItNeiEeSccz5xMBxoE35QDXUI8t6EMLLiz5q4/w480-h640/IMG_7780.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="text-align: left;"><i>Fashionshow 'Pada suatu hari' by BINhouse at JFW</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="text-align: left;"><i>Photo by me</i></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Sabine Bolkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05606182977393734306noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-552130003939297537.post-22362531700362052042023-10-31T16:30:00.007+01:002024-02-07T14:03:37.716+01:00Pasar Batik & Batik Research Workshop at Erasmus Huis<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpinuKlfbEhmU6zUbVU5PrG1m4MHnEkF-4KBq-SGvCTKjrosndjw7hOZMyqYI1x4m1Zlz9RI4pjjzKUn0yiFiqkgVCGu8wsRjpiWq81Y4uj-fsEJEWoEo-VRJRDlrOJ1lfu4YfCQ4uVM6dROZT3mATrv-CUp3fYTg479xZJzSgqemYSDxInj-F9GC5v3g/s1800/IMG_7695.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1355" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpinuKlfbEhmU6zUbVU5PrG1m4MHnEkF-4KBq-SGvCTKjrosndjw7hOZMyqYI1x4m1Zlz9RI4pjjzKUn0yiFiqkgVCGu8wsRjpiWq81Y4uj-fsEJEWoEo-VRJRDlrOJ1lfu4YfCQ4uVM6dROZT3mATrv-CUp3fYTg479xZJzSgqemYSDxInj-F9GC5v3g/w482-h640/IMG_7695.jpeg" width="482" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Ibu Siti's daughter posing in the library of Erasmus Huis</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>with the book 'Batik drawn in wax'</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i> by Dutch former textile conservator Itie van Hout about the Tropenmuseum batik collection, </i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>now Wereldmuseum Amsterdam</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Photo by Ibu Siti</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9a975yosKvhQ5iY5etIuBzOVn5TCmSFHu6_hNHfLXkaTTlvlTyIIrOow7ay-CR8AZ-s7jPHxKNEG5-xnyYf82Gn2WfPVQiVdNWbARrVnAvhwUgE6uCU7Oc-utKO0mRBbL9KUbQQbDjrth0rKmS6wYiH3p4FBrxXxpvjJQHUecnk8ZcqMShwghybb2SlQ/s1600/b1840192-8a26-41c7-b798-c1be7b7cd233.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1600" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9a975yosKvhQ5iY5etIuBzOVn5TCmSFHu6_hNHfLXkaTTlvlTyIIrOow7ay-CR8AZ-s7jPHxKNEG5-xnyYf82Gn2WfPVQiVdNWbARrVnAvhwUgE6uCU7Oc-utKO0mRBbL9KUbQQbDjrth0rKmS6wYiH3p4FBrxXxpvjJQHUecnk8ZcqMShwghybb2SlQ/w640-h360/b1840192-8a26-41c7-b798-c1be7b7cd233.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Anna Silooy and me during the Batik Research Workshop</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Photo by Ardita of Erasmus Huis</i></div><div><br /></div><div>First time in a train that honks non stop, not sure it is because I am in the front that I hear it better or just an overactive conductor. Anyway I will blame my typos on this. My short weekend escape to Pekalongan and Batang gave me some room to gather my thoughts. It is like I cannot land in Jakarta, everything feels unreal and with the amazing openingsweekend I needed some space to give it a place. My heart is still full and reading all the positive responses and seeing all the creative social media posts made in the exhibition just makes me so happy and proud.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPKkc_djDia_6nYal6oYPfpmgBaDZ0wz7A7cRWSTbPZsmE1wWdK4OeUNGjAwywpcRxEH2u8qDPEG0OW4aCdp4_9Uu46uOUO6-svfKTg_5-DM-FMIQ_hN7t5YseS3kXRDGwVfPD7MOKk7wgsktPOLnJSlOSjDVhEcl2qklS06Xi63hjYs0A4XaaBghd9uk/s4032/IMG_7567.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPKkc_djDia_6nYal6oYPfpmgBaDZ0wz7A7cRWSTbPZsmE1wWdK4OeUNGjAwywpcRxEH2u8qDPEG0OW4aCdp4_9Uu46uOUO6-svfKTg_5-DM-FMIQ_hN7t5YseS3kXRDGwVfPD7MOKk7wgsktPOLnJSlOSjDVhEcl2qklS06Xi63hjYs0A4XaaBghd9uk/w480-h640/IMG_7567.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Mak Sium packing in the sold items</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Photo by me</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzle_FwHKnUrDk6YXL9XZO-2wSbUhov3nY0ZZ_HtCiASJNDql9Ld6so3s3b-KXIwBL7KqxV8DKIG4MPLhby-6iz_-hXasCaOly8Cy6hfkVGSoY6bAWxvDPsULzsRew1-sm2k2Nch09XFc096WOBIsiWRE-T2OUrS8MOY9QpGsXNmcj9W0hqwmQNq_jE9Q/s4032/IMG_7550.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzle_FwHKnUrDk6YXL9XZO-2wSbUhov3nY0ZZ_HtCiASJNDql9Ld6so3s3b-KXIwBL7KqxV8DKIG4MPLhby-6iz_-hXasCaOly8Cy6hfkVGSoY6bAWxvDPsULzsRew1-sm2k2Nch09XFc096WOBIsiWRE-T2OUrS8MOY9QpGsXNmcj9W0hqwmQNq_jE9Q/w480-h640/IMG_7550.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Ibu Siti made smaller Batik artworks for the Pasar Batik</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>the natural dye process is long and in this size it is easier to experiment with colours </i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>while being mother of two young children. </i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Photo by me</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQCegNCwcePhgBtoDspaY_pKT9k1K3gpvZ_KSKnC9ZcPBrakMd_c5zptVodIp4LxLTWVbSTJb3pMeLLkfEoZwRMQM1m4xmeh6-V_E0HDNrSbGaP7SzUGH07pjB02xskqQX2TMvDcK27z3pEmB73S2GfoXdZOO7QiB2BkmaVOdDnpo0SNAR5jzHQ7jrcAw/s4000/IMG_8687.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="2250" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQCegNCwcePhgBtoDspaY_pKT9k1K3gpvZ_KSKnC9ZcPBrakMd_c5zptVodIp4LxLTWVbSTJb3pMeLLkfEoZwRMQM1m4xmeh6-V_E0HDNrSbGaP7SzUGH07pjB02xskqQX2TMvDcK27z3pEmB73S2GfoXdZOO7QiB2BkmaVOdDnpo0SNAR5jzHQ7jrcAw/w360-h640/IMG_8687.jpeg" width="360" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Ibu Ramini of KUB Srikandi showing her batiks</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Photo by Mas Karim</i></div></div><div></div><div><br />On Sunday 22 October, last week, we held a Pasar Batik at Erasmus Huis with the pembatiks who are showcased in the exhibition ‘Masa depan Batik | Future of Batik’; Ibu Ramini of KUB Srikandi, Mbak Eka of Batik Lumintu, Ibu Siti, Mbak Nurul of Batik Tulis Batang and Mak Sium. What is better than being able to buy art from the artists directly!! To have enough stock they started producing a year ago and I am very thankful all batik fans, friends and collectors showed up to shop. Also many of the Dutch embassy took this opportunity to get some wonderful handmade pieces. I gave little tours in the exhibition and every time I walked back I saw at every stall batiks being unfolded and bought. Of course couldn’t resist buying some batiks myself. Most I will bring to Singapore for my small pop-up event at aNERDgallery ‘<a href="https://peatix.com/event/3732724/view?k=3681cac32c04af50362af7b02d1251a4d5bb884d" target="_blank">Oh, That Batik Bolk, a weekend with Sabine Bolk</a>’ from 10 till 12 November. Love this title! Hope to see everyone in Singapore there!</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_XCdaIkzU-tAUkZxV37CExaXevLfZnyB1MPzIlEP45c4xnYps5WyGek90cRxszC6sdrdN8hUETyLDjqRTIauc4xiyxrpRcHop0cpakIKSlPgsJUkrBRReWwR-10ZjHrJJjXSl3p3m4DkgMge3Q9PaF-Cwi3i13pbAT58coVrY9-nndO_Wgbc75PTEApo/s4000/IMG_8668.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="2250" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_XCdaIkzU-tAUkZxV37CExaXevLfZnyB1MPzIlEP45c4xnYps5WyGek90cRxszC6sdrdN8hUETyLDjqRTIauc4xiyxrpRcHop0cpakIKSlPgsJUkrBRReWwR-10ZjHrJJjXSl3p3m4DkgMge3Q9PaF-Cwi3i13pbAT58coVrY9-nndO_Wgbc75PTEApo/w360-h640/IMG_8668.jpeg" width="360" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Mak Sium poses at the booth of Batik Lumintu with Mbak Eka and Miss Tasya</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Photo by Mas Karim</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiArpwrvvh5N0L3jHAKCgdxMRG7tQtuaRuPV3dbC1ypXzGHuXXP-GDOXY-A0wgM-esKaDLnkk-gbNZmWnzmSS06qFFYpzk1NuNQoGdS3mNWNpLtTjInHKzw77ThbJD1_AQsYe8g75m9pNd_oX0k8HLNFdoubrhCwPPU1-EkFWJcDYjl9nqTWGgihTaL4As/s4000/IMG_8672.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="2250" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiArpwrvvh5N0L3jHAKCgdxMRG7tQtuaRuPV3dbC1ypXzGHuXXP-GDOXY-A0wgM-esKaDLnkk-gbNZmWnzmSS06qFFYpzk1NuNQoGdS3mNWNpLtTjInHKzw77ThbJD1_AQsYe8g75m9pNd_oX0k8HLNFdoubrhCwPPU1-EkFWJcDYjl9nqTWGgihTaL4As/w360-h640/IMG_8672.jpeg" width="360" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Me and Jennifer of The AriaBatik</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i> checking out the wonderful pieces by Mak Sium</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Photo by Mas Karim</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>Next to shopping Batik at the Pasar Batik, we had a booth by Kesengsem Lasem selling their fashion items like bucket hats and jackets. The Sore Santai Market provided booths with snacks, drinks and more shopping fun. I tried some boterkoek, which is actually a dutch thing and got a lovely present from Kalimantan from Kain Dadi.<br />Next to shopping, we had a fashionshow. The newly made streetwear collection ‘Jagad Phoenix’ by Kabari was brought to the runway. The models were mostly of the Dutch embassy, thanks to Anna Silooy of Erasmus Huis and did a great job modelling the batik looks, cheered on by their collegues. It was so much fun and a nice moment to show how fun, modern and new Batik can be. Thank Ibu Yullia for helping me organise it!</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvAcjVmi6I1NXLyE6UGgyt-YMEnG075o1E5klYShO16anoHACYNPTL2FxK28mX-aox2qBc50fMWu91tA7NNoNL2ic6sFsUc_gS6sehZhzbiPnTi0g0Kfr9eqrTxkTqaWduqftnJobX1I81Q-PxeYN638IWfZZq0MgfFEK43xAEiCYzNv88QZRbcHcuBDQ/s4240/IMG_8308.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4240" data-original-width="2832" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvAcjVmi6I1NXLyE6UGgyt-YMEnG075o1E5klYShO16anoHACYNPTL2FxK28mX-aox2qBc50fMWu91tA7NNoNL2ic6sFsUc_gS6sehZhzbiPnTi0g0Kfr9eqrTxkTqaWduqftnJobX1I81Q-PxeYN638IWfZZq0MgfFEK43xAEiCYzNv88QZRbcHcuBDQ/w428-h640/IMG_8308.jpeg" width="428" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Fashionshow 'Jagad Phoenix' by Kabari from Rembang</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Photo by Ardita of Erasmus Huis</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioGMPJBwgv0DZLZX-wa2FJLBkDTIz_krvLoSILbJvy9E8hnOeXW1onZM18BVLx4zk5t-MDiTnt-Yso3ksKPYCzJN6N6qQYfuJRP-CVM_oXs7CxwvZV29FmFCvjNnvBTeOyH0zBTDOzNNs4k6P6pEb003Kqow4aFQhxiPmYFFCKoHHPZpV4qnQmIyGISWY/s4032/IMG_7608.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioGMPJBwgv0DZLZX-wa2FJLBkDTIz_krvLoSILbJvy9E8hnOeXW1onZM18BVLx4zk5t-MDiTnt-Yso3ksKPYCzJN6N6qQYfuJRP-CVM_oXs7CxwvZV29FmFCvjNnvBTeOyH0zBTDOzNNs4k6P6pEb003Kqow4aFQhxiPmYFFCKoHHPZpV4qnQmIyGISWY/w640-h480/IMG_7608.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Everyone taking a picture at the end of the fashionshow 'Jagad Phoenix'</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Photo by me</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>After the Pasar Batik the pembatiks and their family from Batang returned home. At 4am the group from Lasem returned home. Weaving them out teary-eyed, what a weekend and what a great way of getting to celebrate my 14 year journey. Just wauw!<br />That evening I had one more opening program to do. Next to the exhibition and pasar, my work in research had to be included of course.<br />As part of my project at Erasmus Huis, I wanted to include my research, but not just my published findings, more a place where you could actual work on Batik research yourself. Like a Batik Research Center that can hopefully continue and grow also after this exhibition. Specifically for those who want to know more about collections kept in the Netherlands, about Dutch scholars in the past and want to prepare for studying Batik in the Netherlands. <br />For the library I brought together a collection of books on Batik and the close related topics such as the Dutch imitation batik. The books are in Dutch, English and Indonesian and are partly by Dutch scholars and on Dutch collections. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyLvQSy2Q3gCHf4xV4c0WUqjOEJpITh6tHPJfRNAuYzlgOUU62tHMoe9XFKu_Eb8gRgnG5YM8zxj4UvtaR8Ep5oVZqhUdWoFNijTO5Efcz3Jki7l6KaOWMXRMO_ppf4M_asqhBJhZ9zuSOpoKBb1ki8odLEfR82-6-w18hNVxH1Vn8hpwstfJ9MBqh3E0/s4032/IMG_6411.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyLvQSy2Q3gCHf4xV4c0WUqjOEJpITh6tHPJfRNAuYzlgOUU62tHMoe9XFKu_Eb8gRgnG5YM8zxj4UvtaR8Ep5oVZqhUdWoFNijTO5Efcz3Jki7l6KaOWMXRMO_ppf4M_asqhBJhZ9zuSOpoKBb1ki8odLEfR82-6-w18hNVxH1Vn8hpwstfJ9MBqh3E0/w480-h640/IMG_6411.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>The books I got partly as donations, partly bought, </i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>that were added to the Erasmus Huis library</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-6G8osuNEdYx_eAbaxFXpylaEA0duhV9zPGMm2rBUHJvyXXwDGck4g8b-PfO8WJd79wDbiKFQjVDP5zk60R8in-6DpTkZ0_Ucx4sYCAu-JrVgU8OTmblY246nFEoMheKrdqJDCB0BZ1wk3xaVzwtJuQmSW-kvkaIIjHGQqyrv-6QJPVw_ocf6WGi4AKs/s4032/IMG_7665.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-6G8osuNEdYx_eAbaxFXpylaEA0duhV9zPGMm2rBUHJvyXXwDGck4g8b-PfO8WJd79wDbiKFQjVDP5zk60R8in-6DpTkZ0_Ucx4sYCAu-JrVgU8OTmblY246nFEoMheKrdqJDCB0BZ1wk3xaVzwtJuQmSW-kvkaIIjHGQqyrv-6QJPVw_ocf6WGi4AKs/w480-h640/IMG_7665.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="text-align: left;"><i>Mas Fairuzulhaq during our talk about Eliza van Zuylen</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i>Photo by me</i></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>Next to the books, I was thinking about how to make the Dutch digital collections more accessible. There are great archives with Batik collection and information on Batik, but most are in Dutch, as in the system behind it. This makes it difficult to work with many of them for people who do not master the Dutch language. Because I work a lot with these databases and learned basically by doing, I thought it would be nice to put some tips and tricks into tutorials. At the moment this tutorials can only be accessed by using the QR codes in the library. I will make them available publicly on a later date. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF53V83keO0XZ9cBLrLAwk2LxarSUS8kxnYAkKxfE3aT8o4bErmCIVSnYhqKY6CS48DhHqUxESziZ1n98eDUgIn5mjb5EEVMLWu5tDvd5CXHp18Ytc56w7gxCalqN-cm-2CdNJw6M-HxIT1IYn-NGMasL54l6zK-d37a6Qv2YHmfOw1qXvL7ajkz3F0dM/s6000/IMG_8336.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF53V83keO0XZ9cBLrLAwk2LxarSUS8kxnYAkKxfE3aT8o4bErmCIVSnYhqKY6CS48DhHqUxESziZ1n98eDUgIn5mjb5EEVMLWu5tDvd5CXHp18Ytc56w7gxCalqN-cm-2CdNJw6M-HxIT1IYn-NGMasL54l6zK-d37a6Qv2YHmfOw1qXvL7ajkz3F0dM/w640-h426/IMG_8336.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Teacher mode on during the Batik Research Workshop</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Photo by Ardita of Erasmus Huis</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_ry3XudLL7DQVlORuYYWjlOgm-8S-cpjdaY1QTPx47ts1bFTWalCSbZS5Is9FgKBwWuT8y1v0BD_lzTpcmMxF4GF_x546QQ_tr0380uXGUtJe3wMljSIk-mtYc0k4stpdqXkYYWmn7LFgb7CJJ53QGtIi7NdKVCTszcG7KmIdOIdLmQyHlbTibminQ94/s1600/64e3f7e1-cf59-4b26-b895-640303b655db.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1600" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_ry3XudLL7DQVlORuYYWjlOgm-8S-cpjdaY1QTPx47ts1bFTWalCSbZS5Is9FgKBwWuT8y1v0BD_lzTpcmMxF4GF_x546QQ_tr0380uXGUtJe3wMljSIk-mtYc0k4stpdqXkYYWmn7LFgb7CJJ53QGtIi7NdKVCTszcG7KmIdOIdLmQyHlbTibminQ94/w640-h360/64e3f7e1-cf59-4b26-b895-640303b655db.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i>Batik Research Workshop in the library of Erasmus Huis</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i>Photo by Ardita of Erasmus Huis</i></div></div><div></div><div><br />So back to Monday 23 October, I gave a Batik Research Workshop. To our surprise fully booked in a very short time, so new one is coming up > 20 November, more info soon on the Erasmus Huis page.<br />Before the workshop started I had a short research session with Mas Fairuzulhaq. We have been chatting through messenger for a few months now, since he reached out to me about his plans to research batik entrepreneur Eliza van Zuylen and specifically how to identify a real Van Zuylen vs a later date imitation of her designs. This interesting research topic brings to light many difficulties. First, how to get information. The sources in Bahasa Indonesia are limited and mostly based on sources from Dutch authors (which sometimes write in English, but not always). These sources, books and articles, are if you are lucky only available in Jakarta. The library of Museum Batik in Pekalongan has a lot, but not so much as Museum Tekstil in Jakarta, but by far not as much as I can access in the Netherlands at for example the library of Wereldmuseum Leiden (former Museum Volkenkunde), or the University Library in Leiden, or the library of Textielmuseum in Tilburg. </div><div>The second issue, what if what you are looking for is not mentioned in any of the books and need to do comparisons with actual batik pieces. You need access to either very good detail photos, but even better, the actual batiks. I think most original Eliza van Zuylen pieces are privately owned in Indonesia, the later imitations are what most museum collection have. So I told Mas Fairuzulhaq to reach out to collectors and asked them about their pieces. He got either no reply or a 'no thank you'. Although I insured him this was when I started the case too, and it unfortunately takes time before collectors and researchers want to share their collections and knowledge, it was really discouraging. For me personally him wanted to do this research as a student from Pekalongan is reason enough to help, but I also told him, This is part of the research. The fact that is is inaccessible, hard to get answers, is just as good part of the story as the solutions you hope to find. It is good and important to share which walls we try to climb or break down. Otherwise how can it be done?</div><div>I was glad I got to share some time with him in person, giving him some guidance on books to check out and of course he joined my workshop too.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><br /></i></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0qvqnuxUtJrjRWcgHV5R4IR_wba2z2pbdnEfSQQqGhA8ncIpPVuouD2CR1O8WSzNMOhJlzNRfDpX2j5djQ7h8G4DTvIyx_wOdhsoKz8xW4zDYyT62yXIe_AI8b5iZcSlSiN6UksA52S1ozH49ek3QbqkxxyvbTUlPCZ4C9CQKsXZkDsBAwqtNlbNrjo0/s6000/IMG_8328.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0qvqnuxUtJrjRWcgHV5R4IR_wba2z2pbdnEfSQQqGhA8ncIpPVuouD2CR1O8WSzNMOhJlzNRfDpX2j5djQ7h8G4DTvIyx_wOdhsoKz8xW4zDYyT62yXIe_AI8b5iZcSlSiN6UksA52S1ozH49ek3QbqkxxyvbTUlPCZ4C9CQKsXZkDsBAwqtNlbNrjo0/w640-h426/IMG_8328.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i>Batik Research Workshop</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i>Photo by Ardita of Erasmus Huis</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR0fpeadPlBRXUUpLm_dHklishAEjelj2j_1_-zHPWeV4s0itxoQV4MKdgLQm85_xRugGKKDtM353H0Yf9ACdrfgnZi4MferVx-HNEhOpdLYR8KD8C3MuYu2J5ZRgsKimwVxmzGOFRuF0WH0L3HNjzKq6nc6WVwY_a4hu4nug_nh-MNXpAW1WRiY69e9E/s4032/IMG_7677.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR0fpeadPlBRXUUpLm_dHklishAEjelj2j_1_-zHPWeV4s0itxoQV4MKdgLQm85_xRugGKKDtM353H0Yf9ACdrfgnZi4MferVx-HNEhOpdLYR8KD8C3MuYu2J5ZRgsKimwVxmzGOFRuF0WH0L3HNjzKq6nc6WVwY_a4hu4nug_nh-MNXpAW1WRiY69e9E/w480-h640/IMG_7677.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Batik Research Workshop</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Photo by me</i></div></div></div><div></div><div><br /></div><div>In the workshop I used a more hands-on approach. With two exercises the database of the Wereldmuseum together with provided literature sources were used to find answers. It was also a way of sharing new findings and other sources that not yet made it into the database. So to think beyond what is put in the books and in the database. While I thought mostly students would join, I had curators from museums, collectors and just really big batik fans joining the workshop. Everyone worked so dedicated to find the answers. It was so great to share my research in this way and looking forward to doing this workshop again in Singapore on <a href="https://peatix.com/event/3732724/view?k=3681cac32c04af50362af7b02d1251a4d5bb884d" target="_blank">11 November at aNERDgallery</a> and on 20 November at Erasmus Huis in Jakarta.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivNddJhJkbxhalKUb_HgCL3vy8ojhRKw3HaU2u0P65ownjVX9OF9eHXTfzQ0VWCxpLUQc0LejyrwOdO5w7e8EM3IpP3_GvlmBLI9gSEGSDJsGzO8PfWFf9kYJfvFHbByvlnZaJiM7Ip7Am6AvIZvkl1XVIntmIWR23eZ-m4uyN_pRok4BiPJY-9nakoEU/s4032/IMG_7624.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivNddJhJkbxhalKUb_HgCL3vy8ojhRKw3HaU2u0P65ownjVX9OF9eHXTfzQ0VWCxpLUQc0LejyrwOdO5w7e8EM3IpP3_GvlmBLI9gSEGSDJsGzO8PfWFf9kYJfvFHbByvlnZaJiM7Ip7Am6AvIZvkl1XVIntmIWR23eZ-m4uyN_pRok4BiPJY-9nakoEU/w480-h640/IMG_7624.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Pak William with Ibu Siti and her family</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Photo by me</i></div><div></div><div><br /></div>Sabine Bolkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05606182977393734306noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-552130003939297537.post-44536843469080411032023-10-27T16:51:00.004+02:002024-02-07T14:03:28.672+01:00Building the future of Batik<div class="separator"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiREuSQtnKO-Z_uv7_Ru88IOoSk3aHKwX6he-fgbp3XJBoWEajn6wDiK4oNCnMaVjtqLp4U_gQ9cC9BPY1uOZDnfyoGHNHoAT8_ZwUUxnNTJX1raUBWQH70bq1nW7oF1F4uaf0skqaXQmh1NuD1FrPqNbB9UjjYyX-YQOQpyLM-GSrOvjwW5shjSXypolQ/s4032/63ca19cb-465f-4654-aef3-70f0a8f2ccff.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><br /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3jLa6FYZwBe6Af2tdp5Jz6OPZw40egUxvpyrDa3rXsih48PZSlsTm-brJxe2aClfRUwjmtBTz9L4t6BodFK7aT9e13VbK0xLRSR0nGzpNv8VXbc-4Ygeft1kOz15XSdCZR04bHin7gspfO2yTP-EjmoEndOyfJBqVMTIrxg64bOZTJ24xuvszFacyS7c/s3088/IMG_7497.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2316" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3jLa6FYZwBe6Af2tdp5Jz6OPZw40egUxvpyrDa3rXsih48PZSlsTm-brJxe2aClfRUwjmtBTz9L4t6BodFK7aT9e13VbK0xLRSR0nGzpNv8VXbc-4Ygeft1kOz15XSdCZR04bHin7gspfO2yTP-EjmoEndOyfJBqVMTIrxg64bOZTJ24xuvszFacyS7c/w480-h640/IMG_7497.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Group selfie right before the opening</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd6m5F3x8eQsq8FO7aPgO46exA-LrHqxUqJnb2a8_Lwsp80ZzcwsSxS3t28oYAlSzbJtnUt2N_3FbzXbYZRwA6SDwhar4Jt6Pe2lSuLhZxdO8lQlpTHvhffAKXuzDLEMP4EjXK5ZS1cgr1EvNdVAdMaaWK6BU2RFvy1iyJasPT9wTdRnGN9A4kRabOg38/s6000/IMG_8103.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd6m5F3x8eQsq8FO7aPgO46exA-LrHqxUqJnb2a8_Lwsp80ZzcwsSxS3t28oYAlSzbJtnUt2N_3FbzXbYZRwA6SDwhar4Jt6Pe2lSuLhZxdO8lQlpTHvhffAKXuzDLEMP4EjXK5ZS1cgr1EvNdVAdMaaWK6BU2RFvy1iyJasPT9wTdRnGN9A4kRabOg38/w640-h426/IMG_8103.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Anna Silooy, Erasmus Huis, me and Lambert Grijns, Dutch ambassador</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> ` </div><div style="text-align: left;">Almost it has become a tradition, writing while being in Jakarta traffic. Till now I made all my appointments, being late just a little, so that is not too bad. But very happy I get to escape this weekend and let all the impressions sink in a little bit. This past two weeks have been very stressful and a dream all wrapped up into one. Making an exhibition is always a lot of work and making it from abroad with 5 hours time difference gave me restless nights. But I did, we did it, and not just did it, it was finished a day before the opening! Apparently it never happened according to the technical team at Erasmus Huis.</div><div><br /></div><div>So actually since 2021 this exhibition, <a href="https://www.netherlandsandyou.nl/web/indonesia/w/masa-depan-batik-exhibition-by-sabine-bolk" target="_blank">Masa depan Batik | Future of Batik</a>’ has been in the making. After I was invited by artist Shishani to join their amazing project ‘<a href="https://youtu.be/OgIVKI_3L8c?si=FCil4y50tHeiQlqE" target="_blank">Shishani & Sisterhood</a>’, Erasmus Huis reached out to do an online zoom on Batik. For the Jakarta Fashion week in 2021, me and two other speakers were invited to talk about Batik with the topic ‘<a href="https://youtu.be/pTSOQ83Al5c?si=7CN1F_5-LO9CBaPp" target="_blank">Future of Batik</a>’. Me and Erasmus Huis director Yolande Melsert came up with the title when talking about if batik could be sustainable. As a host we got Tony of aNERDgallery. I asked if we could get pembatiks involved, since I think we cannot talk about batik without including the makers. I got some budget to invite pembatiks to record a short statement and include subtitles. This was were the seed was planted for my current exhibition. The short statements by Ibu Ramini, Mbak Nurul, Ibu Widianti and Mbak Dwi were very divers, yet with the same passion and drive. Batik had to be part of the future, but how? Since there are so many difficulties. </div><div>After the talk, I was invited by Erasmus Huis to make the exhibition. I was free to fill it as I wanted and me wanting to involve the pembatiks with their own work was welcomed completely.</div><div>The pandemic made it of course difficult to prepare anything until everything opened up again a little bit. So last year, 2022, I did most preparations, go talk with everyone, invite the pembatiks to make new work and interview them. I spend two months traveling around, meeting and re-meeting. The report blogs you can read back<a href="https://www.journeytobatik.org/2022/10/" target="_blank"> >> here</a> </div><div>The last couple of months have been filled with planning, organizing {not just getting me there, but also the 6 pembatiks and their family for the opening}, finishing works and editing videos, while still having much to do in the Netherlands also. </div><div>I had some moments of panic, but I was also happy to know that in Indonesia even if things are very last minute, it can still be done. Where in Europe we need much more time ahead. Which makes it also weird if people ask how things are going and basically I had nothing to share yet. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9euyAMpSBZ9JJQ1oJPliD9XwP7RPu-OP_kya5Z63RtQrMK5z2gDNHCR2qBcNHz62YtaCq67w66E-QIvNCN3bdaPZAWlLbDCKU2WcE1lktt5rTY3uTQtlDsF3R4L-27994cYAb20NqEPhhhoV_0HcCzdqg5D4q-_OlePzyZNIj6svyaqpxdQJs9Pviy6Y/s1163/IMG_6560.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="655" data-original-width="1163" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9euyAMpSBZ9JJQ1oJPliD9XwP7RPu-OP_kya5Z63RtQrMK5z2gDNHCR2qBcNHz62YtaCq67w66E-QIvNCN3bdaPZAWlLbDCKU2WcE1lktt5rTY3uTQtlDsF3R4L-27994cYAb20NqEPhhhoV_0HcCzdqg5D4q-_OlePzyZNIj6svyaqpxdQJs9Pviy6Y/w640-h360/IMG_6560.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Which blue we need for the walls, screenshot from video</i></div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNmAE-CG9CVX7X99arLG3wRrHjcZcOlNS9SQbQv1rAFO5zky7avz8N79jkTr2kJqqXbxJxNyx4q95PHzrU7dwHwqkTzxS__IAhTc6Qt2hcqpV1h8-TK6GR82q7bqGX_ZpWAoucC1QxHEmWC_v_js8P3kXd3shBzcWb8KDMuKUZ5hjQ4F2X0iIajyJSn_o/s4032/IMG_6927.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNmAE-CG9CVX7X99arLG3wRrHjcZcOlNS9SQbQv1rAFO5zky7avz8N79jkTr2kJqqXbxJxNyx4q95PHzrU7dwHwqkTzxS__IAhTc6Qt2hcqpV1h8-TK6GR82q7bqGX_ZpWAoucC1QxHEmWC_v_js8P3kXd3shBzcWb8KDMuKUZ5hjQ4F2X0iIajyJSn_o/w480-h640/IMG_6927.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Sewing the work 'Good living | Tiga Negeri' at home</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBoajb7yV1HSVyu9ICh9_WKeSSBkoZoDqRYa4GAmnopaRrczYN07Wut-veh3rbYeynq1zczPVfk8vsY_AFQDYvmhEpMcthCRfMjQHPr7uN08J3xcrBjS2JG9mW4iew0a2ipoOliwnlG0VmBwHOpUGIc3uhD_XjGZX5h5FnHw_YCOqfjzT9b2J_aCD1Dt8/s4032/IMG_7319.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBoajb7yV1HSVyu9ICh9_WKeSSBkoZoDqRYa4GAmnopaRrczYN07Wut-veh3rbYeynq1zczPVfk8vsY_AFQDYvmhEpMcthCRfMjQHPr7uN08J3xcrBjS2JG9mW4iew0a2ipoOliwnlG0VmBwHOpUGIc3uhD_XjGZX5h5FnHw_YCOqfjzT9b2J_aCD1Dt8/w480-h640/IMG_7319.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Start of build-up at Erasmus Huis</i></div><br /></div><div>On 2 October finally my exhibition was announced with <a href="https://youtu.be/hYd5Kwhid8E?si=ryLvEVr-9jYepwD7" target="_blank">a short video I made in which the pembatiks & me introduce ourselves</a>.</div><div>On 13 October I left for Jakarta. My bag filled with batiks for the exhibition, a harddisk with all the videos and a brand new outfit by Mirk Fair Fashion. The technical team, Mas Denny, Mas Gideon and Mas Andri, normally consisting of four with support of anyone who lends a hand, started the build up in the week I arrived. I got unwrapping videos of the batiks that arrived from the pembatiks and videos of which wall need to be what colour. Everything was painted a very dark grey for the exhibition before me. I didn’t want to keep it, but just white seemed boring too. Anna of Erasmus Huis said, just do a colour on some of the walls. Of course I knew which colour it had to be, the tosca that decorates many houses here, the Lasem blue, one of my favorite colours. After back and forth messages & videos, I picked ‘Poolside’ hoping it was the right colour. </div><div>So when I arrive of 14 October the walls were painted in my requested Tosca, which was exactly right, the frames got delivered and the dye lab table was standing. All the rest we still had to do. After finalizing more details on how things had to hang and could hang, slowly the space got turned into my exhibition.</div><div>It was so amazing to see everything I thought out on paper actually worked great in the space. I mean I work in the cultural scene for a long time and made many exhibitions, of my work and that of others. But I would always be able to just walk into the space and check. So not to brag, but I am still really amazed I can do that.</div><div>The last work we hung is also the biggest work. Three pieces I already sew together in the Netherlands. The last Batik was being dyed by Ibu Siti, so I picked it up on Saturday at Erasmus Huis. On Monday I spend 4 hours mending and sewing it together by hand. On Friday evening we hung it as a group afford. It was the greatest thing seeing it a come together and finished!</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyS1qftsYyjhxK7XH7ud8iTGHdSZZkOd6Tj5DHX1EJ44nr-rIAWhXlleVaIbGUXdh6orLzoImnti-lWLfiUlZ-OC55II1KgLobmq4ko-UMbYaqYxA4hUGbmC8jCTDrl-GRH0OhvDJHse4-9-1-aNXLcTQP_2QHyi_TXQeYu95veYk9ermxZrjo7TtUox8/s4032/IMG_7157.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyS1qftsYyjhxK7XH7ud8iTGHdSZZkOd6Tj5DHX1EJ44nr-rIAWhXlleVaIbGUXdh6orLzoImnti-lWLfiUlZ-OC55II1KgLobmq4ko-UMbYaqYxA4hUGbmC8jCTDrl-GRH0OhvDJHse4-9-1-aNXLcTQP_2QHyi_TXQeYu95veYk9ermxZrjo7TtUox8/w480-h640/IMG_7157.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Sewing <i>'Good living | Tiga Negeri' in my hotel room by hand</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP5FyxmjQ0P1nJI13vDpiVJZlGOCCdw7xwEMWRY9YCcnYfFzJ21Y_N7Ax7Z09V29sZ8VtuuKbCJonPePsOytaXZx_LuU6szyhamCp5OE54JfWKRsJALOpx24dlEAv1T1YbktbaFBR4ZhSeNG2OOL-DAYibPeZZp4T9M8RyZhHmZOQ35bgaeeUyouodBQ0/s4032/IMG_7414.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP5FyxmjQ0P1nJI13vDpiVJZlGOCCdw7xwEMWRY9YCcnYfFzJ21Y_N7Ax7Z09V29sZ8VtuuKbCJonPePsOytaXZx_LuU6szyhamCp5OE54JfWKRsJALOpx24dlEAv1T1YbktbaFBR4ZhSeNG2OOL-DAYibPeZZp4T9M8RyZhHmZOQ35bgaeeUyouodBQ0/w480-h640/IMG_7414.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Installing 'Good living | Tiga Negeri'</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggQYey_dpMLjQKk6yEk8mRonCBNv8fxlnzVcByC48AqDL0Te00ABAFafHsHq5qVFTvfE-99MxV7VH9qNDw4uYS9oVMytWE3ZQJCFGBCZ2VD99J3NE-JCCMS0STp8KnLOTMUPTadhHwTenFSWMugA6UqABk3zCPfLENcmtlT80AP0ysuRCHvyyFlJiymyo/s4032/IMG_7422.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggQYey_dpMLjQKk6yEk8mRonCBNv8fxlnzVcByC48AqDL0Te00ABAFafHsHq5qVFTvfE-99MxV7VH9qNDw4uYS9oVMytWE3ZQJCFGBCZ2VD99J3NE-JCCMS0STp8KnLOTMUPTadhHwTenFSWMugA6UqABk3zCPfLENcmtlT80AP0ysuRCHvyyFlJiymyo/w480-h640/IMG_7422.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div></div><div>On Friday also my batik family from Lasem and Batang arrived. In the morning we were all having breakfast together at the hotel. Right away the pembatiks were introducing themselves, chatting with eachother. It felt like we created a little batik conference. </div><div><br /></div><div>In the afternoon of 21 October I finished the last details at Erasmus Huis with Nidi Kusmaya, who is a rockstar with 2 other exhibitions at the same time in Jakarta, while the pembatiks went sightseeing. Nidi prepared the Natural dye lab in the days prier. Stunning how she can make form and function look so organized and photogenic at the same time. We will work on the other colours from the old recipe book while the exhibition continues and update it on site.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5GLKddQtkcLcx792nOmRLTmfA5kSfMkmB0Za-apOtbFBwlzihMWB9wKc5W7eTJh2C9jHp6Tm-_tW60w5F3ecV2Yr8TwU7hRYMSIFNM2nPo3usFntPBznkfqFWHffxRf_t1fbPNf7aHqwBQyEQh-NVZxx0GkqsLf_COGW6XzOyZl83kW6gzGe6tsJRTi8/s4032/IMG_7456.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5GLKddQtkcLcx792nOmRLTmfA5kSfMkmB0Za-apOtbFBwlzihMWB9wKc5W7eTJh2C9jHp6Tm-_tW60w5F3ecV2Yr8TwU7hRYMSIFNM2nPo3usFntPBznkfqFWHffxRf_t1fbPNf7aHqwBQyEQh-NVZxx0GkqsLf_COGW6XzOyZl83kW6gzGe6tsJRTi8/w480-h640/IMG_7456.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Nidi Kusmaya documenting the Natural Dye Lab</i></div><div></div><div><br /></div><div>At 16h everyone arrived at Erasmus Huis and the pembatiks got to finally see their work on display.</div><div>In the library of Erasmus Huis we all ate together with Erasmus Huis. The batik books were looked in, pembatiks got interviewed by different media and shared stories together. Ibu Siti brought an overview of her dye experiments, and Ibu Ramini told me she wanted to learn from her and I should arrange it. Siappp, I will!</div><div><br /></div><div>At 19.30h the grand opening started. Jaef de Boer of Erasmus Huis welcomed everyone. So nice to see so many familiar faces and dear friends, coming from nearby and far away. The Dutch ambassador Lambert Grijns gave a great speech. He actually loves batik and was wearing a custom batik shirt with our Dutch national bird, Grutto {Black-tailed godwit / Biru-laut ekor-hitam}, on it. The warm welcome to the pembatiks and their family was so amazing and I was so happy I got to sit frontrow with them.</div><div>Jaef interviewed me shortly with some nice questions on the start of my journey and what my goal for this exhibition is. Difficult to answer, but when I see how people react to it, I feel the goal is already reached. My wish of bringing batik to the future, is already being achieved by having these interaction with the pembatiks, artists, researchers, audience and vistors. They’re the ones bringing batik further with them, celebrating Batik together.<br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIgk7QknUUpyu40MR8SmIxwd9EhhEoy22V9CJeBUaznTsFmwwP01eJiB4f7cctui7P-3YsJia5eWkapfP8-Y0piFDuIi3TnK5d1rIkrrxN0u1qLAx7aNByxLt3SxxcjBsJe6LWPNfFk1IErrtZtQhIUyNcjGFsJWZgDmwjWUoFUHgZ_xSD9gJN8h_f51c/s4864/IMG_7732.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="4864" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIgk7QknUUpyu40MR8SmIxwd9EhhEoy22V9CJeBUaznTsFmwwP01eJiB4f7cctui7P-3YsJia5eWkapfP8-Y0piFDuIi3TnK5d1rIkrrxN0u1qLAx7aNByxLt3SxxcjBsJe6LWPNfFk1IErrtZtQhIUyNcjGFsJWZgDmwjWUoFUHgZ_xSD9gJN8h_f51c/w640-h480/IMG_7732.jpeg" width="640" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Opening speech on 21 October by Jaef de Boer of Erasmus Huis</i><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj29Yj0PnuxpGOiueRT1z_Jqu1l4KfONr-Fr42btlmLFOkhdcDNYkMLB56OHw1eAxpBqM8_dy-U1x18Ztj9DOpEJtq5BNwDGYLF-uhG83BKk07lhs8Bsh-4HAmEHldidSjmiNYg965ovvaCTY4ipUMrSq4cGJ99W2GAK-OP1Dnr6f7sawr--pCazoKW4j0" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img data-original-height="1824" data-original-width="2432" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj29Yj0PnuxpGOiueRT1z_Jqu1l4KfONr-Fr42btlmLFOkhdcDNYkMLB56OHw1eAxpBqM8_dy-U1x18Ztj9DOpEJtq5BNwDGYLF-uhG83BKk07lhs8Bsh-4HAmEHldidSjmiNYg965ovvaCTY4ipUMrSq4cGJ99W2GAK-OP1Dnr6f7sawr--pCazoKW4j0=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><i>Mbak Nurul had the honour of officially opening the exhibition with the gong</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>I got to express my gratitude as well. And want to repeat it here, although I improvised it on the spot. In my exhibition I got to reflect on 14 years of my journey of Batik and 14 years since it became Unesco heritage. At first I thought, what a pity it isn’t 15 years, but two times 7 years is actually a much nicer symbolic number. When I said this, I saw someone nodding in agreement in the audience. </div><div>I want to thank again the pembatiks; Mak Sium, Mbak Eka, Mbak Nurul, Ibu Siti, Ibu Ramini and Ibu Widianti, who could unfortunately not be there for the opening. Without them my journey and this exhibition would not be possible and I am so thankful for them and their families support. </div><div>I am thankful for Erasmus Huis, for all the help from Yolande, Anna, Jaef, Oxalis, the technical team and everyone else there making me feel welcome.</div><div>I wanted to thank my love, Koen, who had to miss the opening, but was very much involved in the making of this exhibition, and is my biggest supporter. </div><div>Thankful for my family, for my grandparents who introduce me to the wonderful crafts of Indonesia and brought me on this path to Batik.</div><div>I also want to thank my batik mentors, luckily some where in the audience, like Pak William Kwan, John Ang and Pak Hartono. </div><div>Thank you!</div><div><br /></div><div><b><i>Go visit ‘Masa depan Batik | Future of Batik’, </i></b></div><div><b><i>on display at Erasmus Huis in Jakarta (Indonesia) until 20 January 2024. </i></b></div><div><b><i>Open on Tuesday till Saturday from 10am till 16pm.</i></b></div><div><b><i><br /></i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiREuSQtnKO-Z_uv7_Ru88IOoSk3aHKwX6he-fgbp3XJBoWEajn6wDiK4oNCnMaVjtqLp4U_gQ9cC9BPY1uOZDnfyoGHNHoAT8_ZwUUxnNTJX1raUBWQH70bq1nW7oF1F4uaf0skqaXQmh1NuD1FrPqNbB9UjjYyX-YQOQpyLM-GSrOvjwW5shjSXypolQ/s4032/63ca19cb-465f-4654-aef3-70f0a8f2ccff.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiREuSQtnKO-Z_uv7_Ru88IOoSk3aHKwX6he-fgbp3XJBoWEajn6wDiK4oNCnMaVjtqLp4U_gQ9cC9BPY1uOZDnfyoGHNHoAT8_ZwUUxnNTJX1raUBWQH70bq1nW7oF1F4uaf0skqaXQmh1NuD1FrPqNbB9UjjYyX-YQOQpyLM-GSrOvjwW5shjSXypolQ/w640-h480/63ca19cb-465f-4654-aef3-70f0a8f2ccff.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Nidia Kusmaya, Siti and her children, Nurul and her sister, Ibu of Yullia, Ibu Ramini and her sister, Mas Karim, me, Mak Sium and her son-in-law, Mbak Eka and Tasya</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div></div><div><br /></div>Sabine Bolkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05606182977393734306noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-552130003939297537.post-24079116638870309332023-09-29T17:31:00.004+02:002024-02-07T14:03:18.724+01:00Masa Depan Batik and my upcoming journey<p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVolHntMqsEaS1aPgAxAvMnTjIUv-cCF2cxffbZnGki4-rgebNj0D5Kp2RyT5PG7ZICXLaN7STluHBTOZrTNZCKYDU_T6Og1Us4gp1C1lgoohfN7e2pvPP4VhkBqBaAILj46KcAhrxclyoLwIlkRcy5wd3CWcmhZzZLxedwThRDe7XapOZVoU7eMJKXRQ/s4032/IMG_5464.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVolHntMqsEaS1aPgAxAvMnTjIUv-cCF2cxffbZnGki4-rgebNj0D5Kp2RyT5PG7ZICXLaN7STluHBTOZrTNZCKYDU_T6Og1Us4gp1C1lgoohfN7e2pvPP4VhkBqBaAILj46KcAhrxclyoLwIlkRcy5wd3CWcmhZzZLxedwThRDe7XapOZVoU7eMJKXRQ/w480-h640/IMG_5464.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Hanging to dry after second colour </i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>and boiling out the wax from my self portrait </i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">It has only been 6 posts ago, that I was writing about my travels on Java and now I am preparing to go there again. In two weeks I will be back on Java. This time for my exhibition <i>Masa depan Batik | Future of Batik</i> at <u>Erasmus Huis</u> in Jakarta, Indonesia. I cannot believe it is almost happening, and although my to-do-list is longg and scary, I am super excited to go and enjoy it!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">The last months were pretty busy, while I had the intention not to repeat 2022, it kinda happened again. So next to making all the preparations for the exhibition, I was also at the Tong Tong Fair at the beginning of this month. Next to the Batik Stand together with the Batik brands Guave and Istimewa, I had a program with Batik consultations & talks. </div><div style="text-align: left;">It was fun people came to just talk batik at my consultations. A woman even asked me: <i>Do I need to bring a Batik to talk with you? Of course not, we can talk batik with or without an actual Batik ;). </i>Two of the Batik consultations I held together with Batik colleague Laurens Tan and what beauties we got to see again. Most we will revisit when I get back, so for sure more on that on a later date.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPZVu90wNZlaF73jKGYNIKlZ_-wYJr0nYHeagAubAwdw88uo3frkoCZhms2XCnJe973l_rd8eguHpwxGhNAB9GdjhwYfTAo5e1P5woQcyLBMrLaM1Ohb6AVPRqaKjmVsm5aZ-ifOb-9Q774yp8zrl7q22Ah11dHepUVF6xYcKA0EcPLrZX8qqbvReGpVU/s4032/IMG_5699.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPZVu90wNZlaF73jKGYNIKlZ_-wYJr0nYHeagAubAwdw88uo3frkoCZhms2XCnJe973l_rd8eguHpwxGhNAB9GdjhwYfTAo5e1P5woQcyLBMrLaM1Ohb6AVPRqaKjmVsm5aZ-ifOb-9Q774yp8zrl7q22Ah11dHepUVF6xYcKA0EcPLrZX8qqbvReGpVU/w480-h640/IMG_5699.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Laurens Tan showing one of the brought in Batik beauties</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaCT7sR_Sitkpxu0ym7DQycIcJe3HULlINKiTX4Ag9VP2lTMK_OZcPz8i8RI2zKPqQcEaHxsI4o2fwWXOQIWw65LBSuERbfSh3OnD5p-4Y2o6-Wsa7Hai7g4-K_bisQKBrqS_OwmtCqhhUJxk5KZrz4csbrK3lvIlCjpZs6VAX8LiIDwon_q3p9HDAltc/s4032/20230903_181317.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="2268" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaCT7sR_Sitkpxu0ym7DQycIcJe3HULlINKiTX4Ag9VP2lTMK_OZcPz8i8RI2zKPqQcEaHxsI4o2fwWXOQIWw65LBSuERbfSh3OnD5p-4Y2o6-Wsa7Hai7g4-K_bisQKBrqS_OwmtCqhhUJxk5KZrz4csbrK3lvIlCjpZs6VAX8LiIDwon_q3p9HDAltc/w360-h640/20230903_181317.jpeg" width="360" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Talk '14 years journey to Batik' at TTF</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I gave a talk in the first weekend highlighting my work and journey of the past 14 years. It was wonderful to share more on what my journey has been, what plans are still in the making and what the future of batik might look like. Including my upcoming exhibition!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnp8WgQcwLs0X5W-maeU4iD0zEonvWCgng_hlcqSWRZMnVH7wPK1Tw-fsfHD5qQjGps3-cdJSg09PLILqYeoc4HWT3Tb_ByRsudndmG-d_TfRbY4XvL04tgy9BfZ4nUQXrn4nk3gONgwQZmb5PSwnZpQRt3snQWTJPGMwFkKsRn6ZBsOwh2Bu-cRWrmsc/s2048/24c6fdfb-24a4-49d0-9b8e-1de202318c69.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnp8WgQcwLs0X5W-maeU4iD0zEonvWCgng_hlcqSWRZMnVH7wPK1Tw-fsfHD5qQjGps3-cdJSg09PLILqYeoc4HWT3Tb_ByRsudndmG-d_TfRbY4XvL04tgy9BfZ4nUQXrn4nk3gONgwQZmb5PSwnZpQRt3snQWTJPGMwFkKsRn6ZBsOwh2Bu-cRWrmsc/w480-h640/24c6fdfb-24a4-49d0-9b8e-1de202318c69.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Launching our project at TTF</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiDmPLasGcoKE9eSQBB1CC-uF3EH8yzhSPiXo5oTxxTb7GuNgzMNo_sKTUho9yq50_4AAcg_36dYZTmblSkVKcnVGEpJpr4H1QK7g-xcmoIFSrVN6ZAyObmS6gm3AnBojoKiLhghc3jU7Tbwf86sczD7t5h2qroae3Do92QYRkomQlRyE3EPjfndFks4g/s2048/IMG_5907.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiDmPLasGcoKE9eSQBB1CC-uF3EH8yzhSPiXo5oTxxTb7GuNgzMNo_sKTUho9yq50_4AAcg_36dYZTmblSkVKcnVGEpJpr4H1QK7g-xcmoIFSrVN6ZAyObmS6gm3AnBojoKiLhghc3jU7Tbwf86sczD7t5h2qroae3Do92QYRkomQlRyE3EPjfndFks4g/w640-h480/IMG_5907.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Left on stage a kebaya and batik from Dido's collection, the base and start of our collab project</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG-sUBQPnzWbshHHP5yXqHtpMGkd8k70cnRWD1MxC6QFWN3VZ2ZUzpUIfLx5niHgQANlW6NM-k8YG0mnJ-lbwe5r9hYYJypK8KY6l7NWn-G6yVu3S-Cg4dor4a22TTjy72e3-NFe3nYQY5ea1_hBimYNjRvOw2svRI7X4Af1yFpamh1_2ooi3gji9S4MA/s2048/IMG_5908.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG-sUBQPnzWbshHHP5yXqHtpMGkd8k70cnRWD1MxC6QFWN3VZ2ZUzpUIfLx5niHgQANlW6NM-k8YG0mnJ-lbwe5r9hYYJypK8KY6l7NWn-G6yVu3S-Cg4dor4a22TTjy72e3-NFe3nYQY5ea1_hBimYNjRvOw2svRI7X4Af1yFpamh1_2ooi3gji9S4MA/w480-h640/IMG_5908.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>After our talk a white kebaya from the audience was shared with us</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Together with autor <a href="https://www.didomichielsen.nl/7-september-tong-tong-fair/" target="_blank">Dido Michielsen</a> we launched our research project <i>The meaning of the white kebaya</i>. Not only did people share great stories, ideas and photographs, but also actual kept white kebayas. It was also very nice to hear that people are pretty excited about this project. Without fully realising, the white kebaya is a much more person topic than the always talked about batik sarong. Not only did most foremothers ('voormoeders') in former Dutch East Indies wore this specific kebaya, it was also often a custom made piece. It seems that it is again a typically case of a handmade women history being overlooked throughout time. It confirmed the need for it and makes us extra happy to continue with it. </div><div style="text-align: left;">If you want to read more about the project, <a href="https://www.sabinebolk.nl/projects/op-zoek-naar-witte-kebayas/" target="_blank">please go to my website for information in Dutch</a>. Will add an English version soon, because we want to research the phenomena of this "European" shorter, straight laced kebaya and her social status, meaning and personal story not just in the Netherlands, but also in Southeast Asia. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7h8Mur8s_7Xc7GdAegODzFFKb-2Yxu0EUhtZox1-AMgrvsf_LYtw26yQXE7AZSaL1ADNxS8C2U1PXrKu80zKbAWSMQNVJXBeJoaeJgDBYONTQ47DUoEOMrhxdvjHyaZPD0QeShVPvYhJXaXSOrtNY0tmizVC8uSDZ34Lw9azYVqcg5OSMppUtRcYoT5w/s4032/IMG_4084%20(1).jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7h8Mur8s_7Xc7GdAegODzFFKb-2Yxu0EUhtZox1-AMgrvsf_LYtw26yQXE7AZSaL1ADNxS8C2U1PXrKu80zKbAWSMQNVJXBeJoaeJgDBYONTQ47DUoEOMrhxdvjHyaZPD0QeShVPvYhJXaXSOrtNY0tmizVC8uSDZ34Lw9azYVqcg5OSMppUtRcYoT5w/w480-h640/IMG_4084%20(1).jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Campaign photo for 'Masa depan batik' is made using actual batiks </i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>by the pembatiks who are featured in the exhibition. </i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Koen de Wit made the photo for me</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnWsC2SYsLpoaUXporn6utq0Vz3LbaU4nsAkB_8K2u1sYc-WsndBnJCCOeRUXKPcija1bB-PnvOPG0AuP3d0e0G-yqBc5sQ0kivJCXGuhUuT2DnhFBJVZ0vVZ9jezG7qpEawbjzKoecD6eS9_zywMZXzwEEkhIIKnwO_6VJfTirPNe2vZuVvVawS5uA-4/s4032/IMG_3585.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnWsC2SYsLpoaUXporn6utq0Vz3LbaU4nsAkB_8K2u1sYc-WsndBnJCCOeRUXKPcija1bB-PnvOPG0AuP3d0e0G-yqBc5sQ0kivJCXGuhUuT2DnhFBJVZ0vVZ9jezG7qpEawbjzKoecD6eS9_zywMZXzwEEkhIIKnwO_6VJfTirPNe2vZuVvVawS5uA-4/w480-h640/IMG_3585.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Green screen love, making tutorials, or beter, database manuals to research Dutch collections.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Come to the talk & workshop op 23 October at the library of Erasmus Huis in Jakarta or on 11 November at aNERDstore in Singapore!</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzvKqLJi33_3z3bF1DX3BKOKfmr0EGnximLrNu4q-pw7LPjjkyESIo3QOyoYAavQEp-YgS_CAjnw9kahTKm3MpNY50-uhkJ1rKsNrg-t6OwGnaytt16T_dXAMJxx0rpBnMTInoKNhgmilKAPXjG5gpC8vVGvaqnFHYuDtr0axDtfKY3A4To-eu2cuH6vM/s2048/cdfaa41d-8a88-4494-92cc-75894fcba16f.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1152" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzvKqLJi33_3z3bF1DX3BKOKfmr0EGnximLrNu4q-pw7LPjjkyESIo3QOyoYAavQEp-YgS_CAjnw9kahTKm3MpNY50-uhkJ1rKsNrg-t6OwGnaytt16T_dXAMJxx0rpBnMTInoKNhgmilKAPXjG5gpC8vVGvaqnFHYuDtr0axDtfKY3A4To-eu2cuH6vM/w360-h640/cdfaa41d-8a88-4494-92cc-75894fcba16f.jpeg" width="360" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Cooking out my Batik self portrait, </i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>photo was made during recording for Craftklas by Craft Council, </i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>coming soon...</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2vdTrgAEBJ8iUEjs0lTjRSQONg3TWcxB4_GXOFNcW202qvNHb0XG4pLrtMTdOlx_7vCUh23TkivcpUoYVkfSqdDaSa93t4I0esnMN9dys8vQqQaWpv3gukhnSaOz1czcK0BtXSTk3SZBHCuMfHU1PE0XQYeSV3eL2q0HxYcGTL9thzE47OL8F8bpM0hA/s4032/IMG_6469.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2vdTrgAEBJ8iUEjs0lTjRSQONg3TWcxB4_GXOFNcW202qvNHb0XG4pLrtMTdOlx_7vCUh23TkivcpUoYVkfSqdDaSa93t4I0esnMN9dys8vQqQaWpv3gukhnSaOz1czcK0BtXSTk3SZBHCuMfHU1PE0XQYeSV3eL2q0HxYcGTL9thzE47OL8F8bpM0hA/w640-h480/IMG_6469.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Recording videos in my garden for 'Masa depan Batik'</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">The next couple of days & weeks will be filled with final edits, sewing and the actual buildup of the exhibition. This post might be a little short again, but during my upcoming travels I will regularly update on my exhibition, activities and what will be my 5th journey to Batik.</div><div style="text-align: left;">For now, please let me invite you all to my exhibition. </div><div style="text-align: left;">If you are coming, please let me know, looking forward to meet or re-see you!</div><div style="text-align: left;">For those who cannot attend, I will post here of course and will make videos of the events!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUr7T_UiXIoRO6sdhJeTBUc0Im6kMnlA969kuQN0rXFn68LeGKQZBV20TcUu-Lz4P0SIUv1QYu4MZBtekwgMUjuZ8Tcid9yOGcn4-PbcaewiBfUAiSNZEGlgCrhYfT0tibSpd1wesOw6v_h2VglHBAdNP3dlMdHKMxmnxDWAINIxSKHJ7G3TfXaRBxl1Y/s4500/IMG_6738.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4500" data-original-width="4500" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUr7T_UiXIoRO6sdhJeTBUc0Im6kMnlA969kuQN0rXFn68LeGKQZBV20TcUu-Lz4P0SIUv1QYu4MZBtekwgMUjuZ8Tcid9yOGcn4-PbcaewiBfUAiSNZEGlgCrhYfT0tibSpd1wesOw6v_h2VglHBAdNP3dlMdHKMxmnxDWAINIxSKHJ7G3TfXaRBxl1Y/w640-h640/IMG_6738.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Exhibition by Sabine Bolk</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">at Erasmus Huis in Jakarta, Indonesia from 21 October 2023 until 20 January 2024</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Masa depan Batik is the latest exhibition by Dutch artist and batik researcher Sabine Bolk. Bolk’s Batik journey started in 2009 at the same moment that Batik became the official UNESCO intangible heritage of Indonesia. Now after 14 years Bolk reflects on her journey to Batik and the journey of Batik. The work of different batik makers and their perseverance to keep this craft alive and future proof is showcased in this exhibition next to Bolk’s own work in the field of art, research and in close collaborations with researchers, batikmakers and artists.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Grand opening 21 October at 19.30h</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Come meet the pembatiks that made the batiks featured in the exhibition;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Mbak Nurul Maslahah (Batang)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Ibu Ramini of KUB Srikandi (desa Jeruk)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Ibu Umriyah (Batang)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Mbak Eka of Lumintu Batik (Lasem)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Ibu Siti (Batang)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Ibu Widianti Widjaja of Oey Soe Tjoen (Pekalongan)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Pasar Batik on 22 October from 10 am – 14pm with Batik Fashionshow</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Talk & workshop research in Dutch databases by Sabine Bolk on 23 October at the Erasmus Huis library</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Batikworkshop in collaboration with Museum Tekstil & Pembatik from the exhibition on 4 & 25 November</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">‘Paper sarong’ workshop for children by Sabine Bolk on 18 November</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Artist Nidi Kusmaya will update the colours in our Natural Dye Lab in the exhibition – first blue on 21 October, other dates will be annouched soon</div></div><br /><p></p>
<blockquote style="border: medium; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/hYd5Kwhid8E?si=8Fd3pCj_zbtYMllN" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></blockquote><p> </p>Sabine Bolkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05606182977393734306noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-552130003939297537.post-43639574194694549392023-08-30T12:11:00.006+02:002023-08-30T12:13:53.108+02:00Batik & Kebaya at the Tong Tong Fair 2023<div style="text-align: left;">This year the Batik Stand is back again at the <a href="https://tongtongfair.nl/programma2023/" target="_blank">Tong Tong Fair</a>, the biggest Pasar Malam held in the Netherlands from 31 August till 10 September 2023. </div><div style="text-align: left;">In the Grand Pasar is you will find us with handmade Batik I brought back from me recent journey & sustainable batik fashion by the brands <a href="https://www.helloguave.com" target="_blank">Guave</a> and <a href="https://www.atelieristimewa.com" target="_blank">Atelier Istimewa</a>.</div><div>Atelier Istimewa joined us the previous edition for one day, but this year you will find both brands at the stand every day.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8b5xViytNrnFrJfVUQrir-j9g8h8_zI4QPNyJ7GlxMxQvBVfuWGqzZ1lW7uIC9u1oLwdWVYKKawc_TXeCsEUA8p3Ksc_3Chf2CF9cEEeujpr7pKztIlNAq-4DRib0N80VOppld4uw0x-BR7_Fmbyd6UKEMRaRHtWfY6O8iDLi-JvtDCmzswufodaExqM/s2400/52339635478_f83c5d4800_o.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="2400" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8b5xViytNrnFrJfVUQrir-j9g8h8_zI4QPNyJ7GlxMxQvBVfuWGqzZ1lW7uIC9u1oLwdWVYKKawc_TXeCsEUA8p3Ksc_3Chf2CF9cEEeujpr7pKztIlNAq-4DRib0N80VOppld4uw0x-BR7_Fmbyd6UKEMRaRHtWfY6O8iDLi-JvtDCmzswufodaExqM/w640-h426/52339635478_f83c5d4800_o.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i>Laurens Tan and I are looking at a Batik during an consultation during TTF 2022 </i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i>Photo by Hans Kleijn</i></div><div><br /></div></div><div><br /></div><div>Next to the Batik Stand, I will be holding Batik consultations on 2, 3, 5 & 6 September from 15h till 16h. Bring your batiks, max. 3 pieces per person, and lets explore together what more stories they hold. Laurens Tan who was also our guest on the Batik island, will join me on 5 & 6 September for the Batik consultation.</div><div><br /></div><div>On Sunday 3 September at 18h I will give a talk sharing my journey to batik of the past 14 years. Looking forward to share more on my journey, research and future plans live on stage.</div><div>I will share more on my research on batik entrepreneur <a href="https://www.journeytobatik.org/2023/04/batik-statement-essay.html" target="_blank">Carolina Josephina von Franquemont </a>and her 'Prankemon green'.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiypYCtk2D6ieIdmA2oE2CUtjjJ6XsTtm6tCyaA29uRLXBxLTEanjrYi7jK60Sm2PDdmoIqJ7F6z-ZhSeILzFNCGTU7DTXpGZ4f26hF2eLQd_JlgVq1CNu1O8ZTT9hrO_WEhVc1fKGLq9P80-V-yEvOnsft4AAGlSJz8GP2grAdXHDnurK2U7--7FuAU1U/s1440/B4113DC0-FE07-4CB0-BEAD-4010B048C1DE.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="930" data-original-width="1440" height="414" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiypYCtk2D6ieIdmA2oE2CUtjjJ6XsTtm6tCyaA29uRLXBxLTEanjrYi7jK60Sm2PDdmoIqJ7F6z-ZhSeILzFNCGTU7DTXpGZ4f26hF2eLQd_JlgVq1CNu1O8ZTT9hrO_WEhVc1fKGLq9P80-V-yEvOnsft4AAGlSJz8GP2grAdXHDnurK2U7--7FuAU1U/w640-h414/B4113DC0-FE07-4CB0-BEAD-4010B048C1DE.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><div>With the help and expertise of Art Proaño Gaibor of Rijksdienst voor Cultureel Erfgoed the green (and other dye colours) found in batiks attributed to Von Franquemont could be put under a microscope. Pretty much exactly what we did. With just 2 mm of a thread many different things can be research; what dyes were used, synthetic or natural ingredients, what natural ingredients aka plants were used, traces of wax or oils can be found, metals & carbon traces.Which was also done by photographing the batiks in different light filters. </div><div>The process was long. In the making since I started my position as a Research Associate at Research Center for Material Culture (RCE) in 2019. To research and re-tell the story on batik entrepreneur Carolina Josephina von Franquemont, it was important to use all tools available to look into the myth & the legend, especially that of ‘Prankemon green’. It took me about 6 months to get approval to actually do the research, then more months passed before the actually samples were taken and then more months of processing the data before the report was done. But now it is officially here: <i><b>Carolina Josephina von Franquemont (1817-1867) Prankemon green : research into the chemical composition of organic dyes in 19th century sarongs.</b></i></div></div><div><div><br /></div><div>Via the link in bio; <a href="https://catalogus.cultureelerfgoed.nl/Details/reports/900004075">https://catalogus.cultureelerfgoed.nl/Details/reports/900004075</a> you can read a summery of the report & results.</div></div><div><br /></div><div>If you cannot make it this Sunday, I recently gave a online talk '<i><b>Developments in Batik history in the 19th century, imitations and other influences from abroad'</b></i>. My talk is in English and gets translated in Burmese during the talk. </div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/POZDREI4lNk?si=vZ-Drvlr8T1A-Rr3" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div><div><br /></div><div><div>On 7 September me & author <a href="https://www.journeytobatik.org/2023/01/selamat-membaca.html" target="_blank">Dido Michielsen</a> will launch our project ‘<i><b>The meaning of the White Kebaya’</b></i>. </div><div>The Kebaya is nominated as Unesco intangible heritage from Indonesia, Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand. It seemed like the perfect opportunity to research an interessant type of kebaya, the white one that was a typical type of dress in the former Dutch East Indies. It is never specifically researched in much depth. The white kebaya is in the sarong&kebaya duo a bit of an after thought, and we think it should be spotlighted. </div><div>We are super excited to start this research-retelling-rethinking project. Please share with us any kept white kebaya you might have. Photos of wearers are very welcome also during the kebaya consultation. In the evening we will share more on the project on stage at 20.30h. </div></div><div>Looking forward hearing your thoughts and ideas on the white kebaya, read our call, oproep, in Dutch here >>> <a href="https://www.sabinebolk.nl/projects/op-zoek-naar-witte-kebayas/" target="_blank"><b>Op zoek naar witte kebaya's</b></a></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi58judu7x377-Du5fP_-mALcvceQL1yFHZ9zF5_0lataI23XZc461YFAqeSCxubVXaWhAPi_s-EJTFsP6f5-GsiipUbx_w6so1YVJLO8bZnoRjmLi2vQ9Twk9rgc0XU8G_uVbw1Lg1ju06jAKJmdAsP--94vZycNNJEiquoPCJ7wrQp0TOhslOCMverwM/s6479/WitteKebaya_oproep-F.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="6479" data-original-width="4619" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi58judu7x377-Du5fP_-mALcvceQL1yFHZ9zF5_0lataI23XZc461YFAqeSCxubVXaWhAPi_s-EJTFsP6f5-GsiipUbx_w6so1YVJLO8bZnoRjmLi2vQ9Twk9rgc0XU8G_uVbw1Lg1ju06jAKJmdAsP--94vZycNNJEiquoPCJ7wrQp0TOhslOCMverwM/w456-h640/WitteKebaya_oproep-F.jpg" width="456" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><b><i>Hope to see you at TTF 2023!</i></b></div><div><br /></div>Sabine Bolkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05606182977393734306noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-552130003939297537.post-26842342277624443732023-07-10T17:22:00.006+02:002023-07-11T18:27:08.012+02:0050 years Galerie Smend<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhukimZ4KtmxZ6LFk-n3xb2WILSE2wXAZBvlLfqafT1RD55lcELRk2hEjfLJlTvHW5lIoPjdIQ-RSg0q8yKyoElsyzfKjEnsmzsnK5LcDK5P0mhhJReXwm0D-uTL5dti5_DJiVp-8GGSM36036Z4qmSWg6MS-lMcs4uJqB9qBUCkp--wgTonxPDXFRTaoU/s4032/IMG_2897.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhukimZ4KtmxZ6LFk-n3xb2WILSE2wXAZBvlLfqafT1RD55lcELRk2hEjfLJlTvHW5lIoPjdIQ-RSg0q8yKyoElsyzfKjEnsmzsnK5LcDK5P0mhhJReXwm0D-uTL5dti5_DJiVp-8GGSM36036Z4qmSWg6MS-lMcs4uJqB9qBUCkp--wgTonxPDXFRTaoU/w480-h640/IMG_2897.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div><i>Opening speech by Rudolf at the 50 year celebration of Galerie Smend</i></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: left;">20 June 2023 we celebrated 50 years of Galerie Smend in Köln (Cologne) in Germany. I was so happy I was invited to both the pre-party on the evening before and for the big celebration on 20 June. The first time I went to the gallery there was an exhibition that went with the publication of the book '<a href="https://www.journeytobatik.org/2016/05/turn-of-century.html" target="_blank">Batik, Traditional Textiles of Indonesia from the Rudolf Smend & Donald Harper Collections</a>' in 2016. The second time was shortly after in 2017 for the launch of Maria Wronska-Friend's book '<a href="https://www.journeytobatik.org/2017/08/javanese-batik-to-world-by-maria.html" target="_blank">Javanese Batik to the world</a>' which was celebrated with a little symposium. In between my last visit and this one, me and Rudolf Smend stayed in touch through email and letter. Rudolf sends me published articles and publications, and I do so in return. It is always lovely to get Batik post from him. In this post more on the celebration at Galerie Smend!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG6-S3DeQViNuySy_7w3cieZN2GHUoF3zlSbuVXZ1lglly_ySt2ebPPAu-AJQSk-l7GDtEoqmBBc7f2hjhMgvEFF4Ptg6VOkNaxTiNNvp5Fyk3l2zpsk4_BVX6ueGd-JcTdbyEQWvTT_AccZCxyNNfe1Rf0ROM0Do2IjhMJ1OimbflVUs7_TCh5RCPX1Y/s4032/IMG_2591.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG6-S3DeQViNuySy_7w3cieZN2GHUoF3zlSbuVXZ1lglly_ySt2ebPPAu-AJQSk-l7GDtEoqmBBc7f2hjhMgvEFF4Ptg6VOkNaxTiNNvp5Fyk3l2zpsk4_BVX6ueGd-JcTdbyEQWvTT_AccZCxyNNfe1Rf0ROM0Do2IjhMJ1OimbflVUs7_TCh5RCPX1Y/w480-h640/IMG_2591.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Galerie Smend with tree decorated with batik on 19 June 2023</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">In a few hours by train I arrived in Köln on 19 June. I first had a lunch date with researcher and fellow Batik fan Rika Tsukano who joined the event all the way from Japan. We met briefly in 2019, but had now more time to chat and share Batik stories. In the afternoon we headed to the gallery.</div><div style="text-align: left;">Galerie Smend and the small Batik Museum are in the same street, Mainzer Straße, a street with old high buildings and a lane with trees in the middle. All the trees in front of the gallery had a batik wrapped around them.</div><div style="text-align: left;">For the 50 year celebrations an exhibition was made with many of the Batik artists that had at one point of time showed their work there. The works of Art were accompanied by framed invites, flyers, posters and letters of when their work was shown at Galerie Smend. A very nice time capsule and what an accomplishment!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>Galerie Smend was founded in 1973. After Rudolf Smend around travelled in Asia and fell in love with Batik in Indonesia, he returned to Germany with the idea of selling batik. At that time there wasn't a gallery in Europe specialised in selling batik, new and old. Rudolfs wife, Karin, came with the idea to include selling all materials needed to make batiks like cantings and dyes. Soon the gallery started selling vintage, antique batiks and made exhibitions with modern batik artists from all over the world. </i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>A great handbook 'Batik Handbuch' published by Galerie Smend in 1980 showcases 136 artists that work with batik, next to many batik tips and tricks.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivy5K-WJyjqge3nim_F3xewolJa9LN3oy4T0o_dMCilcWL_rOlfzxj6LIrdmtxDCKEa-ALi0dh071nLq_2PjHxr6w7bZQW_EJLfevpEIx0JZ7yLul6UUGX63-jpmq-uHGRROsYLC5EtpJO4feTTMVmUAbDf-lyvdXf0CRAaS6M4FQM_ysCfCnl4Clgjyo/s4032/IMG_3479.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivy5K-WJyjqge3nim_F3xewolJa9LN3oy4T0o_dMCilcWL_rOlfzxj6LIrdmtxDCKEa-ALi0dh071nLq_2PjHxr6w7bZQW_EJLfevpEIx0JZ7yLul6UUGX63-jpmq-uHGRROsYLC5EtpJO4feTTMVmUAbDf-lyvdXf0CRAaS6M4FQM_ysCfCnl4Clgjyo/w480-h640/IMG_3479.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Page from the <i style="text-align: left;">Batik Handbuch from 1980</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">During the pre-opening celebration, Rudolf made a speech in which he showed part of the publications Galerie Smend contributed to. Publications accompanying exhibitions held at their own space, but also many publications they contributed to either by loans from their collection or sharing knowledge. It was so wonderful to gather with all these people who are connected to Galerie Smend somehow; artists, researchers, many collectors, sellers, family and friends. I felt lucky to be there. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkt5UlcDOQdmxaX-zlGMxeBeZyVP0mdVggN_yfgxvbCQeMygzQIGQBKm4f_FqT6jqWOPcmLA9cpnfhWsa_iB3DtdDgK9BatZzd-8j86EO1bo4Jc5O4uN9oSREv7b5QPZFygC9kop626KdTsJBM54apKsorvmuzksFKA3C-dbxEOVqsqP_07dUZXd0FAA0/s4032/IMG_2697.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkt5UlcDOQdmxaX-zlGMxeBeZyVP0mdVggN_yfgxvbCQeMygzQIGQBKm4f_FqT6jqWOPcmLA9cpnfhWsa_iB3DtdDgK9BatZzd-8j86EO1bo4Jc5O4uN9oSREv7b5QPZFygC9kop626KdTsJBM54apKsorvmuzksFKA3C-dbxEOVqsqP_07dUZXd0FAA0/w480-h640/IMG_2697.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Rudolf Smend showing publications made over the years by Galerie Smend</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;">There are many lovely publications made by Galerie Smend. Here the ones I have at home, shown on top on the batik gift from the 50 year celebration.</div><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggsyh6gu2pJT3io_eGOieJPxOsLc-ymbBlnKqedzecUnxcXV3alf7z2rBhb5guN_JzNtrxdqQi4KksDzT8KYtRCtUzUdVgZtz7R03E5ORCzxw5em22u1jMfncBJqEupxcUUlFQvSWsNxb0BwH-9FrhqKz6t5xTfbpGhARt0_F1Otp8EShX2kP9PmXZwQg/s3974/IMG_3476.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3974" data-original-width="2973" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggsyh6gu2pJT3io_eGOieJPxOsLc-ymbBlnKqedzecUnxcXV3alf7z2rBhb5guN_JzNtrxdqQi4KksDzT8KYtRCtUzUdVgZtz7R03E5ORCzxw5em22u1jMfncBJqEupxcUUlFQvSWsNxb0BwH-9FrhqKz6t5xTfbpGhARt0_F1Otp8EShX2kP9PmXZwQg/w478-h640/IMG_3476.jpeg" width="478" /></a></p><p><i>From top to bottom; Publication 'Pattern nor painting' by Ada van Hoorebeke (2021), book 'Batik, Traditional Textiles of Indonesia from the Rudolf Smend & Donald Harper Collections' (2016), 'Javanese Batik to the world' by Maria Wronska-Friend open on page with Rudolf Smend (2017), three books by Peter Wenger with 'Indigo' together with Tomoko Kitaoko, the Batik Handbuch (1980) and 'Introduction to Indonesian Batik' by Annegret Haake (2012)</i></p></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Artists Peter Wenger and Tomoko Kitaoka come to the celebration of course and included their work to the exhibition. I have two lovely publications of Peter, 'Batik Retrospektive' (2006) & 'Out of Ireland (2007)and one of them together, 'Indigo' (2013). Peters work is simple, but full of strength, poetry & humor. I had a wonderful conversation with him in 2017 and he gave me one of the booklet I didn't had yet. It was great to see him and his work again.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIQTe_ZbXx4VW1iyA7o63Gxgaw3KC70JwMxDcSO5v7usWJYqDCPRbMRNrU74e3WlFv9Dgc4U2Li7cdoJaltNv4lzFTqYZz5swpSJAFhyW0v-4IQKoUShDDe5ORst6RTcTiR0yHtEt2-hjZ-CvdD_Vii9279JzdTVt4DJ9MJ38_VFwHN0taKL8W3YU8tVc/s4032/IMG_2892.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIQTe_ZbXx4VW1iyA7o63Gxgaw3KC70JwMxDcSO5v7usWJYqDCPRbMRNrU74e3WlFv9Dgc4U2Li7cdoJaltNv4lzFTqYZz5swpSJAFhyW0v-4IQKoUShDDe5ORst6RTcTiR0yHtEt2-hjZ-CvdD_Vii9279JzdTVt4DJ9MJ38_VFwHN0taKL8W3YU8tVc/w480-h640/IMG_2892.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Ada Van Hoorebeke checking out Tomoko Kitaoka work with Peter Wenger sitting in the front</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqYqjMaMlFJ4FUU4WVJPRJ1CEJ3D5IeMYluwk5iGQwB71WDiuGB2HcixvhmeFS270nH2Oq-zoxTF_usxkKPTvDii4EXXhe9O7VwogkRcovvgYyZlo94KEZnAaR4tv2Px1qGww32kvMMT3I6MGjYjEfyRV-hJlFEGP4zU9wNO6SLa7ZTegHyZrdD-7udUU/s4032/IMG_2888.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqYqjMaMlFJ4FUU4WVJPRJ1CEJ3D5IeMYluwk5iGQwB71WDiuGB2HcixvhmeFS270nH2Oq-zoxTF_usxkKPTvDii4EXXhe9O7VwogkRcovvgYyZlo94KEZnAaR4tv2Px1qGww32kvMMT3I6MGjYjEfyRV-hJlFEGP4zU9wNO6SLa7ZTegHyZrdD-7udUU/w480-h640/IMG_2888.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Overview of Tomoko Kitaoka work at Galerie Smend</i></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGrv3z7Li3zZWauxPYDpTo2jnjsFSFsGWXHS5Ffw745hOHF2MQeVu1xKXwWf9lan_NFX7Zae31qDwk-Vo1NvpLYFLiO8-13LlA7k3BkvR7hJjhifO9soZ19OVwfQ_n1t5W0Ks-4aouQWl9mv8tbloAigTN3luHnzCHMupgL4VhF7vYkx1g608Q-WYVwYE/s4032/IMG_2890.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGrv3z7Li3zZWauxPYDpTo2jnjsFSFsGWXHS5Ffw745hOHF2MQeVu1xKXwWf9lan_NFX7Zae31qDwk-Vo1NvpLYFLiO8-13LlA7k3BkvR7hJjhifO9soZ19OVwfQ_n1t5W0Ks-4aouQWl9mv8tbloAigTN3luHnzCHMupgL4VhF7vYkx1g608Q-WYVwYE/w480-h640/IMG_2890.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Detail of Peter Wengers work</i></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">In 2016 & 2017 I was already impressed by Rudolf Smends old batik collection and he has made some great books showcasing them. In the basement of the gallery yet again were some beauties on display. Three signed by 'L.Metz', a Snow white, a Cinderella and one with herons, one by J.Jans in blue and white, a pastel coloured Eliza van Zuylen and an unsigned <i>batik perang Lombok.</i> What a treat!</div><div style="text-align: left;">The two fairytale batiks are in very bad shape and have been restored creatively. The one with Cinderalla is stitched through out the design following the pattern of the isen-isen and flowers along the edges. In the past this would have been thrown away because it was unsellable, Rudolf said to me, but now people are happy it has been saved. Totally, I am one of them!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3MLrxCDt6laxS82iG2rW9YOzw6RhX1X9xm72Bz3plpAFKMwRmaww843Z4DdoVgZxgLu55tp_CqBMJzrRjoXl_ut6NxVhQsRpPOMu5Bet0BooVNtFL81aU7ZAD4bUX3-7f0wpEMquBWNxdGsPUTI-8ta0nIU8J8ZlIPzbTF_T1LTj7ad9K34SolS8grPw/s4032/IMG_2641.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3MLrxCDt6laxS82iG2rW9YOzw6RhX1X9xm72Bz3plpAFKMwRmaww843Z4DdoVgZxgLu55tp_CqBMJzrRjoXl_ut6NxVhQsRpPOMu5Bet0BooVNtFL81aU7ZAD4bUX3-7f0wpEMquBWNxdGsPUTI-8ta0nIU8J8ZlIPzbTF_T1LTj7ad9K34SolS8grPw/w480-h640/IMG_2641.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><i>Batik Tulis signed by 'L.Metz'</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><i>Collection Rudolf Smend</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSlW3UMaCUUhM2YM1_dD5ade23yDTDSW1TiAO0lMPttgPLfmUCzkh4gqqsfzJQ1WDtn_R2lTSb9KbCjSMe6EwHiHYWKYTRKCiZD2RAClOAZ1b_0KiZcqoQsKK3JvykHmTFbpPxRYUKbhDiRwFATmLMs8gru0JTAdSguQbgglV51pE-kRmhMtufsrlF3oE/s4032/IMG_2650.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSlW3UMaCUUhM2YM1_dD5ade23yDTDSW1TiAO0lMPttgPLfmUCzkh4gqqsfzJQ1WDtn_R2lTSb9KbCjSMe6EwHiHYWKYTRKCiZD2RAClOAZ1b_0KiZcqoQsKK3JvykHmTFbpPxRYUKbhDiRwFATmLMs8gru0JTAdSguQbgglV51pE-kRmhMtufsrlF3oE/w640-h480/IMG_2650.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="text-align: left;">Unsigned </span><span style="text-align: left;">batik perang Lombok</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div><span style="text-align: left;"><i>Batik Tulis signed by 'L.Metz'</i></span></div><div><span style="text-align: left;"><i>Collection Rudolf Smend</i></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPFxRP4R4Mq-hGGw41jVvpCejeNateOvHaVJ-T959Y2I_kOyFscXfQLWrFoAYqFG3U1RJtRmrT3hSQ5sd-aAng_hwJss8QFIxE4vzUzERogVC2ToQkDX50bSPsbCkvvpVn6sO8l-loXfzN1I5ez6e3Ldf-Vip9lK3aZxNPcCsIkHt0tqAoRVIsWJ-fbi8/s4032/IMG_2625.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPFxRP4R4Mq-hGGw41jVvpCejeNateOvHaVJ-T959Y2I_kOyFscXfQLWrFoAYqFG3U1RJtRmrT3hSQ5sd-aAng_hwJss8QFIxE4vzUzERogVC2ToQkDX50bSPsbCkvvpVn6sO8l-loXfzN1I5ez6e3Ldf-Vip9lK3aZxNPcCsIkHt0tqAoRVIsWJ-fbi8/w480-h640/IMG_2625.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><i>Batik Tulis signed by 'L.Metz' with the fairy tale Snow white</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div><span style="text-align: left;"><i>Batik Tulis signed by 'L.Metz'</i></span></div><div><span style="text-align: left;"><i>Collection Rudolf Smend</i></span></div><div><span style="text-align: left;"><i><br /></i></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFMT0If0NDw9fB_eNi3x859_SeOnIfpkbojQqipyZrpiXNlPdFuDf70xtVjFoBD1zwR7MR1T_kmPKwnuIZYXz_SKdhwN0FJPzr6HXvM_HdNO-bBwW2AtBe5loztazYx5a7cUAPqs4h7mEovCbn1qdV0FoMA3NzXA_ZA7IlP2ffQVac3SYPVEvG3AFOhrk/s4032/IMG_2707.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFMT0If0NDw9fB_eNi3x859_SeOnIfpkbojQqipyZrpiXNlPdFuDf70xtVjFoBD1zwR7MR1T_kmPKwnuIZYXz_SKdhwN0FJPzr6HXvM_HdNO-bBwW2AtBe5loztazYx5a7cUAPqs4h7mEovCbn1qdV0FoMA3NzXA_ZA7IlP2ffQVac3SYPVEvG3AFOhrk/w480-h640/IMG_2707.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Small reproduction of batik perang Lombok</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span>Rudolf announced there was a gift for everyone in the gallery space, were I saw in 2017 the work by Catalina Espina. Everyone could pick a batik artwork for a small donation for two charities. There were so many great artworks, many dated 1970's, in bright colours and with bold figures. I took a lot of photos while finding it hard to choose. In the end I went with a small repro of </span><i>batik perang Lombok</i><span> the next day. I thought it was so interesting to reproduce it, and because there was such a nice example shown in the basement, I took it as a sign. Still need to explore this batik design further and try to date its origin correctly.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;">20 June was the official 50 year celebration. Before the celebration started I went into the Batik Museum, I think the only one we have in Europe. It is so cool this exists and nice to explore by myself. Highlight again the black and white photo of Rudolf at Taman Sari following a batik workshop by Pak Hajid. The same place I followed a <a href="https://www.journeytobatik.org/2009/10/intensive-batik-course-bij-taman-sari.html" target="_blank">batik course in 2009</a>. What a small world after all! And of course the showcase with cantings, marvellous! So many different kinds and what rich history!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIkYF79OkWbj1WqZ0NXlecOGcnQJbBZ2xU3ujYNI6dlS0yY2UvrQhg2Q-ZHg8iRKh2iuy3ajzlxHnupPqwdoEH6nTICf8RqbLHydg5TgXSQM0jYTKxijoD0R1RUh2Vs7o4muA_N-NqgfyDn_-zoNsnSOTW33IVbkRJAA8PKFsxx8pxbmmApYzAUaeD5_M/s4032/IMG_2844.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIkYF79OkWbj1WqZ0NXlecOGcnQJbBZ2xU3ujYNI6dlS0yY2UvrQhg2Q-ZHg8iRKh2iuy3ajzlxHnupPqwdoEH6nTICf8RqbLHydg5TgXSQM0jYTKxijoD0R1RUh2Vs7o4muA_N-NqgfyDn_-zoNsnSOTW33IVbkRJAA8PKFsxx8pxbmmApYzAUaeD5_M/w480-h640/IMG_2844.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Few of one of the rooms of the Batik Museum</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX8m0UYjzAwIxm192tziVP-xsq_tXRPMBBN_XVAP4DK-ajuZoFFrakaLLnaZ4s93oXMEFuZVnbzhlPQlYNsJWiUmVu-KPJCNjvYwcdejj_IBqRct5NQoRt5_UQfIUJt0lY7FEFBC0kjWxAuSMrbMueEsd_foti7pa5oEj5_wnyJV4qTSBFPUEfiJZJoVs/s4032/IMG_2852.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX8m0UYjzAwIxm192tziVP-xsq_tXRPMBBN_XVAP4DK-ajuZoFFrakaLLnaZ4s93oXMEFuZVnbzhlPQlYNsJWiUmVu-KPJCNjvYwcdejj_IBqRct5NQoRt5_UQfIUJt0lY7FEFBC0kjWxAuSMrbMueEsd_foti7pa5oEj5_wnyJV4qTSBFPUEfiJZJoVs/w480-h640/IMG_2852.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Black and white photo of Rudolf Smend following the batik course by Pak Hajid</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxwLPPS-S8iib0ASOMdfHw1iXHBI4L2cuJiDXgB8y0-nalJxO-83DtOFq9uAm0U-GURWqTrKjkpIl0cfiJrhTa7xjUE3gIrFjGKY79znRFKzZJZHoqeAM3Qa6bT6BAYJNl7z7BsBQ1J2GM8yWswzKaDyxSGsS4B5ZUtGP7fb_ZgLPhGGqyTsjojwowjXA/s4032/IMG_2882.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxwLPPS-S8iib0ASOMdfHw1iXHBI4L2cuJiDXgB8y0-nalJxO-83DtOFq9uAm0U-GURWqTrKjkpIl0cfiJrhTa7xjUE3gIrFjGKY79znRFKzZJZHoqeAM3Qa6bT6BAYJNl7z7BsBQ1J2GM8yWswzKaDyxSGsS4B5ZUtGP7fb_ZgLPhGGqyTsjojwowjXA/w640-h480/IMG_2882.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Detail of display of cantings</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">In between the trees surrounded by batiks on the trees and in peoples clothing, we celebrated with traditional dance from Bali and Betawi (Jakarta), speeches and a rice tabel (rijsttafel). I though this was something you can only still get in the Netherlands, but apparently it is served in Germany too. It was very hot, but with the great food and great company the celebration flew by. It was such a joy to gather and meet so many people, people I know from their books, work or collections. </div><div style="text-align: left;">Thank you Rudolf and Karin, family and friends, for hosting this wonderful celebration! And congratulations on this meilenstein!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjASEwVmKY_VEnXKPFlrYS5NJ6weGQHqh3tS-owWu78yLyBP63BiA2veCdeB9mOwP0ZVO0s4yObylmhPoKvdraDUKvcHShh7kgJMRi9gyHcilDhaY0bQI5P6QXb1RCGeBmp6Dn9N9u3WOXZFVeu36rHWvin998gXimTODJkj4uN5ieDr7PrtAsZ34K_waA/s4208/IMG_20230620_172157240.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3120" data-original-width="4208" height="474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjASEwVmKY_VEnXKPFlrYS5NJ6weGQHqh3tS-owWu78yLyBP63BiA2veCdeB9mOwP0ZVO0s4yObylmhPoKvdraDUKvcHShh7kgJMRi9gyHcilDhaY0bQI5P6QXb1RCGeBmp6Dn9N9u3WOXZFVeu36rHWvin998gXimTODJkj4uN5ieDr7PrtAsZ34K_waA/w640-h474/IMG_20230620_172157240.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Rika, Ada Van Hoorebeke and me</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIzcExbOx9NsArf9eO8jMd__L4XQb7s87_TJyDk3aCeKBxPyv4VHokI-RPwPCwrateWo3OhbIpCLDi15BJGLgjXwUjU3nEh1qXbbvhf19tSGflKW2MIr8oGqPWo6YhGq2TwvFDdKqJuTTelFs6qCF44D3FJJUWjhCJOw5wUKK0BdghnQ_jWd5XHbRKoP0/s4032/image00002.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIzcExbOx9NsArf9eO8jMd__L4XQb7s87_TJyDk3aCeKBxPyv4VHokI-RPwPCwrateWo3OhbIpCLDi15BJGLgjXwUjU3nEh1qXbbvhf19tSGflKW2MIr8oGqPWo6YhGq2TwvFDdKqJuTTelFs6qCF44D3FJJUWjhCJOw5wUKK0BdghnQ_jWd5XHbRKoP0/w480-h640/image00002.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><i>Me posing with Katharina, long time employee of Galerie Smend, and Rudolfs nephew</i></span></div><p style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></p><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="text-align: left;"><i>Go visit Galerie Smend in Köln if you can, and make sure to visit the Batik Museum too,</i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="text-align: left;"><i> </i></b><b style="text-align: left;"><i>for more info go to <a href="https://www.smend.de/">www.smend.de</a></i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="text-align: left;"><br /></b></div>Sabine Bolkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05606182977393734306noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-552130003939297537.post-34408620139385106832023-05-31T17:30:00.008+02:002023-06-23T09:17:59.069+02:00Hope is the thing with feathers*<div style="text-align: left;">While I am working behind the scenes, or mostly screen, on many projects, I cannot share much on it yet. But I did wanted to share a couple of things, not just on my work, but also on some things I visited, watched and joined. Although they are diverse, they have a common denominator, or focus point; The Wearer. I gravitate more towards it since my research projects are very focussed on the wearer(s), but I also feel there is more focus on it and interest in it!</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMUG8_sDGX0AdF7uOot1Gw3e3vWfpTcLJIecjpolJju4yS860Hyg9EBNLZ63r6LnWGv3-eNAyaNo4hOSUMEBO-hdkNSh21cpVr0Lzpbn2OUyNBCrIz-qcsam9HBU2tLdn5On5t4bJw4u_VvzZXFcSWSIw7bRZGDnk-lc7lN73_sCuFbV7CqoZCkbGL/s1536/Vintage_Dress_Diary_1800x1200-copy.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1536" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMUG8_sDGX0AdF7uOot1Gw3e3vWfpTcLJIecjpolJju4yS860Hyg9EBNLZ63r6LnWGv3-eNAyaNo4hOSUMEBO-hdkNSh21cpVr0Lzpbn2OUyNBCrIz-qcsam9HBU2tLdn5On5t4bJw4u_VvzZXFcSWSIw7bRZGDnk-lc7lN73_sCuFbV7CqoZCkbGL/w640-h426/Vintage_Dress_Diary_1800x1200-copy.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Book 'The Dress Diary of Mrs Anne Sykes by Kate Strasdin</i></div><br /></div><div>In March I joined an online talks by the Fashion + Textile Museum titled 'Secrets From a Victorian Woman’s Wardrobe'. Fascinated by the title already. It was really wonderful to hear and see more on the research done to make the book 'The Dress Diary of Mrs Anne Sykes' by Kate Strasdin. This talk is no longer online, but luckily Kate does many talks, including a two part episode for the podcast '<b><i>Dressed, The History of Fashion</i></b>'. A podcast I can highly recommend, I listen already so many episodes, great background info, very divers; historical dress, famous wearers including Queen Sirikit and even protest wear. But back to Kate, and Mrs Anne Sykes. After being gifted an anonymous sample book, Kate started transcribing the limited handwritten information it contained, finding not only the maker of the sample book, but the wearer and many of the other wearers. The samples bring us from the mills of Lancashire to the port of Singapore. An amazing and fascinating discovery! I haven't yet get myself a copy of the book, since I have must reading work that has to be done, but I highly recommended as your read for the Summer! For now, check out some of the textile samples here <a href="https://www.penguin.co.uk/articles/2022/11/victorian-textiles-from-the-dress-diary-of-mrs-anne-sykes" target="_blank">'16 stunning Victorian textiles from The Dress Diary of Mrs Anne Sykes'</a>.</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGKrcNZS08pgxReGuWnWKqnbESrlAf5kbh4MZFSArv-D4EIdbT1-s6LiSvw7V_1vO9HuNBPmpgQEDYWRN4V0wCHzuNW0b99A02MKcMYJkdvjVx37ZHTNRFHU35AyE8vPiKKiiCYOGkx_tJuvXiBolcJuQang9Q8RbjkN29ZoEsIzdOnNuQFea4U4j8/s1200/13-Mrs-M-Seddon.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="818" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGKrcNZS08pgxReGuWnWKqnbESrlAf5kbh4MZFSArv-D4EIdbT1-s6LiSvw7V_1vO9HuNBPmpgQEDYWRN4V0wCHzuNW0b99A02MKcMYJkdvjVx37ZHTNRFHU35AyE8vPiKKiiCYOGkx_tJuvXiBolcJuQang9Q8RbjkN29ZoEsIzdOnNuQFea4U4j8/w436-h640/13-Mrs-M-Seddon.jpg" width="436" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic;">One of the wearers who samples were collected by Anne Sykes: Mrs Seddon is another person whose name proved untraceable but whose wardrobe leaps from the page. Hers was especially bright, including a zig zag printed gauze that is almost psychedelic.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgufUQy7fIsMNfwomGRg65gBfwxHBq_y3wXO2AHiRUa5w3Ldrl1n8G3t5nfsnnnrUky5anCUDu0GDZXLR7Po6i079YRGmo5g3GGfzXZSvhnVJ28Off2iRyMcDGOZz0lDAc8ekvYnm3iutacHC5NSka-6C87oyIvbYE5TUDLLEV5fJxKAD1irwOz-yUQ/s2819/IMG_3173.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2819" data-original-width="2449" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgufUQy7fIsMNfwomGRg65gBfwxHBq_y3wXO2AHiRUa5w3Ldrl1n8G3t5nfsnnnrUky5anCUDu0GDZXLR7Po6i079YRGmo5g3GGfzXZSvhnVJ28Off2iRyMcDGOZz0lDAc8ekvYnm3iutacHC5NSka-6C87oyIvbYE5TUDLLEV5fJxKAD1irwOz-yUQ/w556-h640/IMG_3173.jpeg" width="556" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Cees de Jonge photographing one of the 50+ batiks at Museum Sophiahof</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">At the end of March I was able to document 50+ batiks at Museum Sophiahof. All the Batiks are privately owned, not as collectors, but passed on within families. So of most we know who wore them. I met the owners through the different Batik consultations I did over the past 4 years, and thought the time is right to finally document all these beauties & their stories. Some will be included in upcoming projects I am doing, others hopefully soon too. It was amazing to get this photoshoot day organised. The owners who brought their batiks, some only 2 pieces, some 10, waited patiently for me & Cees de Jonge to get them photographed. My poor knees hurt days after, but I am so so so glad these kept important pieces of history are now documented in high res, ready to be shared and researched further. Thanks Yullia & Het Indisch Herinneringscentrum!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsuxDaIG24xnBFahV-nj3S-cquNUK4g7BT0iVcUruOCPP4jCvoqO2p3Ol1-FFQ_l5zmQixEbxf37tybq77QCb_SQjd2NyAFBe26yQLDD8gQ9gC_p0EkJhtWi5KN-kwqbWl56nimSsAjdRmFez2WJg492OtRZ5ymQZifc0yr6tLaKMm3dX4ENtpdeGp/s3264/IMG_7739.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsuxDaIG24xnBFahV-nj3S-cquNUK4g7BT0iVcUruOCPP4jCvoqO2p3Ol1-FFQ_l5zmQixEbxf37tybq77QCb_SQjd2NyAFBe26yQLDD8gQ9gC_p0EkJhtWi5KN-kwqbWl56nimSsAjdRmFez2WJg492OtRZ5ymQZifc0yr6tLaKMm3dX4ENtpdeGp/w640-h480/IMG_7739.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>The Dress at Museum Kaap Skil in May 2016</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2jcC2_BmGKTnNJ7FZL4roux4MfzvMpMdXSXeJjTRgW6WyZ67LQe_sw_dQkDGacmxsak0_yzO0KwPQ4Cx0_DtrbkUyFxdas3IL4mHusszKxLIEhsUBtOtjsBVlDkGSKbyWTvjmf8l7LYOfkWhSnWemobKWrrZcpOvxsOcm5TAshjHC3oy73416FPDT/s4032/IMG_1489.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2jcC2_BmGKTnNJ7FZL4roux4MfzvMpMdXSXeJjTRgW6WyZ67LQe_sw_dQkDGacmxsak0_yzO0KwPQ4Cx0_DtrbkUyFxdas3IL4mHusszKxLIEhsUBtOtjsBVlDkGSKbyWTvjmf8l7LYOfkWhSnWemobKWrrZcpOvxsOcm5TAshjHC3oy73416FPDT/w480-h640/IMG_1489.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>The Dress at Museum Kaap Skil in April 2023, photo by Koen de Wit</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">When in 2016 the news came out about a spectacular textile find, I made a blogpost about it right away: <i>'Such wonderful news today, I have been captivated by it all day. It sounds like a treasure hunt, the researches themselves say it is like finding something in a hidden room, but it is even better.</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>In August 2014 divers found textile near a known ship wreck in the Wadden Sea near Texel in The Netherlands. Among the textile finds are a near perfect silk dress, an embroidered etui and never worn stockings. The spectacular news of the find was kept secret till now, so researches had time to explore and make sure what the find was. It now turns out that the ship wreck is dated to be built around 1600. The ship is made of boxwood and by using the tree rings they are pretty sure about this dating. Among the finds is a Jacobs staff, a tool for navigation, with the date '1636' written on it. So these clothing found by the divers are from beginning of the 17th century. That means they were laying on the bottom of the sea for 400 years. One of the divers says in a clip online: "Normally you only read history and now we added something to it"'</i></div><div>To read to full blogpost, go to '<a href="https://www.journeytobatik.org/2016/04/firm-lady.html" target="_blank">Firm Lady</a>'.</div><div>The found sea treasures were on display for one month, before they moved back from Texel to the main land for further research and time to solve important conservation issues. In May of 2016 we went to the <a href="https://kaapskil.nl" target="_blank">Museum Kaap Skil</a> to see The Dress and the other objects. While the dress was impressive then, it was even more impressive 7 years later. </div><div>The Dress and the other objects returned after much research, problems with the divers, who didn't give all the objects right away as was promised, and more research on how to display the objects safely. In a three part docu series '<a href="https://www.npostart.nl/de-jurk-en-het-scheepswrak/VPWON_1325252" target="_blank">De jurk en het scheepswrak</a>' {The Dress and the shipwreck} all this leading up towards the final opening at the Museum Kaap Skil is wonderfully shown. It also provides more insights on who the owner, or better wearer of the objects might have been. Only women clothing were found and many objects, like a mirror with comb, suggest it was either going to be a gift, or the wearer was onboard. However due to how it was brought to the surface and since the shipwreck has not been further salvaged, much remains a mystery. So in the permanent exhibition at Kaapskil not much info is shared. Some short videos from different researchers, but no in-depth info. Partly because it is not there and partly I guess to keep it open for later finds. </div><div>Our first holiday of this year, we went camping on Texel so we could go see the dress again. The museum made a special exhibition space to showcase the shipwreck objects, but also updated their other permanent exhibition in which they highlight seafinds according to the different continents with much room for colonial history - really greatly done. </div><div>A must visit, both will be on display for a long time, that is if the special build oxygen free display of The Dress does its work correctly, so go and see!</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYpgaJUcnSWGC6EkLbJeguLKnfdeUqVCkomsuEEUEqRjNjySB0SttgAZ-V7hv1JiM7vMHEu-frwpp6VLKj3wl2OYt2aoTMS8pfjPXYi6SdmiMorqTWaDLQLTWhW8Iw2IaghXaGVzI3CzlVGaROGt0_td8-ZSrmbYEqwuSmCKp7Rd9cM9ELeNKCwzv1/s1242/Screenshot%202023-05-31%20at%2017.06.03.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="727" data-original-width="1242" height="374" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYpgaJUcnSWGC6EkLbJeguLKnfdeUqVCkomsuEEUEqRjNjySB0SttgAZ-V7hv1JiM7vMHEu-frwpp6VLKj3wl2OYt2aoTMS8pfjPXYi6SdmiMorqTWaDLQLTWhW8Iw2IaghXaGVzI3CzlVGaROGt0_td8-ZSrmbYEqwuSmCKp7Rd9cM9ELeNKCwzv1/w640-h374/Screenshot%202023-05-31%20at%2017.06.03.png" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>'Wearing Batik is showing who you are', Wereldverhaal/worldstory for NMvW by me</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>During our camping trip, my two world stories on Batik got published. One focusses on the making: <a href="https://www.tropenmuseum.nl/nl/wereldverhalen/wereldwijd-geliefd-en-gedragen-maar-hoe-wordt-batik-eigenlijk-gemaakt" target="_blank">Worldwide loved and worn but how is Batik made </a>with many photos by me on the making process, next to great images & batiks from the Nationaal Museum voor Wereldculturen/Wereldmuseum. And the other part is on the wearer of Batik; <a href="https://www.wereldmuseum.nl/nl/wereldverhalen/batik-dragen-laten-zien-wie-je-bent" target="_blank">Wearing Batik is showing who you are</a>. Both are in Dutch, but I included many wonderful images, so go check it out!</div><div><br /></div><div>On the 3 of May I was invited to share on the development of Batik in the 19th century during the webinar on Batik organised by Museum Het Schip. You can watch it back here. Next to the development of Batik, I share also a little bit on the wearers and what stories, even sometimes different historical facts these wearers give us. Watch it back here</div><div><br /></div><div><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/wH0y4vfUcv8" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div><div><br /></div><div><div>For more online content, I want to recommend '<a href="https://www.fashionandmarket.net/news-and-reviews/front-and-off-centre-fashion-and-southeast-asia-recordings?fbclid=IwAR3kdmdGWBT4Q-I9CX45C3ggtjRQDiLAPH_rPIH-2D1O5Nw2PbzIT3WFJBQ" target="_blank">Front and (Off-)Centre: Fashion and Southeast Asia</a>'. I didn't have time to send something in myself, don't know if I would have made it in the program, but there were so many great talks. Spread over two days, 5 & 6 May, Southeast Asian fashion was discussed from a historical point of view, from a more recent past and a longer time ago, zoomed in on modern developments in fashion and there was even room for sustainability activism. It was wonderful to see such a divers group of {new) researchers from Southeast Asia reflecting themselves on Southeast Asian Fashion. A go watch, you find all the recordings here '<a href="https://www.fashionandmarket.net/news-and-reviews/front-and-off-centre-fashion-and-southeast-asia-recordings?fbclid=IwAR3kdmdGWBT4Q-I9CX45C3ggtjRQDiLAPH_rPIH-2D1O5Nw2PbzIT3WFJBQ" target="_blank">Front and (Off-)Centre: Fashion and Southeast Asia</a>'.</div></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyToMuokq04Z-ChYPLCo03yWYkxTNTTdcjMuTqQfayoCxvqy-O48-siVd_0nZTUgRhTUFVWenhBJlgA_hgh--ydGec7q24MSL_-HSlwaflikd1kRMVMZLHYMZJqOCMBseDCeJfhcjHg8GXoSfzxVmPnRADj-8p5vdqJIyLVrYlDPAHVbdD1OtKFkaO/s4030/IMG_1352.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2202" data-original-width="4030" height="350" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyToMuokq04Z-ChYPLCo03yWYkxTNTTdcjMuTqQfayoCxvqy-O48-siVd_0nZTUgRhTUFVWenhBJlgA_hgh--ydGec7q24MSL_-HSlwaflikd1kRMVMZLHYMZJqOCMBseDCeJfhcjHg8GXoSfzxVmPnRADj-8p5vdqJIyLVrYlDPAHVbdD1OtKFkaO/w640-h350/IMG_1352.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Slide from the talk 'Kebaya: The Intersection of Past and Future' by Toton Januar H.N.</i></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><div>Emily Dickinson (1830-1886) might not be the first that comes to mind when thinking of a wearer. The unknown poet that stayed at home the last 20 years of her life, who collected bird nests and <a href="https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2020/02/25/emily-dickinsons-white-dress/" target="_blank">only wore white</a>. After seeing the stunning series<i> Dickinson </i>I must say I am a little obsessed, not just with the series itself, which is a must see and yes I am late to the party, since it ended in 2021. </div><div>In <i>Dickinson </i>we get to know Emily, her family and friends, some famous writers from that time like Henry David Thoreau of the book 'Walden' and Louisa May Alcott of the book 'Little Women', but also their employee in the house and their seamstress Betty. The pretty unknown reality of Emily's life leaves much room for interpretation and there is a very modern twist to the series. However the era and ongoing historical events are portrayed well and clever with always Emily's poems as a main storyline connecting it all. </div><div>I think why I am so obsessed by it, is because it takes place in a time period I am stuck in a lot with my own research. Von Franquemont lived from 1817 till 1867 and the makers and wearers I am researching now are on Java between 1850 -1900. I also really loved the clothing shown in the series. The story takes places before Emily stopped leaving the house, so we get to see house dresses, party dresses and loads of other beautifully made garments. I am not an expert in historical garments at all, but the whole eye for detail is great. </div><div>When we reached the end of the series, it broke my heart a little and spend some time reading more online. I came across an interesting wearer related find. A photograph, a Daguerreotype, was revealed to be the second known portrait (not yet confirmed) of Emily Dickinson. Not new news, since the finding <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2012/sep/05/emily-dickinson-new-photograph" target="_blank">was shared in 2012</a>, but what was striking to me is that a kept fabric sample at Emily Dickinson Museum is believed to match with what Emily is wearing on the photo. Read the full article here <a href="https://www.amherst.edu/library/archives/holdings/edickinson/new_daguerreotype" target="_blank">A New Dickinson Daguerreotype?</a></div></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicu0-0tiiIvm9sbY8_2VUls6fZmwTY9VSogzbJZK1icm2v38MmIAhrchoDVZqYmmEEabirsX75TuvlEWc5x052JEj5XBDaI3EohNgVUeufW1RyZIUG9ZblNofeTzmBKUnT6p83xW9AroOM9xkQJlveFpfiMXSy0jspm1X7fmWr0mU7-vMLx95jwb6B/s3840/Dickinson_108_F0061F.jpg.webp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2160" data-original-width="3840" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicu0-0tiiIvm9sbY8_2VUls6fZmwTY9VSogzbJZK1icm2v38MmIAhrchoDVZqYmmEEabirsX75TuvlEWc5x052JEj5XBDaI3EohNgVUeufW1RyZIUG9ZblNofeTzmBKUnT6p83xW9AroOM9xkQJlveFpfiMXSy0jspm1X7fmWr0mU7-vMLx95jwb6B/w640-h360/Dickinson_108_F0061F.jpg.webp" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Hailee Steinfeld stars as the poet Emily Dickinson. Photo: Apple</i></div><div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt3AAx4r8N96ykzx_q97ieZmCU6wRFxpwUI605BooHQac-kbhF_fWawD3tldBGgz0S1pANygtfgEBthZ-5DSftfzcDQr6-DxIKW6qCAfUzFoeeG6V93IIGPmp2lVAzLjUv1pMGeIMmySmuHBYBPUZSyVifJRe6MouC7_LaGiGG0jhpaSqK4A_1--mN/s300/Dress-sample-verso-EmilyD.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="292" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt3AAx4r8N96ykzx_q97ieZmCU6wRFxpwUI605BooHQac-kbhF_fWawD3tldBGgz0S1pANygtfgEBthZ-5DSftfzcDQr6-DxIKW6qCAfUzFoeeG6V93IIGPmp2lVAzLjUv1pMGeIMmySmuHBYBPUZSyVifJRe6MouC7_LaGiGG0jhpaSqK4A_1--mN/s16000/Dress-sample-verso-EmilyD.jpeg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>A joint search by Archives and Museum staff members in the Emily Dickinson Museum's textile collection on April 20, 2010, led to the discovery of at least one fabric sample in a blue check that is a candidate for the dress Dickinson wears. </i></div><br /><div><br /></div><div>* Title for this post from Emily Dickinson poem '<a href="https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/42889/hope-is-the-thing-with-feathers-314" target="_blank">“Hope” is the thing with feathers</a>'</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Sabine Bolkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05606182977393734306noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-552130003939297537.post-13908223449684662352023-04-21T11:14:00.003+02:002023-04-24T09:59:24.575+02:00Batik Statement Essay<div style="text-align: left;">To keep up with traditions, I post today on my blog to celebrate my 14 years journey to Batik. Normally I share a Batik Statement in the form of a photo or photoseries. I did of course share photos on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CrSj6YOIse6/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link" target="_blank">social media</a> for this celebration. But for here I though I share a writing I did last Summer, that until today didn't get published. So might as well share it here. A Batik Statement in essay form, a first!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div>I would like to thank everyone who joined me, supported me & guided me on this journey to Batik. I hope I can learn, study and enjoy Batik for many more years to come. I would like to thank the pembatiks, those of the past and present for keeping this amazing legacy alive, terima kasih banyak/Matur nuwun!</div><div><br /></div><div>Selamat membaca, have a wonderful Hari Kartini! Selamat Idul fitri and thank you for visiting my blog today!</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj72yvJBq_aHIUOVaW3yEHB4BUvAyqNFQ_-oY7ATulqD9EsyN0iNntFwoJaKvcr7yTgMQkjmXFba7foOLzk9ixDE5WG9hstgNLf4CkfPa4rqgKrxxtOglEdjocBiEh6JzoST_7ZLughcRrWaIL5ICSrxX1ySbkfU3M9xwxEBSDwHTz60sail43NXS9Y/s4032/IMG_2816.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj72yvJBq_aHIUOVaW3yEHB4BUvAyqNFQ_-oY7ATulqD9EsyN0iNntFwoJaKvcr7yTgMQkjmXFba7foOLzk9ixDE5WG9hstgNLf4CkfPa4rqgKrxxtOglEdjocBiEh6JzoST_7ZLughcRrWaIL5ICSrxX1ySbkfU3M9xwxEBSDwHTz60sail43NXS9Y/w640-h480/IMG_2816.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Label on batik that was attributed to Von Franquemont</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>WM-27272, collection Wereldmuseum Rotterdam</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div></div><h2 style="text-align: left;">Re-telling the history of the (Indo-)European influence on Batik - Sabine Bolk</h2><div><br /></div><div>In my research project ‘Re-telling the history of the (Indo-)European (2) influence on Batik’, the goal is to re-tell the history of (Indo-)European influence on Batik between 1850 and 1890. I chose this timeframe, because according to literature (1) this is when a European influence became visible in Batik designs. In my research I work with re-telling in words and images to give answers to the following question: How was Batik influenced by Europe? </div><div><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: left;">Von Franquemont as a starting point</h3><div><br /></div><div>My research starting point is Carolina Josephina von Franquemont (1817-1867). </div><div>Von Franquemont is a well-known name within the Batik community. In literature (1) it is written that she was the first Indo-European to run a Batik workshop around 1850 on Java, Indonesia. That she was locally known under the name ‘Prankemon’ and famous for her use of a green dye.</div><div>Several Batiks from collections worldwide are attributed to Von Franquemont, attributed as in thought to be made by her or made in her Batik workshop. Von Franquemont did not sign her Batiks and almost all attributions were made decades after her death in 1867.</div><div>To re-tell the history of the (Indo-)European influence on Batik, I use the story about, and Batiks attributed to Carolina Josephina von Franquemont as a starting point. I started mapping out what is actually the Dutch, European and Indo-European influence on Javanese Batik. How is it described in literature1, what sources are there, who wrote what, when and why?</div><div>Indo-European influence is usually linked to Carolina Josephina von Franquemont. But can this influence truly be traced back to one individual? What other factors have had a role in this development? </div><div><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: left;">European interest in Batik</h3><div><br /></div><div>In the 19th century the interest for Batik in Europe grew. Museums started buying Batiks, Batiks were shown during Colonial Exhibitions and people, mostly white Dutch men, started researching Batik. </div><div>The first to write about Carolina Josephina von Franquemont was Gerret Pieter Rouffaer (1860-1928). In his book ‘De Batik-kunst van Nederlandsch-Indië en haar geschiedenis’ published in 1914 Rouffaer writes in more detail about Von Franquemont. This book is still seen today as an important source for information on Batik. His writing on, and the Batiks he attributed to Von Franquemont, start a century long fascination for Von Franquemont.</div><div>Other researchers and conservators such as Tropenmuseum conservators Johanna Pape-van Steenacker (1901-1978), Rita Bolland (1919-2006), Itie van Hout and Daan van Dartel have added to this information over time. In the book ‘Splendid symbols, Textiles and traditions from Indonesia’ by Dr. Mattiebelle Gittinger, published in 1979 Von Franquemonts alleged death is described for the first time. “The secrets of this dye (…) perished with the woman herself in an earthquake in June 1867”. </div><div>Over time the earthquake turned into a volcanic eruption, and this version of the story about her death has been repeated till today.</div><div><br /></div><div>When I started my research the first thing I started looking for was information on her death and the possible location of her Batikworkshop. On a blog about Indo-European family trees, a newspaper message was shared. The author of the blog, Roel de Neve, did not realise what Batik history he had uncovered; “Today, after a long sickbed, Miss C. J. Von Franquemont, our beloved sister, passed away”. The obituary, sent in by her brother, confirmed Von Franquemont was not swept away by an earthquake, nor by a Volcanic eruption, but that she had passed away after a long sickbed. For Modemuze I wrote a post about this with the title ‘<a href="https://www.modemuze.nl/blog/verzwolgen-en-verdwenen-de-Batik-erfenis-van-franquemont" target="_blank">Verzwolgen en verdwenen: de batik erfenis van Franquemont</a>’. This blogpost marked the start of my ongoing research. </div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><br />Batik Belanda</h3><div><br /></div><div>In 1993 the book ‘Batik Belanda’ by Harmen Veldhuisen (1943-2020) was published. In his book he describes a specific style within Batik which was according, to Veldhuisen, made by and for European and Indo-European women in the former Dutch East Indies. Von Franquemont is put in the book as the starter of this trend as the so-called ‘Mother of Batik Belanda’.</div><div>I got fascinated by this history. In Europe we almost always mention these ‘Indo-European Batiks’ first, while this history is often just a footnote in Indonesia and most Batikmakers never even heard of it. The book ‘Batik Belanda’ was published also in Bahasa Indonesia. For most Indonesians the book is the first time they learn about these European influenced Batiks. A large part of the Veldhuisen Batik collection ended up in the Tropenmuseum, the other part went to Danar Hadi, the private Batikmuseum in Solo on Java. A special room in the museum is dedicated to ‘Batik Belanda’. </div><div>Veldhuisen coined the term ‘Batik Belanda’, but actually this term for Batiks was not use in the 19th and beginning of the 20th century.</div><div>The growing interest in Europe for Batik in the 19th century, was not just because they thought it was beautiful, they thought Batik was an interesting business opportunity. When Thomas Stamford Raffles (1781-1826) described the Batik technique in his book ‘The History of Java’, published in 1817, Raffles did this because he thought it would be a good idea to make imitations. These imitations would be made in England and then shipped to Asia to be sold there. Other cotton-printing compagnies in Europe started making these fake Batiks as well and shipped them to SouthEast Asia. </div><div>From the 1850’s onwards imitation Batiks were made in the Netherlands, Switzerland, France and England. These imitations from Europe or fake Batik, became known as Batik Belanda.</div><div>The imitation Batiks were made partly by machines and partly by hand. The machines had copper rolls that would print a motif on the cloth using a kind of resin. The blue was dyed in a colour bath and other colours were added with block printing.</div><div>In response to these cheaper fake Batiks, the Batik Cap industry on Java grew throughout the mid-19th century. Batik Cap was faster to produce than Batik Tulis. It was therefor also cheaper.</div><div><br /></div><div>Batik Cap was great for competing with the imitations from Europe. The imitations were cheap, but people on Java preferred real Batik. They would buy Batik Cap, or save money to buy Batik Tulis. The European cotton-printers were baffled that their cheap mass produced imitations would not sell. It was actually the earliest form of fast fashion and it was not very successful.</div><div>Samuel Cornelis Jan Willem van Musschenbroek (1827-1883) writes in 1878 about imitations the following: “But, keep in mind, always as imitation (Batik tiron), or Batik welondå, Dutch Batik, a Batik ‘of its own kind’. Never did Javanese people see the imitation for (real) Javanese Batik”</div><div>For the platform Things That Talk run by research associate Fresco Sam-Sin, I made a page, a zone, within the website to share more on one of the Dutch cotton-printing compagnies, De Leidsche Katoenmaatschappij LKM). In the zone ‘<a href="https://thingsthattalk.net/en/zone/fabricsofleiden" target="_blank">Fabric(s) of Leiden</a>’ students unravel the stories behind objects from collections like the Museum Volkenkunde and Wereldmuseum to uncover the history and legacy of the LKM.</div><div><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: left;">Provenance</h3><div><br /></div><div>Next to literature (1) research, I started working out the provenance of all Batiks attributed, at one point in time, to Von Franquemont within the Nationaal Museum van Wereldculturen (NMvW) and the Wereldmuseum.</div><div>In this process I found pieces that were attributed to her, but were never used in publications, also some had not been photographed yet or only had partial pictures. So new photos were taken for the NMvW Museum System (TMS) database of all Batiks I looked at.</div><div>An essay on the Provenance of the Prankemon sarongs while be published later this year, hopefully in June, in the publication Provenance #4 by NMvW/Wereldmuseum</div><div>With all the research I did on Batiks attributed to Von Franquemont, I noticed how important it is to know the wearer. Batiks in museum collections have often limited provenance, especially if it is bought from a collector. Not always is written down if the person who donated the Batiks actually wore the Batiks themselves, but the family tree can sometimes provide some insights on to whom the Batiks belonged. If a family member did live in the former Dutch East Indies, it could be that the Batiks might have been worn by them. So with little information you can sometimes still find out a lot. Extensive collections have been kept in the Netherlands, privately and in museum-collections. These kept Batik-collections can give us new interesting insights and different angles on how to share this history.</div><div>Already from looking at a Batik you can often tell if it was worn or not. Many of the pieces in the Dutch collections were specifically collected for the museum and thus were never worn. </div><div>So I always get extra excited if a piece has been worn, because worn pieces can tell us more than the unworn ones. Markers for Batiks being worn are that the sarongs are sown together or were sown together, have a faded colour and sometimes even mended parts.</div><div>During The Association of Dress Historians Annual New Research Conference 2022 I shared my current research that is focussed more on the wearer, especially on ladies that were of European descent, who dressed in Batik sarongs themselves, during colonial times in Indonesia. For this presentation I focussed on 41 Batiks from the Tropenmuseum collection, TM-2899-1 - TM-2899-41, that were donated by Jonkvrouwe Anna Cecile Aurélie Jeanne Clifford (1884-1960), Jonkvrouwe as in damsel. Hence the title ‘A Batik collection fit for a Lady’. Daan van Dartel, my research advisor & Curator of Fashion at the Tropenmuseum already published on Lily, as she was called for short, in the booklet ‘Collectors Collected’. </div><div>Lily’s donation is an unusual wardrobe for a lady whom apparently had never been to Indonesia herself. The Batiks most likely belonged to her mother, Theodora Adriana Lammers van Toorenburg, who was born in 1852 in the former Dutch East Indies. This collection provides us with interesting insights into what was worn by whom and how the wearer can provide us with provenance that is often overlooked in Batik-research. </div><div>I will turn this presentation into an article for The journal of Dress History. In Dutch a shorter article by me about this was already published in the <a href="https://stichtingtongtong.nl/Batik-glossy/" target="_blank">magazine Batik</a>! </div><div><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: left;">Prankemon Green</h3><div><br /></div><div>Next to the provenance, I am working on an analysis of the dyes used in the Von Franquemont Batiks. According to Rouffaer she was famous for her natural and colourfast green. However the Batiks have never been examined to determine what specific dye was actually used.</div><div>Together with Art Proaño Gaibor of Rijksdienst van Cultureel Erfgoed (RCE) we made a plan to examine the dyes. Nowadays with a very small sample research can be done on the type of dye, natural or synthetic, what materials were used to recreate the dye or if mordants were used. </div><div>I selected 5 Batiks that had the best provenance. Not that we know for certain these were made by Von Franquemont, this cannot be said of any Batiks I looked at. But these 5 Batiks had a clear date of entering the collection and from which person the donation came. From 5 Batiks we took samples of each colour. A sample is just 2 mm of one thread. As a little premiere I can share that all dyes in the 5 Batiks are made from natural materials. Although all 5 Batiks were attributed to Von Franquemont at one point in time, all 5 are dyed differently, which tells us that they seem to be from 5 different workshops. We are working out the differences between the dyes in a report that will be publicly available soon.</div><div><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: left;">Future of Batik</h3><div><br /></div><div>When it comes down to re-telling the history of the (Indo-)European influence on Batik there is still much to explore.</div><div>For the current display showing Batiks with an ‘Indo-European influence’ at the Wereldmuseum Rotterdam that opened in 2020, I advised for the selection of Batiks. I also wrote a three part article on these Batiks for the magazine ‘Tribale Kunst’. It was later published in a shorter English version in the <a href="https://www.sabinebolk.nl/news/article-in-textile-asia-journal/" target="_blank">Textile Asia Journal</a>.</div><div>If I look at this display now, I think we might show Batiks from the past differently in the future. All these Batiks have an interesting story to tell, but by grouping them in this way, we loose part of the story, specifically the Asian side of the story. The focus is now often on facts that cannot be checked nor proven, while the new uncovered data isn’t used, yet. I hope that my re-telling of this history provides us with more interesting, but above all more correct, layered stories.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrvm84rzir5lLeYgObk3kMlh-YjwuAySCNQp_6bQXPS9NK18TAtAhilRCW0rolnsjnPbIvPdn5eKp7qoQx7EACGiO6RfeInWMdQZohwJogWvoLECSQpjkhy5IXT4lL0JOeQIu4JZd0qgnDRU6ncb2-XRKgMkX2nntwM4fAdY1hKF1w1poMf56sOeWZ/s4032/IMG_8493.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrvm84rzir5lLeYgObk3kMlh-YjwuAySCNQp_6bQXPS9NK18TAtAhilRCW0rolnsjnPbIvPdn5eKp7qoQx7EACGiO6RfeInWMdQZohwJogWvoLECSQpjkhy5IXT4lL0JOeQIu4JZd0qgnDRU6ncb2-XRKgMkX2nntwM4fAdY1hKF1w1poMf56sOeWZ/w480-h640/IMG_8493.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Detail of Batik bedcover donated by a niece of Von Franquemont</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>WM-26938, collection Wereldmuseum Rotterdam</i></div><div><br /></div><div><i>1) Literature examples in which Carolina Josephina von Franquemont is mentioned, aside from the books mentioned in this blogpost:</i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><i>‘Batikken’ in the Encyclopedie van Nederlandsch-Indië (1917) Gerret Pieter Rouffaer</i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><i>‘Das Batiken, eine Blüte indonesischen Kunstlebens’ (1926) J.A. Loebèr</i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><i>‘Batiks from Java, The refined beauty of an ancient Craft’ (1960) Rita Bolland, Dr. J. H. Jager Gerlings and L. Langewis, Tropenmuseum</i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><i>Catalog ‘Fabric of Enchantment, batik from the North coast of Java’ (1997) Inger McCabe Elliot, Rens Heringa and Harmen Veldhuisen, LACMA</i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><i>‘Building on Batik: The Globalization of a Craft Community’ (2000) Michael Hitchcock</i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><i>‘Batik, Drawn in wax, 200 years of batik art from Indonesia in the Tropenmuseum collection’ (2001), Itie van Hout, KIT Publishers</i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><i>‘Batik: Design, Style & History’ (2004) Fiona Kerlogue</i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><i>‘Batik Design’ (2004) Pepin van Roojen</i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><i>‘Glory of Batik, The Danar Hadi Collection’ (2011) J. Achjadi</i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><i>Catalog ‘Batik Pesisir, An Indonesian Heritage, Collection of Hartono Sumarsono’ (2012) Helen Ishwara</i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><i>‘Batik: From the Courts of Java and Sumatra’ (2014) Rudolf Smend</i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><i>Catalog ‘Asian art and Dutch taste’ (2014) Jan Veenendaal, Gemeentemuseum Den Haag</i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><i>Catalog ‘Sarong Kebaya, Peranakan Fashion in an interconnected World, 1500-1950’ (2015), Peter Lee, ACM</i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><i>Catalog 'A Royal Treasure, the Javanese Batik collection of King Chulalongkorn of Siam' (2019) Queen Sirikit Museum of Textiles in Bangkok, Thailand</i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><i>Catalog ‘Batik, Traces through time, Batik collections in the National Museum’ (2021) Fiona Kerlogue, National Museum, Prague, Czech republic</i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><i>2) Indo, from Indo-European, is written between brackets in my research title because the influence is not always Indo-European, but more often directly European. To include both, Indo-European and European in my title, I choose to write it as ‘(Indo-)European’</i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><div>Author</div><div>Sabine Bolk, artist & Batik researcher. Blogger for the blog ’The journey to Batik’ and Modemuze. Research Associate at the Research Center for Material Culture in Leiden from 2019-2021. Currently working on new research with the focus on the wearer.</div></div><div><br /></div>Sabine Bolkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05606182977393734306noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-552130003939297537.post-8606607505487737472023-03-29T17:40:00.006+02:002023-03-29T17:40:33.225+02:00Batik related Museumtips<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2a9ehIJZfSrdVxIQLi3XddPDIHhEpIFvMg0h4wIIm15jDrtpsJogDUCWsRFTjQUmuySrdopMpbSwIKVkZK919SKDiLmCDgDc_ynk1_LsksuxdUbsmGzx07b4C1-ih0fyXF-dk4z9gWsJtCqbEVSnBrJezSu3JH0dLyCTPon63EDmbeaNMec9zphXL/s1664/IMG_3149.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1664" data-original-width="1412" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2a9ehIJZfSrdVxIQLi3XddPDIHhEpIFvMg0h4wIIm15jDrtpsJogDUCWsRFTjQUmuySrdopMpbSwIKVkZK919SKDiLmCDgDc_ynk1_LsksuxdUbsmGzx07b4C1-ih0fyXF-dk4z9gWsJtCqbEVSnBrJezSu3JH0dLyCTPon63EDmbeaNMec9zphXL/w544-h640/IMG_3149.jpeg" width="544" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>My Museumcard with Batik Statement selfie</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>A post to highlight some exhibitions, because it was on my planning already and it is Museumweek starting this weekend. </div><div>From 1 till 7 April it is <a href="https://www.museum.nl/nl/museumweek?webid=7352fe36c4347726e962fba15c9e3c3e357407b622924ec8bc3b582f93b4d454&utm_source=Museumtips%2520%2528clang%2529&utm_content=Mtips%2520Mweek%252029%2520maart%252023&utm_campaign=501225" target="_blank">Museumweek</a> in the Netherlands. An this time they have a great action, people can go with borrowed Museumcards to museums. Normally the museumcard is person-specific with your name & photo on it, but for this week you CAN go with a card borrowed from someone. A lovely action, and if you want to lend my card, please leave a comment or send me an email. I will not have time to use it myself next week.</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDSa-lymtMBhBUbjLlHBISOaQEvefn-65Cfk8aeCDXyJLWr6dOxVIcR3IjTcSx8mu4_dF04BDYIw8ZSdJ1Ws3soqUJAib4-aMGOLdjA7QwR7kJGeZzQKqlWytAF6cEoM5U2W4u_tJoLPr_pcbG3-RnGUTbht7iBP4RdO7LIxGDEJhWkUawQl2bnjmy/s3947/IMG_2037.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3947" data-original-width="2960" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDSa-lymtMBhBUbjLlHBISOaQEvefn-65Cfk8aeCDXyJLWr6dOxVIcR3IjTcSx8mu4_dF04BDYIw8ZSdJ1Ws3soqUJAib4-aMGOLdjA7QwR7kJGeZzQKqlWytAF6cEoM5U2W4u_tJoLPr_pcbG3-RnGUTbht7iBP4RdO7LIxGDEJhWkUawQl2bnjmy/w480-h640/IMG_2037.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>My reel in the exhibition 'Continue This Thread'</i></div><div><br /></div><div>I first have to give as a tip an exhibition I am part of, ‘<a href="https://www.amsterdammuseum.nl/en/exhibition/continue-this-thread/66980" target="_blank">Continue This Thread</a>’ at Amsterdam Museum. The exhibition is made by curator Roberto Luis Martins together with designers Karim Adduchi & Tess van Zalinge. The exhibition shows current designs with depot treasures, it highlights the act of mending and the passing on of crafts. It is a great show, a reward after the pandemic as you will, since it features projects that started in that time. </div><div>Some of the works by Karim Adduchi are presented that I only knew from photos when I wrote the Modemuze post '<a href="https://www.modemuze.nl/blog/the-new-normal-mode-corona-verbinden-afstand-karim-adduchi-sabine-bolk" target="_blank">Verbinden op afstand: hoe mode daarop inspeelt'</a>. Like the Social [Distancing] Fabric Project. It is now beautifully displayed in one of rooms and it was for me extra special to see it after reading and writing about it. </div><div>The exhibition has a room on the platform Modemuze. Here I am featured with a reel. The reel I made after visiting the <a href="https://www.journeytobatik.org/2022/10/batik-terap-of-terengganu-malaysia.html" target="_blank">batikworkshop Kamis Batik in Terengganu</a>, Malaysia. It is just one of the videos, but like we say in Brabant “wie het kleine niet eert is het grote niet weerd” {if you do not honor the small, you are not worthy of the great}. I am very proud to be featured in this lovely exhibition that gives the power of craft a stage. </div><div>Go see Continue This Thread ~ it runs till 3 September, Amstel 51 location, in Amsterdam.</div><div style="text-align: left;">When you are at the museum, do visit the exhibition '<a href="https://www.amsterdammuseum.nl/en/exhibition/de-maasdamme-collectie/52971" target="_blank">De Maasdamme collectie</a>'. This collection of dioramas by Rita Maasdamme (1944–2016) tells about the histories of the former Dutch colonies from the unique perspective of enslaved people, Maroons, and the Indigenous population.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">In other news; Wereldmuseum in Rotterdam, Tropenmuseum in Amsterdam, Afrika Museum in Berg en Dal & Museum Volkenkunde in Leiden will all change their names into 'Wereldmuseum', so World museum. A much easier and more open name than Nationaal Museum van Wereldculturen. The official name change will take place after the Summer.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSsdg54iEpTMRrs5fC0EgnTWJOvuw5xgbzisPI9mMty50TkpJPVxPWh0czvP9v-Btwlx01SF-vgof6Sar9Od8FutqiKJ4yZAqZgufQzda5N5Tx3v-ClgFqFvZSAiNrwGYW9R-k00uQS8nNFux3sApZxdGzbI5NcYKlHXPCvdYZ2gyjvK1wZKQlwWBP/s3264/IMG_5673.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSsdg54iEpTMRrs5fC0EgnTWJOvuw5xgbzisPI9mMty50TkpJPVxPWh0czvP9v-Btwlx01SF-vgof6Sar9Od8FutqiKJ4yZAqZgufQzda5N5Tx3v-ClgFqFvZSAiNrwGYW9R-k00uQS8nNFux3sApZxdGzbI5NcYKlHXPCvdYZ2gyjvK1wZKQlwWBP/w640-h480/IMG_5673.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Batiks in Kruispunt Rotterdam </i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>at Wereldmuseum</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">In September 2020 the semi-permanent exhibition <a href="https://www.wereldmuseum.nl/en/whats-on-wereldmuseum/exhibitions/kruispunt-rotterdam" target="_blank">Kruispunt Rotterdam</a> opened at the Wereldmuseum in Rotterdam. I worked behind the scenes with curator Francine Brinkgreve for the selection of Batiks and change some of the information, because it had wrong dates and attributions. Unfortunately the edits didn't make it into the exhibition. It was said they would be changed, but until this day the old version of the information signs are in the display. Although this is frustrating, the batiks that are on display are wonderful. There is also an interactive display in which you can make a digital batik and other amazing textiles and objects.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq-LzAdC3I3MpfspeOWHf4764a3E9q-BkgGD8yT2DnBbEKlOGniWIPnCAWf5n_YBO8EDnY8mTJverHIc2eBF8YBOq-TR6fv0RqIkHorY4EnnHu6u1VzXXJzULjilmjl5X9Fxt7QOj9vj1dx_KVolfuAM-cwdbkBUc2RlwNRl0VOGLYILptKKcVSs9D/s2730/IMG_9812.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1530" data-original-width="2730" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq-LzAdC3I3MpfspeOWHf4764a3E9q-BkgGD8yT2DnBbEKlOGniWIPnCAWf5n_YBO8EDnY8mTJverHIc2eBF8YBOq-TR6fv0RqIkHorY4EnnHu6u1VzXXJzULjilmjl5X9Fxt7QOj9vj1dx_KVolfuAM-cwdbkBUc2RlwNRl0VOGLYILptKKcVSs9D/w640-h358/IMG_9812.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Info with Nutmeg Batik in Tropenmuseum</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">In May 2020 I posted a blog<a href="https://www.journeytobatik.org/2021/05/what-to-do-with-nutmeg-batiks.html" target="_blank"> 'What to do with the Nutmeg Batiks?'</a> because I knew it was selected for the new semi-permanent exhibition at the Tropenmuseum in Amsterdam. I was worried my provenance research would not be used, nor any new research would be done on this Batik. </div><div style="text-align: left;">In June 2022 I was invited for the exhibition <a href="https://www.tropenmuseum.nl/en/whats-on/exhibitions/our-colonial-inheritance" target="_blank">Our Colonial Inheritance</a>. It was pretty busy, so the only thing I did was look for the batiks that were on display. My worries became reality. Not only was the batik attributed to Carolina Josephina von Franquemont, it also states this Nutmeg design was made for European women. Since there are hardly any Batiks with a nutmeg design known, it is a bold & painful claim considering the history of the nutmeg. Should we not be sure before putting it as facts in the description? Attribution is such a vage term. It is simply put that it is believed to be made by a certain person. However who believes it and on what grounds make if an attribution is believable. However it is not common to mention this, why not? Would it not make sense to add this information, to add the claimer as a disclaimer? Anyway, in a few months my final reports on my provenance and colour research will be finished & published (fingers crossed). I hope this will provide some more insights & disclaimers.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirVKhDC9svrX7Ft79BAJSoS6JGPGlZ-abJ8WJt6-HSOTuS9qIrq-iMf8gvN7-YjpVU-rV0ZETzMKy9rQ_Myv8Z4Datigv1-Cwygzb-J3Bt-RH4gld7ZeyDPpbmOZ07HMnSTF7xabuitgnSp9Fe_DsgjE4IDef8NXgfBngfmzoidl5Oe4BU0RdOijk9/s4032/IMG_0261.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirVKhDC9svrX7Ft79BAJSoS6JGPGlZ-abJ8WJt6-HSOTuS9qIrq-iMf8gvN7-YjpVU-rV0ZETzMKy9rQ_Myv8Z4Datigv1-Cwygzb-J3Bt-RH4gld7ZeyDPpbmOZ07HMnSTF7xabuitgnSp9Fe_DsgjE4IDef8NXgfBngfmzoidl5Oe4BU0RdOijk9/w640-h480/IMG_0261.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Batik objects at Stedelijk Amsterdam</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">For more Batik in the Netherlands, I have the following visit tips, also in Amsterdam. </div><div style="text-align: left;">First 'Yesterday Today’ showing the Stedelijk Museum collection until 1950. In this exhibition is a room on Indonesian influence featuring Batik made in the Netherlands. It has a great big cabinet decorated with motifs using batik on wood designed by Louis Bogtman. A name I didn't knew before a student reached out to me about his work last Summer. There are also other objects by other makers. Several smaller pieces in a display case, a chair and a folding screen. Lovely pieces and you can easily combine a visit here to another exhibition in Amsterdam.</div><div style="text-align: left;">At <a href="https://www.hetschip.nl/en/visitors/activities/exhibition-indonesia-and-the-amsterdam-school" target="_blank">Museum het Schip</a> is until 27 August an exhibition on the relationship between the former Dutch East Indies and the Amsterdam School movement. In this exhibition again lovely pieces by Bogtman among others. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIMZRDi2cTEZBDoFn5gajmNAWyUqjK72QEHpYXytPxgtlj9_zXChLjgHOb3fbJzmT9wm8UVfYA9b874b1EVwWF0zN_GrxOZBZKO9CA3AvGQ_U8Hpovigo2hqk8A5maeizGAuSSUAOFbD5FsKtN_0mU4G-ducApXiX6uCJoGzARosFCTmAxFZ1sgo1P/s4032/IMG_0371.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIMZRDi2cTEZBDoFn5gajmNAWyUqjK72QEHpYXytPxgtlj9_zXChLjgHOb3fbJzmT9wm8UVfYA9b874b1EVwWF0zN_GrxOZBZKO9CA3AvGQ_U8Hpovigo2hqk8A5maeizGAuSSUAOFbD5FsKtN_0mU4G-ducApXiX6uCJoGzARosFCTmAxFZ1sgo1P/w480-h640/IMG_0371.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Clock and batik cloth designed by Louis Bogtman </i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>at Museum Het Schip</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I am also invited by Museum Het Schip to give a talk. In their Webinar series, Museum het Schip joins forces with Heritage hands-on, Pusat Dokumentasi Arsitektur, and Yayasan Museum Arsitektur Indonesia to explore these relations by inviting heritage experts, historians, architects, curators, and artists.</div><div>The<a href="https://tickets.hetschip.nl/en/webinar-indonesia-batik/tickets" target="_blank"> Webinar on Wednesday 3 May</a> {Netherlands (CEST): 14.00 - 16.00 hours / Indonesia (WIB): 19.00 - 21.00 hours } is about the application of batik in Indonesia as a heritage practice and its application in the late-colonial period by Dutch artists, including those of the Amsterdam School movement. How do the Dutch and Indonesians nowadays look upon the debate on artistic freedom versus the appropriation of a visual language and techniques from another culture? </div><div>Hope to see you there!</div><p>Last minute tip, de exhibition '<a href="https://stichtingoudnijkerk.nl/agenda/" target="_blank">Nijkerk en Nederlands-Indië</a>' at Museum Nijkerk, runs till end of April. Not open on Sundays, so I haven't been able to go yet. But there is also <a href="https://www.facebook.com/100010403358245/videos/736954447888050/" target="_blank">a talk with the curator online </a>who tells more about the research behind the exhibition and it continuation. </p><p>And future tip, end of the year the Nieuwe Kerk in Amsterdam will open their Indonesia exhibition. When I know more, I will update of course.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4Hlc-emOEanBoZ7P1tEhCG-erHv6vFoG-941BjR2trn_UFnFGI1dLpayWmnn5QJyHHk24U8rmalt8NKb93K2xU7WQeFRxCpZigAb9aieI-3dLYl97OGMzTRwZmSDC-N9iTIdMSMYv-uUTkzMLVnRIXcZNSMcyAcDMgG7b0sSasom-jSrCnNz02eni/s4032/IMG_0826.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4Hlc-emOEanBoZ7P1tEhCG-erHv6vFoG-941BjR2trn_UFnFGI1dLpayWmnn5QJyHHk24U8rmalt8NKb93K2xU7WQeFRxCpZigAb9aieI-3dLYl97OGMzTRwZmSDC-N9iTIdMSMYv-uUTkzMLVnRIXcZNSMcyAcDMgG7b0sSasom-jSrCnNz02eni/w480-h640/IMG_0826.jpeg" width="480" /></a></p><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Photographer Cees de Jonge making a picture </i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>of a book in the library of Textielmuseum</i></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">For a reading tip, with the museumcard you also have entrance to the library of the Textielmuseum on weekdays. They have many books on Batik. It use to be my go-to-place in my early blogger years to study about Batik. For an upcoming story I am writing for Things That Talk we recently did a photoshoot of the objects in the library. It is not only a rich collection, it is also in a very nice library. <a href="https://textielmuseum.nl/en/library/" target="_blank">Online you can browse the titles</a> they have and they are always happy to help. So go & read!</div><p>And for a more active Batik experience. On Saturday 3 June I will give another workshop at De Katoendrukkerij in Amersfoort. For more info go to <a href="https://www.dekatoendrukkerij.nl/agenda-nieuw/batik-met-bolk-dn9dy" target="_blank">www.dekatoendrukkerij.nl</a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i>Thats all tips for now - If there are any batik related exhibitions, can be outside of the Netherlands too that you like to tip, please leave a comment. </i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i>Feedback/reviews on visits you made after reading the tips in my blog are also welcome.</i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i>Enjoy your museum visits!</i></p><p><br /></p>Sabine Bolkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05606182977393734306noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-552130003939297537.post-63451565618683749272023-01-19T18:50:00.004+01:002023-01-19T18:52:34.619+01:00Selamat membaca*<div style="text-align: left;"><h2 style="text-align: left;">Enjoy reading/ Veel leesplezier!</h2><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrUGwEnI0Q_JWQojq9Bwc6l940eCx_nd-N4NwmBOC9u7QteBGWjB5VztpQTsX0vWweodS4suzG3M29PDz5UFfNkmRZnpAHrZbgGqw4W_PHGDICrkRujEMmZn9T6oey5CFvDRxH7N6BMZYGFVOrZwm8qCk70e3UW-8GpWsjDZXXmUFK_6m22ftOqF6z/s3514/IMG_0211.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3514" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrUGwEnI0Q_JWQojq9Bwc6l940eCx_nd-N4NwmBOC9u7QteBGWjB5VztpQTsX0vWweodS4suzG3M29PDz5UFfNkmRZnpAHrZbgGqw4W_PHGDICrkRujEMmZn9T6oey5CFvDRxH7N6BMZYGFVOrZwm8qCk70e3UW-8GpWsjDZXXmUFK_6m22ftOqF6z/w550-h640/IMG_0211.jpeg" width="550" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Books 'Misleiden' by Fresco Sam-Sin (2022), 'Studies in Textiel, Leidse Weefsels' </i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>with article by Jantiene van Elk (2022), </i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>'De Voormoeders' by Suze Zijlstra (2021) and 'Engel en Kinnari' by Dido Michielsen (2022)</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrKxT_6U7ZSWfiK-dzNFQcB8pYQkb05uw5wLX97PMmyf2t96ur604ZR3V8LeI0lXvQ3yDAQ6L2WnUf3m02OX0WsV6FDroPq97Yq4jpL5jwCyLXov14mzK97jbKLf4sSVxskIu9BohXBMC7Y-iBNnhcgfS51TOEZ0Rx_2rj7q5QpSUwb5WUVQMNo2w3/s3733/IMG_0209%20(1).jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3733" data-original-width="2942" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrKxT_6U7ZSWfiK-dzNFQcB8pYQkb05uw5wLX97PMmyf2t96ur604ZR3V8LeI0lXvQ3yDAQ6L2WnUf3m02OX0WsV6FDroPq97Yq4jpL5jwCyLXov14mzK97jbKLf4sSVxskIu9BohXBMC7Y-iBNnhcgfS51TOEZ0Rx_2rj7q5QpSUwb5WUVQMNo2w3/w504-h640/IMG_0209%20(1).jpeg" width="504" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div>People often ask me: When are you publishing a book? Yes! There are some plans in the making for a publication, but I also learned this last year, you don’t have to write a book to be in one. </div><div>My research made it into several publications, not only with articles by myself, but in other peoples research, in the footnotes and even inspired the title of a novel. </div><div>As a booklover I welcome every excuse to add more books to my collection. Finding my name in a thank you by the author (thank you Suze Zijlstra & Dido Michielsen!) and sources list is just amazing. </div><div>As a creator it is great to find out that what you put out there continues, grows further and can inspire more people to wonder, ask questions and dive into it further! </div><div>In this blogpost some recent publications which includes research by yours truly. Selamat membaca!</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3FD-vwgtTSRUMvknYaHJ4rWGtaaV0S5sXx08m_FuUIWtptCiUW6FsIQc64PuBHjARhBNZzqOGD42D8W32geJv5llFZ8c-E5coi5MhHEDprsV_imvOR6V0AXFAU9PQ6n8ZANWFByDFvlWUDTikxHOYzO3dgORwH3c2tuoMT_cfFMiXPHgHjdvVrV1n/s840/536x840.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="840" data-original-width="536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3FD-vwgtTSRUMvknYaHJ4rWGtaaV0S5sXx08m_FuUIWtptCiUW6FsIQc64PuBHjARhBNZzqOGD42D8W32geJv5llFZ8c-E5coi5MhHEDprsV_imvOR6V0AXFAU9PQ6n8ZANWFByDFvlWUDTikxHOYzO3dgORwH3c2tuoMT_cfFMiXPHgHjdvVrV1n/w408-h640/536x840.jpg" width="408" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>In October 2022 the new book '<a href="https://www.didomichielsen.nl/nieuw-boek-in-aantocht-engel-en-kinnari/" target="_blank">Engel en Kinnari</a>' by Dido Michielsen was published. When her first novel 'Lichter dan ik' came out, I contacted her to talk about the role Batik played in her book for the online webseries <a href="https://youtu.be/I7wgN_BhOQg" target="_blank">Batik Consultation</a>. We stayed in touch, hoping we could work together on a project on the Batiks she owns. Her book 'Lichter dan ik' got made into a theaterplay in which the <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CVXjuDQojY0/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link" target="_blank">actors wore custom made outfits</a> by Guave from Batik Lasem bought by me. The book got translated in Bahasa Indonesia with the title '<i>Lebih putih dariku</i>'. </div><div>When Dido started writing her latest book, the follow-up on 'Lichter dan ik', I shared some of my research with her on the batik industry in Pekalongan and imitation batik around 1900. In my article on the<a href="https://www.sabinebolk.nl/news/article-in-textile-asia-journal/" target="_blank"> collection of Dr. Elie van Rijckevorsel</a> kept at the Wereldmuseum in Rotterdam, I share about a batik that has angels (engel) on it, but that very well can be <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CT4GmjzIJeA/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link" target="_blank">kinnari's</a>, a half bird half human Hindu god. When Dido shared with me her suggested cover, I couldn't believe my eyes. In big letters it said 'Engel en Kinnari' on top of a photo of her mother and grandmother. I never thought my research would ever inspire parts in a book, let alone the actual title, amazing!</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV77FM-xxNZJrJik3-PngCOpwleK9N43SHwK0uexU2O9x-yJP6v99wy_sEfzfyJ-12GwI0_sXxANtR4YzcXvJzRvrH8LFCNUG2MmX4spypK2Xx-TfDwN8Hnafvn6m90IaAC2HF7GHzAfM8naYEikV73KZgAvC5PGeZKIfPkcIiFfUzn6VAP3mANLby/s3934/IMG_9221.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2599" data-original-width="3934" height="422" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV77FM-xxNZJrJik3-PngCOpwleK9N43SHwK0uexU2O9x-yJP6v99wy_sEfzfyJ-12GwI0_sXxANtR4YzcXvJzRvrH8LFCNUG2MmX4spypK2Xx-TfDwN8Hnafvn6m90IaAC2HF7GHzAfM8naYEikV73KZgAvC5PGeZKIfPkcIiFfUzn6VAP3mANLby/w640-h422/IMG_9221.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Page on Fake batik from the book 'Misleiden'</i></div><br /><div>In April 2022 the <a href="https://geschiedenis-winkel.nl/p/misleiden/" target="_blank">book 'Misleiden'</a> was published as a catalog of <a href="https://www.sabinebolk.nl/news/exhibition-misleiden-at-de-lakenhal-17-december-2021-13-march-2022/" target="_blank">the exhibition</a> with the same title (Misleading) that was held at De Lakenhal in Leiden. Things That Talk Fresco Sam-Sin curated the exhibition and wrote most of the book, apart from some short articles by researcher. In the book all the misleading objects from different collection in Leiden come together to share the story on deceiving, misguiding and deluding. My research on imitation batiks, or as I prefer fake batik fit right in there. </div><div>In the book you can read about the fake batiks made by, in this case, De Leidsche Katoenmaatschappij (LKM). On Things That Talk you can read more about this also in my zone '<a href="https://thingsthattalk.net/en/zone/fabricsofleiden" target="_blank">Fabric(s) of Leiden</a>' in both Dutch and English. Cees de Jonge made great photos of my selected objects, two samplebooks and letters, that illustrate the book and the website of Thing Thats Talk very nicely!</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_4qKT5N8vQJWE-_bU6e0KrJJbivpvJPOWK40zAhaxj992X4BR1YdXc3JqZKrpB3sca-W_L9fmBmbi17hAw6iuOVEOtWiz_sVFRvb-i3YdcuLCZcSpBTEvuRx7c2cVlT0GbYJAY1CZG7imBFrjPBHkJKmSgkcJCp8jZLnjd6MChtp1dTRuHDIAi2NL/s4032/IMG_0826.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_4qKT5N8vQJWE-_bU6e0KrJJbivpvJPOWK40zAhaxj992X4BR1YdXc3JqZKrpB3sca-W_L9fmBmbi17hAw6iuOVEOtWiz_sVFRvb-i3YdcuLCZcSpBTEvuRx7c2cVlT0GbYJAY1CZG7imBFrjPBHkJKmSgkcJCp8jZLnjd6MChtp1dTRuHDIAi2NL/w480-h640/IMG_0826.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Photographer Cees de Jonge making a picture of the 'Fabricage' book of L.A. Driessen </i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>in the library of the Textielmuseum in Tilburg</i></div><br /><div>Jantiene van Elk of <a href="https://textielmuseum.nl/en/library/" target="_blank">the library of the Textielmuseum</a> in Tilburg reached out to me about the talk she would give about the Leidsche Katoenmaatschappij during the yearly Spring symposium of the Textielcommissie in April 2022. Unfortunately the timetable didn't allow us to do a duo talk and I eventually couldn't go to the day also. </div><div>For the publication of the Textielcommissie '<a href="https://textielcommissie.nl/studies-in-textiel/studies-in-textiel-14-leidse-weefsels/" target="_blank">Studies in Textiel</a>' Jantiene made an article based on her talk '<i>De familie Driessen en de Leidsche Katoenmaatschappij, Reizen in de negentiende eeuw</i>' and in it she refers to my research for <a href="https://thingsthattalk.net/en/zone/fabricsofleiden" target="_blank">Things That Talk</a> (see also the previous book). So lovely! </div><div>We are continuing with this interesting history of LKM and the Driessen family. For upcoming Thing That Talk stories me and Cees de Jonge went last week to the library to make photos of some related objects, so soon more online about that! And hopefully more, to be continued!</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8prT2XGVRNi0NTZ351fRfDLgJTBgcM2KEmRh3xq78RgSGaLbPwDGb1ZLHMAbXW89JIBVfUUeuZ6Wmo4V80EB7kGHvqR0QpXH_jSCSjUlETZueGboBTaf3y9WKwf48a6vV8-9YsQu3GDr5rkxLr2HWLoRf6docbIGJq12PfIbFNUhO6NjTuA1UU3lx/s4032/IMG_1026.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8prT2XGVRNi0NTZ351fRfDLgJTBgcM2KEmRh3xq78RgSGaLbPwDGb1ZLHMAbXW89JIBVfUUeuZ6Wmo4V80EB7kGHvqR0QpXH_jSCSjUlETZueGboBTaf3y9WKwf48a6vV8-9YsQu3GDr5rkxLr2HWLoRf6docbIGJq12PfIbFNUhO6NjTuA1UU3lx/w480-h640/IMG_1026.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Article by Maarten Fornerod on 'the man in the batik pants'</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>in the January issue of Moesson </i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div>Hot of the press, not a book, but never the less fitting in this blog. In this months <a href="https://www.moesson.com" target="_blank">Moesson</a> the theme is Boekoe (Buku = books) and unrelated to the theme a part of my research made it into this number. During the <a href="https://tongtongfair.nl/batik-eiland/" target="_blank">Tong Tong Fair</a> I reached out to Pasar Malam college Maarten Fornerod. Maarten is our Dutch expert for <a href="https://igv.nl" target="_blank">Indo-European and Dutch East Indies genealogy</a>. Since I was wondering about a certain someone I found in photos in my research, I asked him to take a look. I found this man, always with moustache and in the exhibition in batikpants, in three photoalbums kept at the Tropenmuseum, but wasn't able to find his name. Already the same day, I believe, Maarten had found him. This story and discovery is shared in a nice article by Maarten himself, Jing Jing Detektif, in this month Moesson. </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>The best wishes for 2023! Have a good year of the Rabbit!</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></div></div>Sabine Bolkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05606182977393734306noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-552130003939297537.post-87100299495077250212022-12-06T17:32:00.001+01:002022-12-06T17:32:14.092+01:00Pulang before pulang*<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgBXfGWZ_aOP-lXbRw7hJcgYvqiPhVNRhSgVz099pQSlvp891QHHr__fb1pDo2W9HyeJ-OLe-bsa73EZUdwiUvCoBbVuPs1qAoyeA61EmRnza5TwwT1XO0gg5SszUus_qorRbW2Zoa6855-N_9yFREOoxjGsYWKIUm78et-lcVSjOkIAgKg6gqhs2z/s4032/IMG_4619.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgBXfGWZ_aOP-lXbRw7hJcgYvqiPhVNRhSgVz099pQSlvp891QHHr__fb1pDo2W9HyeJ-OLe-bsa73EZUdwiUvCoBbVuPs1qAoyeA61EmRnza5TwwT1XO0gg5SszUus_qorRbW2Zoa6855-N_9yFREOoxjGsYWKIUm78et-lcVSjOkIAgKg6gqhs2z/w640-h480/IMG_4619.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Ibu Ramini after the interview</i></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOjzJAK2a5R2TdIwk8WiqFS3_8s-Y2kvmM_jD3uf4v0DkPzvQyz5TLC1kdQ4HPzjjOGRpYmNazpxmHEzaXsX0VSrrWzKZNIH-zVPJG7mtih6YzKmvZa2_AE2sHd7utgRnxpkOdwuor6nX2phx_1kC5OjWl-bYVakFe1Gb62SP71hb9MXYeaRtO5cEp/s4032/IMG_4268.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOjzJAK2a5R2TdIwk8WiqFS3_8s-Y2kvmM_jD3uf4v0DkPzvQyz5TLC1kdQ4HPzjjOGRpYmNazpxmHEzaXsX0VSrrWzKZNIH-zVPJG7mtih6YzKmvZa2_AE2sHd7utgRnxpkOdwuor6nX2phx_1kC5OjWl-bYVakFe1Gb62SP71hb9MXYeaRtO5cEp/w640-h480/IMG_4268.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Dyeing of batiks at Batikworkshop Lumintu in Lasem</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaVzTJ91oUfUsLjhMkCQubnomp_snUkMSa6QWIDKM2NtHerpNuSKidUF1p6pm0hMbWGuNBjbiY3aKLfR4xIKCi6iPFx4GUrY1S8cmgdDKFC4zjM456yD3D1Pe15PbAczBgBmXbqJaApGAObDK_qM4ZqVvCA0bNc7_IhmGJT8SDX4WVT1P1eheT-y3w/s4032/IMG_4718.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaVzTJ91oUfUsLjhMkCQubnomp_snUkMSa6QWIDKM2NtHerpNuSKidUF1p6pm0hMbWGuNBjbiY3aKLfR4xIKCi6iPFx4GUrY1S8cmgdDKFC4zjM456yD3D1Pe15PbAczBgBmXbqJaApGAObDK_qM4ZqVvCA0bNc7_IhmGJT8SDX4WVT1P1eheT-y3w/w480-h640/IMG_4718.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Posing at Mbak Eka's house wearing the scarf that was made for me</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Have been back now a week and a half and still need to land. But had a great return with giving a Paper Sarong workshop and attending the launch of the new Guave collection.</div><div>My last week on Java was a week with many ups & downs, but overall feel very lucky. I knew I had to ‘pulang’ before I ‘pulang.*</div><div>I returned to Lasem with the main plan to refilm Ibu Ramini’s interview. I wasn’t happy with the first take & was so glad I could do a reshoot. Ibu Ramini was much more at ease. The renovation of her house started and I was so happy to see her Javanese house being renewed. While interviewing Ibu Ramini this time, although she isn’t of much words, I saw her proud smile. Before we left, Ibu Ramini gave me a hug, the first one I think. This visit alone was worth the return to Lasem. </div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBoEkVLDzUtOj0694Bx-dzuAzXsPzNE0H_utwl8Ut9SuCCNeLvSq-hyFFszP1Pzy_G1HHx-uzOILufrkoMntAr43uz2MQETLE24oPXj33bpiNgy6UBcXFAC8VCuiAU3-fpzU88JHTkaxx2kY9pkhHszLEJgKZo_GCVl0yrEXDi106hVo23B68dP7GF/s4032/IMG_4386.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBoEkVLDzUtOj0694Bx-dzuAzXsPzNE0H_utwl8Ut9SuCCNeLvSq-hyFFszP1Pzy_G1HHx-uzOILufrkoMntAr43uz2MQETLE24oPXj33bpiNgy6UBcXFAC8VCuiAU3-fpzU88JHTkaxx2kY9pkhHszLEJgKZo_GCVl0yrEXDi106hVo23B68dP7GF/w480-h640/IMG_4386.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Batiks hanging ready to work further on the next day</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>Being back in Lasem, apart from being in a place that inspires me so much, I got to hang out with some really nice people & sleep at a dream-location in Lasem. Mbak Eka of batikworkshop Lumintu invited me to stay in her home together with Miss Tasya, the enthusiastic batik fan/batik fashionmaker & wearer/apprentice of Mbak Eka. </div><div>Waking up in this beautiful home where every day batik is being made was a present. The house breath history, keep thinking of how generations in the past lived here and so greatful to be part of the new history being written there. We had such a good time with many laughs, some scares, but overall it was amazing. Mbak Eka and Miss Tasya are sweet and true Batik heros! Terima kasih banyak! </div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8cHQli5u19hpDvZH8RbRRsikgiaX1MCm9MPTgh2uN2j-w8kDumt-hk3WoM_vQDN0LrY6xdE8y45IkqtbJnnuf682t-gI3HpBr4FZ5xKXkFHJO8-KfyMiFLuwd1qdlVB-3gyrm5mIv_0JcqY34OJ2gebjZeR7QabyUv8_mSAQi2SrohaCTzNTAp_CQ/s4032/IMG_4219.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8cHQli5u19hpDvZH8RbRRsikgiaX1MCm9MPTgh2uN2j-w8kDumt-hk3WoM_vQDN0LrY6xdE8y45IkqtbJnnuf682t-gI3HpBr4FZ5xKXkFHJO8-KfyMiFLuwd1qdlVB-3gyrm5mIv_0JcqY34OJ2gebjZeR7QabyUv8_mSAQi2SrohaCTzNTAp_CQ/w480-h640/IMG_4219.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Pembatiks at Batikworkshop Lumintu working </i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>while Mbak Eka checks which Batik need what next</i></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc89j4ONOcw14_L6s4va0IqlCtnc0khWKp6nnr2xP_OzEn1-f84ULeP8AdFqWiIkqvFzL2bMGG7rndSFyDaKGKRAOaL0sJByD2girx45fHsVgV0q2Nkk3doSIiNCCIohw60DgqLOJgp2jeO44l4k2cKqsm9P4DloXy5gH8cIyly1CPVWgzwnGXI_7M/s4032/IMG_4197.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc89j4ONOcw14_L6s4va0IqlCtnc0khWKp6nnr2xP_OzEn1-f84ULeP8AdFqWiIkqvFzL2bMGG7rndSFyDaKGKRAOaL0sJByD2girx45fHsVgV0q2Nkk3doSIiNCCIohw60DgqLOJgp2jeO44l4k2cKqsm9P4DloXy5gH8cIyly1CPVWgzwnGXI_7M/w480-h640/IMG_4197.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Covered in wax, ready to be dyed</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU2pjYXe6zZxyY8uvMGUK9O9s8nknPoLVsQJwaV83e1PXrzHideypw24gvDLJZm-6QV_mwe2KLNZK3EDNuwdv9rcDG-wRLEbEmxfQVRF6MzuN3RawUiTFmRzYphYTy5Y7_Luxi0hOmRF8lRBGukYKlldT1XYBSo_RvJdw0ZN8PP_-XlUMpiI5t5tec/s4032/IMG_4229.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU2pjYXe6zZxyY8uvMGUK9O9s8nknPoLVsQJwaV83e1PXrzHideypw24gvDLJZm-6QV_mwe2KLNZK3EDNuwdv9rcDG-wRLEbEmxfQVRF6MzuN3RawUiTFmRzYphYTy5Y7_Luxi0hOmRF8lRBGukYKlldT1XYBSo_RvJdw0ZN8PP_-XlUMpiI5t5tec/w480-h640/IMG_4229.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>All batiks were washed before dyeing, with regular laundry detergent. And I say regular, but that Indonesian one is a very strong one!</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyJCROka0C9ClJYE6eWJKtG86QfjxM8KGGJf_dBvWAEnciwTiEQ5HRslLXrhEBGDi2BL5g9m644nx_ROG9KwTpV_DXSS_hp_CxFFjDlQs7oRaplSfw2R_sXfvfMizwZ-E4UCNIOcgTH8wssLSGSKRUyM1JFA5-dDwcOxe8o2zv8EaxHHdWgt7cHbDK/s4032/IMG_4231.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyJCROka0C9ClJYE6eWJKtG86QfjxM8KGGJf_dBvWAEnciwTiEQ5HRslLXrhEBGDi2BL5g9m644nx_ROG9KwTpV_DXSS_hp_CxFFjDlQs7oRaplSfw2R_sXfvfMizwZ-E4UCNIOcgTH8wssLSGSKRUyM1JFA5-dDwcOxe8o2zv8EaxHHdWgt7cHbDK/w640-h480/IMG_4231.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Nothing without smoking. Mas Heru is preparing the dyes</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX4ii8hDouyD7JjGUkfBldQRhglfQ_MmZDQKv_pu9AmOwgrIrrkPkzeGtLxS8nNY03C7ZEtLYoWCXGu6Stxf6HHOiFARCfaegExsNyFmWkxOQPe6wDQGwVRw77up5s6CIZUkpPROn6zDEkAe2AcN09iXNCJUTWEJKIAfYqdqDu6lSm4C3VPYNjEaYp/s4032/IMG_4234.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX4ii8hDouyD7JjGUkfBldQRhglfQ_MmZDQKv_pu9AmOwgrIrrkPkzeGtLxS8nNY03C7ZEtLYoWCXGu6Stxf6HHOiFARCfaegExsNyFmWkxOQPe6wDQGwVRw77up5s6CIZUkpPROn6zDEkAe2AcN09iXNCJUTWEJKIAfYqdqDu6lSm4C3VPYNjEaYp/w480-h640/IMG_4234.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Yellow dye baths need extra care and diligence to get an even colour. </i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Batiks with a yellow background colour are therefor more pricey ones</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5q-k6i1wBbspNV6u3aH9u6PI1pC5d_N2cCsLdmkyJ81r9u1nVpw4bbzMC5ZzBIBGMbgaqAb8WghnvUc-tiuQa22zK6vjzVOlavZbL67qv4fGSp30q13-nvoPoiw7XdYQ-ilfHyrEFVyNmfUF0Is5EC6pcyqgSfvWuASlI0nn3MmQ1-ydffKVsjh_N/s4032/IMG_4269.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5q-k6i1wBbspNV6u3aH9u6PI1pC5d_N2cCsLdmkyJ81r9u1nVpw4bbzMC5ZzBIBGMbgaqAb8WghnvUc-tiuQa22zK6vjzVOlavZbL67qv4fGSp30q13-nvoPoiw7XdYQ-ilfHyrEFVyNmfUF0Is5EC6pcyqgSfvWuASlI0nn3MmQ1-ydffKVsjh_N/w480-h640/IMG_4269.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Mas Heru and Mas Khosim conitiuing the dyeing together</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVmvdWZXGEEKS7VoS_IZqIAsYq-n_UyNDITcXpuDFdWm67UQ25MqWqEpb0eI142r7ZXgac-GL6SQw8oA4EqwjgTwN1ICWSGre5ZAxDSyDqjggQVAZa0IkLhgCd1LHeeF8ZGtwDEeC2Uri0RJXPQLmXKGBL8JL8jUUCUZZgVRj3BA4oDhzdhE4SpNLz/s4032/IMG_4324.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVmvdWZXGEEKS7VoS_IZqIAsYq-n_UyNDITcXpuDFdWm67UQ25MqWqEpb0eI142r7ZXgac-GL6SQw8oA4EqwjgTwN1ICWSGre5ZAxDSyDqjggQVAZa0IkLhgCd1LHeeF8ZGtwDEeC2Uri0RJXPQLmXKGBL8JL8jUUCUZZgVRj3BA4oDhzdhE4SpNLz/w480-h640/IMG_4324.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>After drying, the wax can be removed. </i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>'Lorod', literally boiling out is done in boiling water</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizXfALQxgNPzHiNyYBFGFkxkkPtAntDLvgWbJvBJBJhFMEEP45N55XjwQq3BwR1BgBxnylG2IwFPpabB1X6INHV4yFgKruqkjQxQY59fCFd1_TEdnifGhj5wu5PuhjX9HCnwkrkkZnireY2CrMKRcgYa_QUv4GQDJzNxFAe4RYMFHGUFstW20u95Bk/s4032/IMG_4655.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizXfALQxgNPzHiNyYBFGFkxkkPtAntDLvgWbJvBJBJhFMEEP45N55XjwQq3BwR1BgBxnylG2IwFPpabB1X6INHV4yFgKruqkjQxQY59fCFd1_TEdnifGhj5wu5PuhjX9HCnwkrkkZnireY2CrMKRcgYa_QUv4GQDJzNxFAe4RYMFHGUFstW20u95Bk/w480-h640/IMG_4655.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Wonder if Mbak Eka gets inspiration from the beautiful tiles in her house</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>I was also nice to revisit Oom Soesantio together with Mas Agik of Museum Nyah Lasem. Oom had a surprise for us, 5 boxes filled with caps from his fathers batikworkshop!!! </div><div>The caps from 1930-1950’s give an interesting insight in what was produced once in Lasem. It was extra special since most caps formed a complete set. Batik Cap was done on both side of the cloth, so you need to mirroring caps to stamp the design. Usually they are sold separate, so this collection is really special. We documented all, me taking them out and matching them & Mas Agik carefully photographing them. In the meantime Oom Soesantio shared stories in Dutch with me. Grateful I got to document all this and excited about uncovering this story. Wonderful to find out about this local batik history and looking forward what else I can find about it here in the archives and collections. </div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghHqxgrBHJMhicIlY54oegzyw3ZhFq3-toxvW_PPXi_Rrc3_QBQhhMGMjqO7fAHyFrA5aHhs2qKdWW9Z7hY6QavVssPLgSbR7ZL6XMHr___ZP7Wit1MdZgquXlUxs_j9IJvkdZ6q6WB5KB3fcXB_4kjQFPH7jDO1_F1bshpJHwUPh_zDBoyD1YJUzq/s4032/IMG_4423.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghHqxgrBHJMhicIlY54oegzyw3ZhFq3-toxvW_PPXi_Rrc3_QBQhhMGMjqO7fAHyFrA5aHhs2qKdWW9Z7hY6QavVssPLgSbR7ZL6XMHr___ZP7Wit1MdZgquXlUxs_j9IJvkdZ6q6WB5KB3fcXB_4kjQFPH7jDO1_F1bshpJHwUPh_zDBoyD1YJUzq/w640-h480/IMG_4423.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Documenting Batik Cap </i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-9pq9zvdklr8GZk1-PnJCjAqHgKGHA4XLRqobNZ8sH_jwnDVvw5Ot231OjkXK2zRnQ40yvIDaoczcDjL9F-uRHknhSw4tSdh91CJn7DLlh-ehsta7CbQuboIN_WF5g9wmrLp2oyUwKSVdKbYXjXjB5DZTYAUU50vTtDk7XMHf1dRIgVyRADlkzjw-/s4032/IMG_4443.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-9pq9zvdklr8GZk1-PnJCjAqHgKGHA4XLRqobNZ8sH_jwnDVvw5Ot231OjkXK2zRnQ40yvIDaoczcDjL9F-uRHknhSw4tSdh91CJn7DLlh-ehsta7CbQuboIN_WF5g9wmrLp2oyUwKSVdKbYXjXjB5DZTYAUU50vTtDk7XMHf1dRIgVyRADlkzjw-/w480-h640/IMG_4443.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Mas Agik photographed them all in pairs</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>While I was at Mbak Eka I got to see many steps of the batik making process that gave me much insights. Next to the drawing of the batiks, the dyeing was done at the house, which is great to see and ask questions about. But what was also great was to see more of Mbak Eka’s work. Checking which batiks needs which steps, which colours and which new ones needed to be started. Learning about mistakes, quality controle and the overview you need to keep to get orders done on time. Mbak Eka started with her Christmas items on my last day. When I first saw her Christmas items online, I though it was so strange. Now I know how important it is to Mbak Eka and I think it is so great she takes the space to bring new, fun designs into Batik. </div><div>While I was away in between visit, a scarf was made for me. Next to my name it is decorated with classic motifs like <i>latohan</i>, <i>melati</i> and grapes. Posing with pembatik Ibu Sutimah when it was finished was a cherry on top of my stay.</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicQbRxYf0_andwXasQvhnrcn_Me460xf2sp1b47dcvaVvIQgTyDPiYUvzpg7qt1CUCfzitD-9Huy7XtKUBDGQWZFwTfNgzIS3feuT83PwOLLUr4HazZu89DI1dP8_Xg4SpEet8KXfDdUrCXglz-L8v-AqF9ILzzgAL6uBfXAXqXCUfCcOnpfjfbzlX/s4032/IMG_4783.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicQbRxYf0_andwXasQvhnrcn_Me460xf2sp1b47dcvaVvIQgTyDPiYUvzpg7qt1CUCfzitD-9Huy7XtKUBDGQWZFwTfNgzIS3feuT83PwOLLUr4HazZu89DI1dP8_Xg4SpEet8KXfDdUrCXglz-L8v-AqF9ILzzgAL6uBfXAXqXCUfCcOnpfjfbzlX/w480-h640/IMG_4783.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Mbak Eka drawing the new designs </i></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdUOEj4UR4egs-6KF5A92VSZzS4F8jsHcQGjCl4zCxg7adqmmbCvsipYVMY1RG81S4_-Tknxp_zHfL2DNTHCKaJSWeRFDbi1UaElOLD9vTl4VFN8N3WxzOPcD98l5lAYdfwPaPHL-c31GIngC9keFKa_acM4oZ0uGzPcUMfrmIJ6u3Uw119Yg22c3X/s4032/IMG_4785.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdUOEj4UR4egs-6KF5A92VSZzS4F8jsHcQGjCl4zCxg7adqmmbCvsipYVMY1RG81S4_-Tknxp_zHfL2DNTHCKaJSWeRFDbi1UaElOLD9vTl4VFN8N3WxzOPcD98l5lAYdfwPaPHL-c31GIngC9keFKa_acM4oZ0uGzPcUMfrmIJ6u3Uw119Yg22c3X/w640-h480/IMG_4785.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Christmas Batik designs</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiYCRGUQS07UmT5hzOI64qsZRB1KT7Y_EgZC5EKkQMfYsSzWusCm3N4fsoHLX2tVa0QjR6s2OpDTgo42yQNEwiA0gsBYpW9oshXAd4YXSAP1sOI4zVOd0tm6tIgC9rrIAAzKnNV-E0r7VdplxPAB9xSo-dcydvQk9abWZQJ9rr7VGH2gOK04EyCL9l/s4032/IMG_4634.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiYCRGUQS07UmT5hzOI64qsZRB1KT7Y_EgZC5EKkQMfYsSzWusCm3N4fsoHLX2tVa0QjR6s2OpDTgo42yQNEwiA0gsBYpW9oshXAd4YXSAP1sOI4zVOd0tm6tIgC9rrIAAzKnNV-E0r7VdplxPAB9xSo-dcydvQk9abWZQJ9rr7VGH2gOK04EyCL9l/w480-h640/IMG_4634.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>And one with romantic cats</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7CyY-usGXK2CEnnJp6fAIK316LcVP_PeYaeRkLpzviYNwjVSJY_BfcZucLb8h1dNPNDYbSW5S0IY75V2UVxvh-iP3Ct9otiLEiXhwuq-4M5mmlGw8Ws5zx3-opLU-_8UUEOAXlO1qTHdFnpm00c29Gwh76girUe5tDZRDOUPMftHckpkPGTN-bc16/s4032/IMG_4692.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7CyY-usGXK2CEnnJp6fAIK316LcVP_PeYaeRkLpzviYNwjVSJY_BfcZucLb8h1dNPNDYbSW5S0IY75V2UVxvh-iP3Ct9otiLEiXhwuq-4M5mmlGw8Ws5zx3-opLU-_8UUEOAXlO1qTHdFnpm00c29Gwh76girUe5tDZRDOUPMftHckpkPGTN-bc16/w480-h640/IMG_4692.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Posing with Ibu Sutimah, the pembatik who made my scarf </i></div><div><br /></div><div>Happy got to end my 4th journey to Batik with a stay in Lasem. Although my journey ended on Java, for now, I will be working further on my exhibition for Erasmushuis; editing the videos I made on Java, designing the actual exhibition, making the program and much more. I will keep you posted of course. For now mark <u>2 October 2023</u> in your calendar as the startdate of my exhibition '<i><b>Masa Depan Batik/The Future of Batik</b></i>' at Erasmushuis in Jakarta, Java, Indonesia!</div><div><br /></div><div>* <b>pulang</b> <i>to return (to go) back, to go home</i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD-_7Sdhs_7mq46WopEWbzHAn7teQkuR7P7HcU9Z4TrQN2d4ThFQgx6Zida7f-_we_AB-xIqn-F98pcL81W3pzZylzze9p20dMsnCy4kVZhJcCzTliG8uyFfDUuZ3NlrHFLUPw2BhZ9yvxKJORcz-CUwp5fA_S5m7D2aD8pLRxB3ug38BqQQHJqAUS/s4032/IMG_4645.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD-_7Sdhs_7mq46WopEWbzHAn7teQkuR7P7HcU9Z4TrQN2d4ThFQgx6Zida7f-_we_AB-xIqn-F98pcL81W3pzZylzze9p20dMsnCy4kVZhJcCzTliG8uyFfDUuZ3NlrHFLUPw2BhZ9yvxKJORcz-CUwp5fA_S5m7D2aD8pLRxB3ug38BqQQHJqAUS/w480-h640/IMG_4645.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Ready for the next dyeing session</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1-EyuVWN0ZQvmAe5kL621djSbwoLH1xOmM7uM_rKvQG3UpbczIIf4Q4YPPIF8yeG1y7NfBAO8oNoScmtDFLAqiRJ2LMCt0PuRcqV1wO9ruD1U4go-zSmiagHCP6DgT2SCeR501IybevtLAJG4HJGsJyksOstKSDmReK24gpaxhFLIB6QplO19k_Mv/s4032/IMG_4772.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1-EyuVWN0ZQvmAe5kL621djSbwoLH1xOmM7uM_rKvQG3UpbczIIf4Q4YPPIF8yeG1y7NfBAO8oNoScmtDFLAqiRJ2LMCt0PuRcqV1wO9ruD1U4go-zSmiagHCP6DgT2SCeR501IybevtLAJG4HJGsJyksOstKSDmReK24gpaxhFLIB6QplO19k_Mv/w480-h640/IMG_4772.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Finished and partly finished batiks</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Sabine Bolkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05606182977393734306noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-552130003939297537.post-11498016752288357932022-11-25T23:08:00.006+01:002022-11-29T10:57:34.041+01:00Recover together, recover stronger<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfJGZK-AmYVrH-jdOU7v86-6XPB4HezZqe2SdLqHo1ACv8_LB9tLgkVfEWL093Yr8vPdUnAmu_1K00ELMtZwVXa4sGxGDnFRwrIpbp_KFouNJt12AwFLxyH1pnHZS3W54ajF4NPtQ9ctWCOCaYyFOB3LKj6ssPlUHoREt7rhv55sSLJ60aaj-ZhJcW/s4032/IMG_3610.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfJGZK-AmYVrH-jdOU7v86-6XPB4HezZqe2SdLqHo1ACv8_LB9tLgkVfEWL093Yr8vPdUnAmu_1K00ELMtZwVXa4sGxGDnFRwrIpbp_KFouNJt12AwFLxyH1pnHZS3W54ajF4NPtQ9ctWCOCaYyFOB3LKj6ssPlUHoREt7rhv55sSLJ60aaj-ZhJcW/w640-h480/IMG_3610.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Together with Ibu Rasminah in Batang</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">The last train ride after the last bus right. Catching up on some writing which will probably find its way online after my return to the Netherlands. But let's see how far we get.*</div><div><br /></div><div>After <a href="https://www.journeytobatik.org/2022/11/ubud-sumber-salak-ungaran-and-kaliwungu.html" target="_blank">Semarang</a> I made my way back to Pekalongan. Only a short train ride away and a short drive with Grab I was welcomed so warmly by the people at the hotel I stayed in before. Every day they would ask where I would go, or where I returned from and be like “wow”. Now they had followed my journey online and were excited to follow the next days ‘live’. </div><div><br /></div><div>For the first day, Tuesday 15 November, I asked Mas Qomar if he had time to accompany me. Me and Mas Qomar drove around <a href="https://www.journeytobatik.org/2016/10/batik-week.html" target="_blank">in the region in 2016</a> when I made my short film. To be here with Mas Qomar again was so much fun. How he is welcomed everywhere with laughs & food, reminded me of last time, including the sound of him eating kroepoek through my recordings, haha.</div><div><br /></div><div>First visit we made was to Ibu Rasminah. Met Ibu Rasminah in 2016. I was two days visiting pembatiks in the region Batang and it was the last stop we made. She had already heard I was making visits and thought we forgot about her… Her warm laugh draw me right to her. A week later I filmed her and heard it more often while she made a repeating pattern she found boring for me to film. <a href="https://www.journeytobatik.org/2019/10/what-batik-is-made-of.html" target="_blank">In 2019 we met at the event</a> hosted for pembatiks in the region during which I screened my short film featuring her. Sharing laughs with her now again was just so wonderful.</div><div>Now I returned, finally, with Mas Qomar who accompanied me the first visit also, so full circle again.</div><div>Happy to find Ibu Rasminah in good heath, 72 years and still making batik every day. Here again I found a bigger pile of stock than usual. Depended on local sells & resellers who come by, covid is still making it very difficult in this region to sell batiks.</div><div>Ibu Rasminah style is unique for the Northcoast working in a dark sogan brown with repeating, abstract motifs. A rough line, but very effective patterns that pop from the cotton.</div><div>She wanted to pose with me with every motif she had available and she wanted me to send them to her. Luckily her granddaughter later come in with whom I exchanged WA. After every photo Ibu Rasminah wanted to check them, so cute.</div><div>While Ibu Rasminah was a long time alone in producing her batik, we learned now that her daughter took up the canting too. With 52 years old not the newest generation, but very relieved the designs are being passed on. Haven’t met Ibu Sri Hartati yet, the batikmaking daughter, but bought two batiks made by her while the others are by her mother. We waved goodbye, wishing we will meet and laugh again next year.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4oy9oiEf9KHrj9R6lrtAEKIxSCoj-ZErHj3iJbLwg7CpspSgLb01Scsv2AVpFA0MgqjbF2j-hfEW7-WgY2ojAhhZ0e1Nr4ER46OPghhtyspTQLkJJLMPmM9TIFoetenoJYFX6iyJrYE8D9ohxj2ivy3GIZUA0qtYyCX63mX-sZYca3S6flcLQbjJc/s4032/IMG_3582.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4oy9oiEf9KHrj9R6lrtAEKIxSCoj-ZErHj3iJbLwg7CpspSgLb01Scsv2AVpFA0MgqjbF2j-hfEW7-WgY2ojAhhZ0e1Nr4ER46OPghhtyspTQLkJJLMPmM9TIFoetenoJYFX6iyJrYE8D9ohxj2ivy3GIZUA0qtYyCX63mX-sZYca3S6flcLQbjJc/w480-h640/IMG_3582.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Checking out Ibu Rasminah stock</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig7mWPqLDBP4tYUNsF7HRVt8FIbe1hh0Uatt_YfiievGSknEZj7u8OlGlN8TShftQD05crcRkktHZxh_65Z8UKeIbpjPsFm16KZ-U8piy9r-V_Zs2wJhru1pvz8e1GxEVJy5otqZj-UzA6C79MnR2229meotGwbD3tfNfpjE3LK2is536Wq8aG0QgO/s4032/IMG_3600.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig7mWPqLDBP4tYUNsF7HRVt8FIbe1hh0Uatt_YfiievGSknEZj7u8OlGlN8TShftQD05crcRkktHZxh_65Z8UKeIbpjPsFm16KZ-U8piy9r-V_Zs2wJhru1pvz8e1GxEVJy5otqZj-UzA6C79MnR2229meotGwbD3tfNfpjE3LK2is536Wq8aG0QgO/w480-h640/IMG_3600.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Laughs with Ibu Rasminah</i></div><div></div><div><br /></div><div>After Ibu Rasminah, I revisited Mak Si’Um. I wanted to revisited more pembatiks to discuss the exhibition further, but some of them were sick… Luckily they recovered fast, but could not see them this time. </div><div>So finding Mak Si’Um in good health and working hard as ever was comforting. As always, the whole family was within minutes after my arriving at the house too. They had practical questions, mostly about the wish for Mak Si’Um to attend the opening and how she would get to Jakarta. It was good we could talk it through and they proudly showed Mak Si’Um was already working on new stock for next year.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr4HAG47RvKDMzNBek3PawuLg5--bbuHPm3YvfVPUiEpnZpTv-IEBm7FBz-ltPkqLFUEBPqe3bD_5ZXlSIyT_XyzUNRrQEjZynMYPUg-cYQS8ANfac4cOXEGgKPoVkC0cGRaoqH3EORY74XH10neQ0gKS7tYBE_buanS-wLei5c3rJCcX9sHCs3Y6J/s4032/IMG_3672.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr4HAG47RvKDMzNBek3PawuLg5--bbuHPm3YvfVPUiEpnZpTv-IEBm7FBz-ltPkqLFUEBPqe3bD_5ZXlSIyT_XyzUNRrQEjZynMYPUg-cYQS8ANfac4cOXEGgKPoVkC0cGRaoqH3EORY74XH10neQ0gKS7tYBE_buanS-wLei5c3rJCcX9sHCs3Y6J/w480-h640/IMG_3672.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Mak Si'Um hard at work</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheeSybQbuo8ys7tC72btIYTNZ6uhGdqNIPHCe4sIcApFS2TDCMQN271h2TgsMFgNStEMN2aDmxoj7yelYhZMKsmRkDKYRPeNSqPvLPsJGG9hvCem5WeSl8CK7SNM74lFNkSB1ZONvrqg8HootHCZFK78m2prkbnxG7eRavUhZ8S-_NKQS7bXjwU9lq/s4032/IMG_3737.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheeSybQbuo8ys7tC72btIYTNZ6uhGdqNIPHCe4sIcApFS2TDCMQN271h2TgsMFgNStEMN2aDmxoj7yelYhZMKsmRkDKYRPeNSqPvLPsJGG9hvCem5WeSl8CK7SNM74lFNkSB1ZONvrqg8HootHCZFK78m2prkbnxG7eRavUhZ8S-_NKQS7bXjwU9lq/w480-h640/IMG_3737.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Finished jungle themed Batik by Ibu Rasminah</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFWcj_yNLwzVq_ZpM4FeIvu-DOxkXX9jgrSbsYYyO8HOlOcFfirl5FIQMOwxJCmxW86or7IGtnGVXW2qQ6-tnVT-_dU1nUkFjyG34S2fLOwszdVIFD9HKYH9qyYQXeAWP6xe4lrqrzqFuljnCsKrJNdBkM3jcceuWKgveisffxyxY11QYbcYHDysuQ/s4032/IMG_3754.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFWcj_yNLwzVq_ZpM4FeIvu-DOxkXX9jgrSbsYYyO8HOlOcFfirl5FIQMOwxJCmxW86or7IGtnGVXW2qQ6-tnVT-_dU1nUkFjyG34S2fLOwszdVIFD9HKYH9qyYQXeAWP6xe4lrqrzqFuljnCsKrJNdBkM3jcceuWKgveisffxyxY11QYbcYHDysuQ/w640-h480/IMG_3754.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Posing with part of the family</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>We visit a maker I had not been to before too, Ibu Rujaimah in the desa Masin. The style described as typical for the region is very colourful, full of flowers & birds with much detail. A mixture between the style of Pekalongan from the past and Batang from the present. The granddaughter Mbak Salmah does the business side of things and we talked about how her nenek’s design were recently copied by another maker in the region that I know well… Seeing now the orginals, the quality is much better, because of course it is the original… The copying of the batik in batik was not the worse, I was told, the designs got also copied in print…So till now the batiks being more visible online through different organizations and events is not yet helping this maker...I advised the granddaughter to start up their own Insta since sells from here seem to work well for makers in the region. And she already did, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/ruja_emah/" target="_blank">so go follow here ></a> </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1GGmHliHiGM8bd0T1blGHie8cJFTbI4n6qB_5opycvpR1FXxVfZbq_fEDKDimyNGE911bXjvRaFBsvrzxuXluU0V8fMlea8QJZ95c1OMYjx4A1Mpjm9R51LRZQdgIDZOfsXHttQlzEIUq7pk56c8lnuBxPj2kdF2fZNJZ03U-yGBa0b79RVbKJ5Xl/s4032/IMG_3813.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1GGmHliHiGM8bd0T1blGHie8cJFTbI4n6qB_5opycvpR1FXxVfZbq_fEDKDimyNGE911bXjvRaFBsvrzxuXluU0V8fMlea8QJZ95c1OMYjx4A1Mpjm9R51LRZQdgIDZOfsXHttQlzEIUq7pk56c8lnuBxPj2kdF2fZNJZ03U-yGBa0b79RVbKJ5Xl/w640-h480/IMG_3813.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="text-align: left;">Granddaughter Mbak Salmah, Nenek Ibu Rujaimah </span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="text-align: left;">and Salmah's daughter together with </span><span style="text-align: left;">Ibu Rujaimah Batik</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhek1WUHBiVZMQxSvKt-i9eMF-IedDmqw67i2J09puMevBeCGOCxFQPO3UyxPPB3WAZTsOKpdgieZo-U_6ygxUCJF0_FO1x1B8o3NCCRE7zTTQwLzU_VN-dR9zD1c_h8JTHtcnXrWYldB1W-E1oCcte6aDsUz3FcjtVmVIVJtmXzZdeVweneB8n12nh/s4032/IMG_3777.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhek1WUHBiVZMQxSvKt-i9eMF-IedDmqw67i2J09puMevBeCGOCxFQPO3UyxPPB3WAZTsOKpdgieZo-U_6ygxUCJF0_FO1x1B8o3NCCRE7zTTQwLzU_VN-dR9zD1c_h8JTHtcnXrWYldB1W-E1oCcte6aDsUz3FcjtVmVIVJtmXzZdeVweneB8n12nh/w480-h640/IMG_3777.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Close up of <span style="text-align: left;">Ibu Rujaimah Batik</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div></div><div>Next to pembatiks, I got to meet a cantingmaker, Pak Jazi. Apparently last of 3 in the region and last time I met <a href="https://www.journeytobatik.org/2019/10/what-batik-is-made-of.html" target="_blank">his student</a>. </div><div>Pak Jazi workshop is not more than a small hallway where he and his family produces cantings for Pekalongan, Batang & Cirebon. Up to 75 canting a day from the finest to the thickest sprout. He demostrated how to complete a canting. Within seconds he cut from bamboo the handle. Amazing to see the ease with which a true craftsman works, so much skill in those hands!</div><div>It was wonderful to see, but it also made me a little sad. Wish all parts of Batik craft were being celebrated more and not just the craft, the maker too!</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRG1mesdWQM0TBxIXOslmfbIUDvOSVy01psWyNcxOXJ96YzvyXsLB49g3T-CecLTCLNiq1pLNYbey4bYkfp7POlICcpIAEAlkkNr49FX557WHVB6u31CH0-fjidUr0wmxCezMzHwKaialdvDZ0bOeXgZjY_vGLg3eedGQ2ZWlxDkimxH-A-7TdHHlD/s4032/IMG_3854.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRG1mesdWQM0TBxIXOslmfbIUDvOSVy01psWyNcxOXJ96YzvyXsLB49g3T-CecLTCLNiq1pLNYbey4bYkfp7POlICcpIAEAlkkNr49FX557WHVB6u31CH0-fjidUr0wmxCezMzHwKaialdvDZ0bOeXgZjY_vGLg3eedGQ2ZWlxDkimxH-A-7TdHHlD/w480-h640/IMG_3854.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Cantingmaker Pak Jazi</i></div><div></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ6FPN4nNRI8PcdCgP0G_GFWjJRGb8L9gUJmUAPZ8KB8oZ7S-LL3qjdhR01ZOfAFQ0crGoXCjw1XYipZ_ZPmNx05neRAw4sXqWrCBlfT-pRvmc-bM2oWWsZmZ0bRL284E7RNeclEXq2wLRLogcwo1jQwpkLFjiP5KCdfRnR-YgPXfY97u56ELgyBnI/s4032/IMG_3832.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ6FPN4nNRI8PcdCgP0G_GFWjJRGb8L9gUJmUAPZ8KB8oZ7S-LL3qjdhR01ZOfAFQ0crGoXCjw1XYipZ_ZPmNx05neRAw4sXqWrCBlfT-pRvmc-bM2oWWsZmZ0bRL284E7RNeclEXq2wLRLogcwo1jQwpkLFjiP5KCdfRnR-YgPXfY97u56ELgyBnI/w480-h640/IMG_3832.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Pak Jazi's set up</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhztXjDyJTwPZEcpwd-d8zuRtRs36oEhti2A2SyK8Ff9eVIdkcU3r4NaFfuum04v_sJV0ZIqD_BZKFw2-rfu9PZwIcYkgVeu_y24YFvg7NiBfoqFW7HmXYJmzabtr9WOrSseWr8YdiOqdCaVj4vyryw4uOyiGyEvpFJY4eqcxyfAuswtYlkBo60HArO/s4032/IMG_3833.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhztXjDyJTwPZEcpwd-d8zuRtRs36oEhti2A2SyK8Ff9eVIdkcU3r4NaFfuum04v_sJV0ZIqD_BZKFw2-rfu9PZwIcYkgVeu_y24YFvg7NiBfoqFW7HmXYJmzabtr9WOrSseWr8YdiOqdCaVj4vyryw4uOyiGyEvpFJY4eqcxyfAuswtYlkBo60HArO/w480-h640/IMG_3833.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Ready to go in the fire for the final melt</i></div><div></div><div><br /></div><div>The next day, 16 November, was why I returned to Pekalongan, to film Ibu Widianti of Oey Soe Tjoen. I was really nervous, because I went by myself, but it went really well, I think. I am so happy I could interview her for next years exhibition. Talking on and off camera, provided new insights and her views on Batik are actually very similar to mine. The future of Batik might not look bright, but I still believe all this passion I see in Ibu Widianti and the others I met this journey could bring Batik to future generations.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitpQkpB0zlrU75kaqvrPs_EPpNHoKjaAX6Qt8KYNHbQK6RNopquXghzDTl41KxKUxQk-QVu0WCAJfYxoziG5Q5-VIXNC2Wn76U7ltE7_05uIwm3o8Dog9QGRMn_hdQClmNdq0BlNs4r79b10So4zwjAEmozvZUfCmoCVvclFF9ONqQxRw3Px-wfLOv/s4032/IMG_3896.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitpQkpB0zlrU75kaqvrPs_EPpNHoKjaAX6Qt8KYNHbQK6RNopquXghzDTl41KxKUxQk-QVu0WCAJfYxoziG5Q5-VIXNC2Wn76U7ltE7_05uIwm3o8Dog9QGRMn_hdQClmNdq0BlNs4r79b10So4zwjAEmozvZUfCmoCVvclFF9ONqQxRw3Px-wfLOv/w480-h640/IMG_3896.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>New Batik by Ibu Widianti with the original book</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh5pJdjJvjUprbYdId2XsvyuXz4bbQjvRuR9mIafw-ph4F1QJ7sQMPMjZxJoY8KjEwGHgYJNx6iG6xYiRDIUWzHkU5XdQq6_6EFG7sgoVwnr3iaYhb2X2F5kFG4UYLz4WR-y4xZnMrEoH5VuLv2zONYcfI2MSdm8f8-fLYKDyY6bAVQgA4Lmbmbi6K/s4032/IMG_3908.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh5pJdjJvjUprbYdId2XsvyuXz4bbQjvRuR9mIafw-ph4F1QJ7sQMPMjZxJoY8KjEwGHgYJNx6iG6xYiRDIUWzHkU5XdQq6_6EFG7sgoVwnr3iaYhb2X2F5kFG4UYLz4WR-y4xZnMrEoH5VuLv2zONYcfI2MSdm8f8-fLYKDyY6bAVQgA4Lmbmbi6K/w640-h480/IMG_3908.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Ibu Widianti after the interview</i></div><div></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhawNgTJwRaGZvR_6BJD19QkJ3koSVvCwoOycdvfyfIJEjaoeKS95xUrrH3m0klHz-nLFFd96BejHJizDwiPkbOnRUec_GFAbYwJ-ZxEfnyEpLfTzFHmLw7IR-WOP9kIRG66n4SSXc37KcHM7SQWd1W042zj-08sIEiv6qmorwugwXnijDD7h0ect_e/s4032/IMG_3894.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhawNgTJwRaGZvR_6BJD19QkJ3koSVvCwoOycdvfyfIJEjaoeKS95xUrrH3m0klHz-nLFFd96BejHJizDwiPkbOnRUec_GFAbYwJ-ZxEfnyEpLfTzFHmLw7IR-WOP9kIRG66n4SSXc37KcHM7SQWd1W042zj-08sIEiv6qmorwugwXnijDD7h0ect_e/w480-h640/IMG_3894.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Another detail from the new batik by Ibu Widianti</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div></div><div><br /></div><div>Talking about that, I got connected with some in Pekalongan. A new generation who started exploring real batik coming from families who make printed textiles & ‘dusters’ (a kind of nightgown worn by most women on Java at home). An exciting development I am totally here for! </div><div>The first I met was at Museum Batik. The exhibition was ready showing new batiks from the collection. After looking around batik teacher Mas Roman asked my thoughts on it. I told him there were two pieces that really caught my eye. Two batiks in a classic Buketan design yet the use of colour and graphic background made it very now. </div><div>A few moment later I was surprised by a visit from the maker, or better producer, of the batiks, Mas Falahy. It was great to hear from him directly his motivation for these batiks and to dive into batik. Coming from a printers family, Batik was not made before in their workshop, but now they produce Batik Tulis. What an inspiring step & so good Museum Batik supports these efforts!</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-iJ3nbjky1LC1Y0XLvM4eDI8BNI0UWRF70Vie7Xo2IDI2Csz1eU0C1wkL-OL56vDCL_wYshq66f1sP05RJ5MYqAaMzud-AmCg9PvyzpukLP4sov_xnH6OtjeqS6I54SsCOmp9DUIFd7HsP0np3aLCxAk5F5Gnfjz2IgMfj8W2dNoghLXMWRdTrqt5/s4032/IMG_3929.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-iJ3nbjky1LC1Y0XLvM4eDI8BNI0UWRF70Vie7Xo2IDI2Csz1eU0C1wkL-OL56vDCL_wYshq66f1sP05RJ5MYqAaMzud-AmCg9PvyzpukLP4sov_xnH6OtjeqS6I54SsCOmp9DUIFd7HsP0np3aLCxAk5F5Gnfjz2IgMfj8W2dNoghLXMWRdTrqt5/w640-h480/IMG_3929.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Overview of the latest exhibition at Museum Batik in Pekalongan</i></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK_3RaHStro76MwIspYjlLshGCgXIExoblSAzBj9VDf8EIy96D6dcTZuSOzcTzyEycsMvLwFM5Gb-H3QUxxjxzp0fpxDimsDx3fY6eX9bJ-obKbbWA4Q158XaovgoLfbSrapVCheLYxdbvxI8g7riO-hTHwoOHEOlLBaXiWa6u2gqDpbXjjKDHlGxX/s4032/IMG_3954.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK_3RaHStro76MwIspYjlLshGCgXIExoblSAzBj9VDf8EIy96D6dcTZuSOzcTzyEycsMvLwFM5Gb-H3QUxxjxzp0fpxDimsDx3fY6eX9bJ-obKbbWA4Q158XaovgoLfbSrapVCheLYxdbvxI8g7riO-hTHwoOHEOlLBaXiWa6u2gqDpbXjjKDHlGxX/w480-h640/IMG_3954.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Batiks designed by Mas <span style="text-align: left;">Falahy</span></i></div><div></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI_in9iB6eEJ4D6mOnevINp57-4JBJBd96wMJkHRgrXtBZBTQNvED_Vike_MKrLEsCfQYhnEjk5SF4Gz2nfpwBKa8snvIFEZyk3BaTjpucCJ7PmmxIEPHXMfMnlLdVvYzH4bJpR65rxshp7RkK_qRUIWwx9-66i6FlJTSqIUSg-u6Zzvu208VCSqB8/s4032/IMG_4059.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI_in9iB6eEJ4D6mOnevINp57-4JBJBd96wMJkHRgrXtBZBTQNvED_Vike_MKrLEsCfQYhnEjk5SF4Gz2nfpwBKa8snvIFEZyk3BaTjpucCJ7PmmxIEPHXMfMnlLdVvYzH4bJpR65rxshp7RkK_qRUIWwx9-66i6FlJTSqIUSg-u6Zzvu208VCSqB8/w480-h640/IMG_4059.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>With Mas <span style="text-align: left;">Falahy</span></i></div><div></div><div><br /></div><div>Another one I met reached out through Insta when I was <a href="https://www.journeytobatik.org/2022/10/i-wonder-how-many-dots-we-make.html" target="_blank">in Pekalongan</a> before. However we didn’t manage to meet. So I contacted her when I got back. </div><div>I met with Miss Mila and her mother of <a href="https://www.instagram.com/molafi.id/" target="_blank">Molafi</a> on 17 November. Miss Mila already expressed that she was a big fan of my work, but I did not realize her batik journey was sparked because of my journey to batik. Her mother was telling about how my insta made her daughter want to work with batik, and not just work with it, study it. That she actually started this semester at the university to study Batik. I feel so honoured! </div><div>Miss Mila comes from a family who sells ‘dusters’, a big industry on Java. Her mother and grandmother sold them from the old Dutch house in the city center. Now Miss Mila wish is to turn this dusters shop into a brand using real batik! She gifted me one of the first products she made & her mother insisted on giving me a duster, which I will gladly wear at home! So nice to meet Miss Mila and her family, looking forward to follow her batik adventure!</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfYvNsH_J_ZDabX0zGue3R7KXSW46IjlH9Yh9FZttfEd_BpnTmvO5qvW319fSQFE_aD7rIuduBWyHzD2xWFFA3jo8iSOoVqznC0mwHBBSntD853yFi-4gskk1qwASqUC0U1Y9saFPVmzdeW0InJYYPEXnZn5Sbm5iBtQnoq5B_8smj1rE7J4wDohzi/s4032/IMG_4102.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfYvNsH_J_ZDabX0zGue3R7KXSW46IjlH9Yh9FZttfEd_BpnTmvO5qvW319fSQFE_aD7rIuduBWyHzD2xWFFA3jo8iSOoVqznC0mwHBBSntD853yFi-4gskk1qwASqUC0U1Y9saFPVmzdeW0InJYYPEXnZn5Sbm5iBtQnoq5B_8smj1rE7J4wDohzi/w480-h640/IMG_4102.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Miss Mila, her mother and brother posing together while the sister makes the photo</i></div><div></div><div><br /></div><div>It was good to return to Pekalongan, got to see and meet the people I couldn’t last time, revisit the pembatiks, and people at the museum. Which is always so funny, because I walk in and it is just “Hello miss Sabine” as if I was there yesterday. I feel so senang, so welcomed and want to say thank you Mas Dewa, Mas Qomar, Ibu Nur and Mas Roman for this! </div><div><br /></div><div>* posting this while waiting I Dubai for my last flight back home</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3PP61zGwXeavwv7ZRXgokRNvA8zGz-P74rM8qKUdoW1u_eUWllUTgapmgCCyb-47X3g0kWkSqUOW_wwE6M1_DyXj739YZuYYKkDCB9ODYvlqZnASPM-WVZ_mJXScy0dX7-JB7Y1-d2VV9TQw4WwHNIK9sYwFNuk1vulCVWHIWL9HzuUYJz4ag9hCZ/s4032/IMG_3765.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3PP61zGwXeavwv7ZRXgokRNvA8zGz-P74rM8qKUdoW1u_eUWllUTgapmgCCyb-47X3g0kWkSqUOW_wwE6M1_DyXj739YZuYYKkDCB9ODYvlqZnASPM-WVZ_mJXScy0dX7-JB7Y1-d2VV9TQw4WwHNIK9sYwFNuk1vulCVWHIWL9HzuUYJz4ag9hCZ/w640-h480/IMG_3765.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Pekalongan & Batang have numerous gates decorated with cantings, </i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>but most regions have actually no pembatiks/batikworkshops anymore</i></div><div></div>Sabine Bolkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05606182977393734306noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-552130003939297537.post-3144682776898449902022-11-14T16:09:00.007+01:002023-07-14T14:57:24.380+02:00Ubud, Sumber Salak, Ungaran and Kaliwungu<div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj8Cvz5YBcJntZZ88c0PrnZarvQMHMgbjvUEsN2R5X_zYlv-PdQEOPC2fyGld7jJ7r64skd9srYx8Nojp2weAwm7-pk92AIu9jwuLZ9Z9eAOpClUDAhZof8f-zgy_wQM9zRoBHQueqOP8pMVadM-iw2j9YmPrJbBISspx4-1yqOM0g6DVvabAFQ2ZR/s4032/IMG_2732.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj8Cvz5YBcJntZZ88c0PrnZarvQMHMgbjvUEsN2R5X_zYlv-PdQEOPC2fyGld7jJ7r64skd9srYx8Nojp2weAwm7-pk92AIu9jwuLZ9Z9eAOpClUDAhZof8f-zgy_wQM9zRoBHQueqOP8pMVadM-iw2j9YmPrJbBISspx4-1yqOM0g6DVvabAFQ2ZR/w640-h480/IMG_2732.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>At Sumber Salak in Jember</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_1gPVSMXDyG7ryK1Z0M-btYbh9xBcX8soL-ooo5ntp27GpUtHstOyco7r7vFOeMGcfUTvsZAyQpCzKxj_axbncvJ5xatAE_frUCiWilgONSO1hYhsJm5A5qQwZzk-Py-CvcaLZXXzwy-LM88WvvzmXcqPlRLy6JN5nRHWcXWVgU0kwYlFIdt6rIPM/s3955/IMG_3160.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2965" data-original-width="3955" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_1gPVSMXDyG7ryK1Z0M-btYbh9xBcX8soL-ooo5ntp27GpUtHstOyco7r7vFOeMGcfUTvsZAyQpCzKxj_axbncvJ5xatAE_frUCiWilgONSO1hYhsJm5A5qQwZzk-Py-CvcaLZXXzwy-LM88WvvzmXcqPlRLy6JN5nRHWcXWVgU0kwYlFIdt6rIPM/w640-h480/IMG_3160.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Ex-vulcano Ungaran</i></div><div><br /></div><div>My short holiday in Bali didn’t really happen since my friend was really sick. Although I only saw Ubud & Tanah Lot, it was nice to meet this totally different culture in Indonesia; the many Balinese offerings, parades of nicely dressed people on their way to temples, ricefield with little shrines for Dewi Sri and sooo many half naked, burned tourists.I walked a couple of times the route ‘Bukit Campuhan’, a trail leading into Ubud city center to do grocery shopping. It was nice, and scary, to see insects & animals like ‘Kaki Seribu’ (duizendpoot/centipede) that I know so well as a batikmotif on the path. </div><div>On one of the trips to get traintickets & cash for further traveling, I decided to head to the shop of <a href="https://threadsoflife.com" target="_blank">Threads of Life</a>. Their small shop in the center of Ubud displays Batik, Ikat and more in a stylish way. Inside I informed on the workshops. I first thought to just do the one morning workshop learning Batik & Indigo, but asked if I could still join the two days workshop on Natural dye the next day. “No problem”, the ladies in the store said, “just go to this address”.</div><div>So the next morning made my way through the ricefields, and the biggest flock of herons I ever saw blocking the road & hanging out in the trees, to the location. The place is really pretty, a small dye garden with a big covered outside space to do the workshops. </div><div>We got a lot of information first. The team is so wonderful. Explaining in detail how to prepare the textiles and make the Indigo dyebath. Of course we also did all the steps ourselves. In the afternoon we got to dip our cloths in the Indigo vats. We even got to do some batik. I freestyled some local inspiration like the swallows I saw every morning and Balinese dancers. </div><div>The second day we got to learn about dyeing black, yellow and brown. Our little group was already so much fun, funny how fast you bond, especially with the amount of washing our teacher made us do. The black was created by repeating a proces of tanning, dye and mordant. The dye is from mud from ricefields. To get the cloth dark black I repeated it about 10 times, maybe more, but it is very rewarding to see it change from “sheba cat” grey to black. We also painted with the mud, I based mine on the ‘Bukit Campuhan’ and the centipede I saw.</div><div>Wonderful to learn some more about natural dye and to be creative myself for a moment. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM_V-d1ecsXMRbnemhhUBkStHeJ1I8eAF00SyBqL9DEAfI8L6nZco7_i2t4lDnkpNgRWu6AnrrgnFaaAvFjpDde9-W00MjKep69rr37Q4FG3QrSaf9tC2XiEAMLDmEENATq-LF1quHgiuzxcJ3GQGnYnG8bJhmXvwQNets9FON14oO2HcjjrfB_eYH/s4032/IMG_2492.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM_V-d1ecsXMRbnemhhUBkStHeJ1I8eAF00SyBqL9DEAfI8L6nZco7_i2t4lDnkpNgRWu6AnrrgnFaaAvFjpDde9-W00MjKep69rr37Q4FG3QrSaf9tC2XiEAMLDmEENATq-LF1quHgiuzxcJ3GQGnYnG8bJhmXvwQNets9FON14oO2HcjjrfB_eYH/w480-h640/IMG_2492.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Dyeing Indigo at <a href="https://threadsoflife.com" target="_blank">Threads of Life</a></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSP9du_BeQqge1uNrL601qOJttODw4INwIm9q7PR88n1GSY9UrMSjUxvNTI_O4R0dpr6INlNcizTfX3Zh67K-3eQNZr2H2Xg6SxRavVjJ_ITxRIqs_P0A5wUMSfmRQ-Uil7uj9Ul9Qmi6RyC444xxZmUrAGuypxzdL7DlEtN3swP4UuKV3S1OqYMNf/s4032/IMG_2560.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSP9du_BeQqge1uNrL601qOJttODw4INwIm9q7PR88n1GSY9UrMSjUxvNTI_O4R0dpr6INlNcizTfX3Zh67K-3eQNZr2H2Xg6SxRavVjJ_ITxRIqs_P0A5wUMSfmRQ-Uil7uj9Ul9Qmi6RyC444xxZmUrAGuypxzdL7DlEtN3swP4UuKV3S1OqYMNf/w480-h640/IMG_2560.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>My batiks dyed with Indigo hanging to dry after boiling out the wax</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq2mgq6AsamBVsfiXqAKivlW-LX7CtJKYpC5pKqC_Fg0acs7668FEHt-n3XWRc1ewiCrpxR8BD002leespP9_sPW8HgHu5x21uVR_8redg37e2ptlmwUrcOIeCcOgq14d7dOVnuS-8SSmc75CFUMYZWJOcDkZxB9hwQ52lwc1eaNJIumvJVmuXk2uy/s4032/IMG_2533.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq2mgq6AsamBVsfiXqAKivlW-LX7CtJKYpC5pKqC_Fg0acs7668FEHt-n3XWRc1ewiCrpxR8BD002leespP9_sPW8HgHu5x21uVR_8redg37e2ptlmwUrcOIeCcOgq14d7dOVnuS-8SSmc75CFUMYZWJOcDkZxB9hwQ52lwc1eaNJIumvJVmuXk2uy/w640-h480/IMG_2533.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>The colour baths</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5bEcZzJTgRbHdj6QQz2iSjEKP2ZLOABphYuf66xMHwIYKzufnlt9YNyL6W7XOUzEUOksn5rrrzUugUAoHFRTS2QHAK-c9B_RHX22Ma93gwlwpUNsV8Gc96X-xf_ElEfhd8xpthct6Fbl8UBSaFUX-DvYuzuJVbqbTG2gKGqk-AASowuA9vDDUmKgQ/s4032/IMG_2570.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5bEcZzJTgRbHdj6QQz2iSjEKP2ZLOABphYuf66xMHwIYKzufnlt9YNyL6W7XOUzEUOksn5rrrzUugUAoHFRTS2QHAK-c9B_RHX22Ma93gwlwpUNsV8Gc96X-xf_ElEfhd8xpthct6Fbl8UBSaFUX-DvYuzuJVbqbTG2gKGqk-AASowuA9vDDUmKgQ/w480-h640/IMG_2570.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>My piece dyed in cokelat (brown), kuning (yellow) and hitam (black)</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBkAooKA5azkLHsGenQb91MzTrpsAJHLUt4zv0di62sWPWHUOnvkFsF2r-a6xIZRxww3Ys6x7nehM7sG0770JjHGqVdVRxbBBo7AILoNWVpviZIfIJ4VOL_G8gAPCi7U7bbixP8Q6_byM2acOdZGPzb_IbLF__uxXD998l92trENktYMPfGYFKA6Gc/s4032/IMG_2548.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBkAooKA5azkLHsGenQb91MzTrpsAJHLUt4zv0di62sWPWHUOnvkFsF2r-a6xIZRxww3Ys6x7nehM7sG0770JjHGqVdVRxbBBo7AILoNWVpviZIfIJ4VOL_G8gAPCi7U7bbixP8Q6_byM2acOdZGPzb_IbLF__uxXD998l92trENktYMPfGYFKA6Gc/w640-h480/IMG_2548.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Outside in the sun before the rain started</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div></div><div>Writing this part in the train to Semarang, next to a loud calling man... I am half way through this journey, left in the morning from Jember. I didn’t want to fly back to Java from Bali. It would take two planes to get to Semarang. So I ended up taking travel, a car for 7 people to Jember, which was a whole new adventure including a part by boat and dinner at 1am. Now I am traveling by train to Semarang. First to Surabaya where I shared a grab to the station and had lunch together with a fellow traveller. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPbMr9FRPJ1gX0tVEwgIs5zU9ME2qIdgU2LJjaOLCUnv-EYIO2aT_pN_L5QABb2x-sMYlPnb81-xcNarLA7egpGupQgTvcQw-RYMkTU7hyHQwW5nv2FwbqQ1dDeqxknxkNl19GTW0shwXTV2kdLE_YCALCMfeeHvjoj3692LSmhxSKm4Ox5RDLQVZE/s4032/IMG_2697.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPbMr9FRPJ1gX0tVEwgIs5zU9ME2qIdgU2LJjaOLCUnv-EYIO2aT_pN_L5QABb2x-sMYlPnb81-xcNarLA7egpGupQgTvcQw-RYMkTU7hyHQwW5nv2FwbqQ1dDeqxknxkNl19GTW0shwXTV2kdLE_YCALCMfeeHvjoj3692LSmhxSKm4Ox5RDLQVZE/w640-h480/IMG_2697.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Old translation Sumber Salak in Jember </i></div><div></div><div><br /></div><div>In Jember I spend one day to explore part of a Batikhistory I have been uncovering since last year.</div><div>Last Summer I saw the batiks made by Mary Herrmann for the first time, I knew them before and was fascinated by the story and portrait of her kept <a href="https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11840/pi22689" target="_blank">in the Tropenmuseum collection</a> too. I realized the one who donated the batiks seem to have more to share and luckily I got in contact fast with <a href="https://www.journeytobatik.org/2021/10/pukul-terus.html" target="_blank">granddaughter Mary</a>.</div><div>So I went to Jember to visit the region Mary, the batikmaker, grew up and meet with a local batikmaker Mbak Endang who joined me on my adventure. </div><div>In one of the Batiks Mary made is a detailed drawing <a href="https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11840/224955" target="_blank">of the plantation run</a> by her father. A plantation with according to the family cassava & Indigo. Mary’s batiks are all blue and said to be made at the batikworkshop that was at the plantation. In advertisements in which the father tries to sell the plantation for many years a local station is mentioned being very close by. So we started there. The station ‘Sumber Salak’ is no longer active and is no more than a small platform. Don’t know if it was bigger in the past, but it was great to visit, especially since Mary made a batik with a scene in it about catching a train too. </div><div>We explored the region nearby the trainstation. Asked around, but nobody (yet) seemed the know about a old plantation or old (Dutch) buildings. Although part of the buildings must have been from stone, buildings in the area made with woven bamboo seem to be similar to that on Mary’s Batik. Next time I have to prepare an exact location search on old maps, my visit here was pretty spontaneous…</div><div>The region is full with a mixed growth of coffee, sugarcane, jati, papayas, coconut and rice. No cassave or Indigo, but I did see cassave later when I went to Kaliwungu.</div><div>Trying to find a higher spot to see if we could compare the mountains Mary draw in her batik to the ones seen from Sumber Salak, we reached a sign saying 'Zona erupsi'. Apparently the volcano was/is active and we would enter the danger zone if we would go up further. The driver and Mbak Endang were discussing to do this. Although super symbolic considering <a href="https://www.journeytobatik.org/2017/05/what-happened-to-von-franquemont.html" target="_blank">my research on Von Franquemont</a> and how Mary come on my path through this actually, I said we should not go further up. Better next time, when it is safe. But did asked if we could go to another hill or mountain to get a view of the mountains in the region. </div><div>We headed to another high spot close by. Two natural green hills, Gunung Sepikul, that honestly look like two breast coming from the ground, provided a very beautiful ‘pemandangan’ {view}. </div><div>If we saw what Mary saw not sure. Wonder if she climb on a rock herself to get the view or it is actually from a photo or drawing…</div><div>We headed to another high view that I visited in 2016. I got really bad news that day I was there and the person who accompanied me turned out to be really bad…Sooo I was happy to revisit this place, this beautiful region, and make new memories here. Drank hot chocolate milk while thinking about this. Cannot believe it has been 6 years, how we miss you David!</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC6Lt3bhZ4mRflRG9CoN1T0HB7RKAh1fU0cAzx0M2vWCAdhnHJIOGI1mVYiXX61CaTCjEx6BKXGfe_eyY5-mLx21HcZPPnzmrT8qTgHtH5YRjl2yfRuxYfDzyUDq1KbiBfijAD6xCEnzD2VsUBNlW9t2bwYsgELQrTXeVvlDakNZwqqsEeQQq9YVOE/s4032/IMG_2775.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC6Lt3bhZ4mRflRG9CoN1T0HB7RKAh1fU0cAzx0M2vWCAdhnHJIOGI1mVYiXX61CaTCjEx6BKXGfe_eyY5-mLx21HcZPPnzmrT8qTgHtH5YRjl2yfRuxYfDzyUDq1KbiBfijAD6xCEnzD2VsUBNlW9t2bwYsgELQrTXeVvlDakNZwqqsEeQQq9YVOE/w640-h480/IMG_2775.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Traditional bamboo house in Sumber Salak</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlpm2KWtjytDR5YeBAxmqJKCA5_3PAy02Mipg8ytBx88DVzVwVwfm7YpNTcwT765uybYzBBEHzNpWaktdRtdkARdDjJQB-9dd6l3y6gZ2RFtdeFep_aoetrDuhpbDuAqXJIiKXoQ-z9Y5Nb-Hkku-LeTeZFscKX0nxxA3gvmUZxtWHoPvc3DP5yCSl/s4032/IMG_2881.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlpm2KWtjytDR5YeBAxmqJKCA5_3PAy02Mipg8ytBx88DVzVwVwfm7YpNTcwT765uybYzBBEHzNpWaktdRtdkARdDjJQB-9dd6l3y6gZ2RFtdeFep_aoetrDuhpbDuAqXJIiKXoQ-z9Y5Nb-Hkku-LeTeZFscKX0nxxA3gvmUZxtWHoPvc3DP5yCSl/w640-h480/IMG_2881.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Mbak Endang at Gunung Sepikul in Jember </i></div><div></div><div><br /></div><div>The afternoon I got to visit Mbak Edang’s home and see her batik designs. She has been making batik since 2019. Inspiration comes from local traditions, Indonesian culture and even the Netherlands which she visited too. Next to making batik, she has a blog '<a href="https://missachadiyati.blogspot.com" target="_blank">My Life Journey</a>', inspired by me, she says. So fun to meet this batikmaker in person and have a spontaneous batik adventure together! Looking forward to returning here and explore further!</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVwjUnBQknrei12YqKdS-pTEfA-hdK0qmUue1N3goqwUjUMtG_KssAGLzItbC_BCbhnPQwy88NcylDCIbETMoq2zs9g2bVSowTWUEODSV4t7kqfvRocTrysGaD55a3o8yZBkw3VbN68fXaWm_44tFS49BAaDdo6dUiJsoNsC8OY3hQv2_Vb4DAyvUG/s4025/IMG_2958.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2571" data-original-width="4025" height="408" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVwjUnBQknrei12YqKdS-pTEfA-hdK0qmUue1N3goqwUjUMtG_KssAGLzItbC_BCbhnPQwy88NcylDCIbETMoq2zs9g2bVSowTWUEODSV4t7kqfvRocTrysGaD55a3o8yZBkw3VbN68fXaWm_44tFS49BAaDdo6dUiJsoNsC8OY3hQv2_Vb4DAyvUG/w640-h408/IMG_2958.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Batiks made by Mbak Endang</i></div><div></div><div><br /></div><div>Writing this next part in Pekalongan. Arrived here by train from Semarang this afternoon, a short trip after many epic ones...</div><div>So after my one day in Jember, I headed to Semarang. Main plan was to visit my friend Aris. </div><div>First time I met <a href="https://www.journeytobatik.org/2009/10/artist-aris.html" target="_blank">Aris</a> was in 2009 when he was one of the young artists living in Rumah Seni, the place I stayed in when I was trying to find batik on my first ‘journey to Batik’. We met every time I visited, but now a lot had happened in between. Aris got married, has a son and build a home, in Ungaran! The place we visited together in 2019 and my research focus is on because of Von Franquemont. So perfect to combine some exploring with catching up.</div><div>Spend a large part of my stay in Ungaran staring at Gunung Ungaran. I did not know this would be my view when I booked the guesthouse, two others were full and this one is pretty new. It was a surprise waking up the first morning and looking out of my window. I now totally understood Cézanne and his obsession with Montagne Sainte-Victoire.</div><div>While he only painted/draw his mountain 30 times, I think I photographed and filmed it in 3 days way more. <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/Ck7r6AFS3pe/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link" target="_blank">See my appreciation post on Instagram</a>.</div><div>This ex-volcano has quite a reputation ~ mistakingly being seen as the one who swept away batikentrepreneur Carolina Josephina von Franquemont, <a href="https://www.journeytobatik.org/2017/05/what-happened-to-von-franquemont.html" target="_blank">while actually she passed away after a long sickbed</a>.</div><div>If she did have a batikworkshop on the foot or slope of this mountain, or just worked by herself making the few batiks her family donated, is still something I am trying to figure out. So spending a weekend in Ungaran, staring at this mountain was wonderful while following her families footsteps in the region.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_x7qwhTissylWXN3oSK1Cc3J8cURDaExZ3mGmncGzTE5J_TTkTYSySzqFPa-iP2ftxGHnVxp9BnlRM2_7sufbMD05bFi6rUJJ7ads5R-iRuHfMBtfwWzhmzh1Kh5CuU0-oGmFSVce44CkFYYS0pomhEDAqeb8aHFWqdnDIQcb4BV9GGTxSfiL-00n/s4032/IMG_3089.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_x7qwhTissylWXN3oSK1Cc3J8cURDaExZ3mGmncGzTE5J_TTkTYSySzqFPa-iP2ftxGHnVxp9BnlRM2_7sufbMD05bFi6rUJJ7ads5R-iRuHfMBtfwWzhmzh1Kh5CuU0-oGmFSVce44CkFYYS0pomhEDAqeb8aHFWqdnDIQcb4BV9GGTxSfiL-00n/w480-h640/IMG_3089.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Gedung Kuning in Ungaran</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj76WMuObf68kZMcMAVVx46UJ5vpq5Hjn64LSPgcIi3mocYFqRFlXxcr2dDdci_WsbS45deuPog8-YfUS595wJCli6TH2xpDqiFjhxr6R6wzkl7sxyk7BB74dzgq30HTJXIu6gUvHwEIiqsFO-lQI-RDIxIHlmB7bGcetb3ySgU23aM9xHPurYQg7th/s4032/IMG_3122.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj76WMuObf68kZMcMAVVx46UJ5vpq5Hjn64LSPgcIi3mocYFqRFlXxcr2dDdci_WsbS45deuPog8-YfUS595wJCli6TH2xpDqiFjhxr6R6wzkl7sxyk7BB74dzgq30HTJXIu6gUvHwEIiqsFO-lQI-RDIxIHlmB7bGcetb3ySgU23aM9xHPurYQg7th/w640-h480/IMG_3122.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Building from 1910 in the same street in Ungaran</i></div><div><br /></div><div>Me and Aris drove around in Ungaran on Saturday, visiting places that were graveyards in the past. A long shot, but couldn’t resist reaching out to <a href="https://www.instagram.com/diplograma/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y%3D" target="_blank">Mas Adnan Rusdi </a>for specific locations and hoping.</div><div>Got three spots marked on Google maps, that all turned out to be nothing while also not being nothing at the same time. While the graves had all disappeared, a few only recently apparently, we saw some interesting old, European buildings, <a href="https://www.journeytobatik.org/2019/10/searching-for-von-franquemont.html" target="_blank">revisited a couple of places</a> and just had fun. I am lucky that I have in this part of the world friends who just want to drive me to a spot on a map I marked while I don’t even know why! </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqC8tZ1GisfoAS9-zsMIQgUc2Me9ckmJzzG1GT0hC_rhmlg4EABUG9Q3vaOFSD6T7W7Q1_5MohY8E9ld5T5rwtwH5Rnpoos5_6EOlq41oUfS3HeirOgW6_xt1bZgwrppQbGLYluuTq0qGPyTjeU7T2sZABcDdCItSQb0uFoMRb3ySl_sNkqj-fzpyn/s4032/IMG_3182.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqC8tZ1GisfoAS9-zsMIQgUc2Me9ckmJzzG1GT0hC_rhmlg4EABUG9Q3vaOFSD6T7W7Q1_5MohY8E9ld5T5rwtwH5Rnpoos5_6EOlq41oUfS3HeirOgW6_xt1bZgwrppQbGLYluuTq0qGPyTjeU7T2sZABcDdCItSQb0uFoMRb3ySl_sNkqj-fzpyn/w640-h480/IMG_3182.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>The last remaining building of the sugar factory Kaliwoengoe on police property;</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i> the 'waterpomphuis', with in the background the main building and guesthouse</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzNLq32Y_dQsV3IL9sc0YDlkSxRf4e48ro_UJZdE2KfZ-ImVuq9YtLPah9-p9vtQNuga9BM04bgZdIQBBiHp8ZQJFXOFx9lp8iAhrMRFx9fiODe-pxv3IPIKza0ae0KAh-5Hjl9lhHnyoXKvn5JnQIr3GtF-V87FsypEUtNTdOFqY0FwA5a8EGGzG6/s4032/IMG_3195.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzNLq32Y_dQsV3IL9sc0YDlkSxRf4e48ro_UJZdE2KfZ-ImVuq9YtLPah9-p9vtQNuga9BM04bgZdIQBBiHp8ZQJFXOFx9lp8iAhrMRFx9fiODe-pxv3IPIKza0ae0KAh-5Hjl9lhHnyoXKvn5JnQIr3GtF-V87FsypEUtNTdOFqY0FwA5a8EGGzG6/w480-h640/IMG_3195.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>View from the guesthouse on the 'waterpomphuis' and 'smederij', the factory would have been behind and next to the smederij</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEWSOxUMXa397QeSUTaCnGHRN9DKS8nPzfnpFe1ToKIUBh4_NMNcPTZ48NOpZEhqNSoP8NyAPIj4gTQH5TF0dqee3Ewa9wTBUKcYRGph6t2QKL-Ih2G88MlkBxMzdk0OTOwVKjAJAHG9E_yDaXfdIt9tvzp3wLtuDz92gS0VkD57WtZcwThVTgb6SZ/s3952/IMG_3201.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2964" data-original-width="3952" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEWSOxUMXa397QeSUTaCnGHRN9DKS8nPzfnpFe1ToKIUBh4_NMNcPTZ48NOpZEhqNSoP8NyAPIj4gTQH5TF0dqee3Ewa9wTBUKcYRGph6t2QKL-Ih2G88MlkBxMzdk0OTOwVKjAJAHG9E_yDaXfdIt9tvzp3wLtuDz92gS0VkD57WtZcwThVTgb6SZ/w640-h480/IMG_3201.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Guesthouse from the front, build after 1910 in Kaliwungu</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnzunzI8HQa06paTdi3z4fzhHn8nCMrNwvj3wAlEHC6zNdoBv-FF5xBcDikQxdMXpOEZ3bK23WogEX0_vhq0tI8_z_NZKuTlhbvquQAo4OJwL8rfNFxxZbPdJAJw-eN58EZ3EOYzf_AToS7z2oX0y8YAPIjgT8PzeWvk6qUO7j4N55_S_lrNnLq2Xy/s4032/IMG_3225.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnzunzI8HQa06paTdi3z4fzhHn8nCMrNwvj3wAlEHC6zNdoBv-FF5xBcDikQxdMXpOEZ3bK23WogEX0_vhq0tI8_z_NZKuTlhbvquQAo4OJwL8rfNFxxZbPdJAJw-eN58EZ3EOYzf_AToS7z2oX0y8YAPIjgT8PzeWvk6qUO7j4N55_S_lrNnLq2Xy/w480-h640/IMG_3225.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Mas Ruwanto sharing his data while explaining where is what and when</i></div><div></div><div><br /></div><div>The next day I returned to Kaliwungu. This time in the great company of local researcher, might I say expert in Kendal history, Mas Ruwanto Tri, short Mas Iwan. We met online during the pandemic after Mas Iwan reached out after reading my blog about my visit to the sugarfactory Kaliwoengoe, or what is left of it, that was once <a href="https://www.journeytobatik.org/2019/10/searching-for-von-franquemont.html" target="_blank">owned by the sister of Von Franquemont</a>. </div><div>After my visit, construction started on the grounds that is owned by the police. Several building were build and old ones demolished. Mas Iwan was following the construction on side closely, sending me videos and photos through WA. Both worried that little that was left would be demolished too, we made a joined letter to the police asking them to keep the left over buildings in tact. Explaining their historical importance of no less then two centuries in which colonial rule, war, occupation and Revolusi all left there mark here. </div><div>We still hope we can get the building officially protected, but since it is police owned this seem to be very difficult and we don’t know if we will be on time to do so (tips/advice/help is welcome!).</div><div>So returning to my visit, first I was really happy to see “our” buildings still there, and not looking worse. The growth around it is removed and maintained, so nature is no longer taken over these fragile constructions. </div><div>Mas Iwan arranged for a permit for us to walk around and take photos, wowww! We even got escorted by a police officer, who gladly took photos of us in front of all the buildings. </div><div>It was so great to be here with the expert; understanding how the buildings changed, some were renovated 3 times, which old photos were taken from which angles and where the factory actually was. To my surprise not on the empty field, but across the street. One building survived there too, the ‘smederij’. The building functioned later as a cinema in Mas Iwan’s youth, but is now empty.</div><div>It was so good to revisit and really have to put work in when I get home to see how we can turn the “waterpomphuis” in a small exhibition space to share this local history. That would be so fantastic!</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2UoFY4jVc7suRsr-Cv_jLMpaW8VQfNnZPxgcH1Tvx8opCMnmNX8KGEo1s7gsM4Qg3rUoE4zZ9eYymzhvBaGdw7a44JP5CE1uv2XwLOM_M7LAkTVtLm6PAhOHxZGJ46hP-d2qBFFqizIL4lp6g5yb3hBlbWyuhCnnyurA46cn7V-aeVZRozH5jPlFf/s4032/IMG_3353.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2UoFY4jVc7suRsr-Cv_jLMpaW8VQfNnZPxgcH1Tvx8opCMnmNX8KGEo1s7gsM4Qg3rUoE4zZ9eYymzhvBaGdw7a44JP5CE1uv2XwLOM_M7LAkTVtLm6PAhOHxZGJ46hP-d2qBFFqizIL4lp6g5yb3hBlbWyuhCnnyurA46cn7V-aeVZRozH5jPlFf/w640-h480/IMG_3353.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Batik Fashionshow in Kendal</i></div><div></div><div><br /></div><div>Mas Iwan not only arranged this amazing visit, he also made a Batik program for me. He asked around to see if we could visit local batikworkshops. He has been researching local batikhistory; tracing newspaper articles and reaching out to the familymembers. Currently there are no old workshops active, but new batik is being made. </div><div>There was a small festival in Kendal where we saw a short part of a ‘Batik fashionshow’ with most contenders wearing printed textiles and visited the one batik stand. Bought two batiks, one kombinasi with all kind of local Kendalium (or Kendaalse?) reference and one with cap with the symbol of Kendal and a pattern of rice. Little did I know we would actually visit the maker. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW7vcb4953b1UJhxqJhSrpuySrmx7KUbi_5xlsuEA-dMyzoIQFYZURnTpAS8Hm5gxq0wYWO88fk3XdgDbicPbzS3-QIUv51QvcIQdG_FDEMY7E2_cI6b--QPaO64BHDGF35kLzw804LR2NUbzVq5NmO1FRj9mzt5kJqRJtgTBbhjyT9CS-g8LNWWpw/s4032/IMG_3421.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW7vcb4953b1UJhxqJhSrpuySrmx7KUbi_5xlsuEA-dMyzoIQFYZURnTpAS8Hm5gxq0wYWO88fk3XdgDbicPbzS3-QIUv51QvcIQdG_FDEMY7E2_cI6b--QPaO64BHDGF35kLzw804LR2NUbzVq5NmO1FRj9mzt5kJqRJtgTBbhjyT9CS-g8LNWWpw/w480-h640/IMG_3421.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Mas Roni of Batik Linggo at work</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirV_IwKOD9jeYwCPraRimDNP3_6pwsz1A2ZOT1OjDN_j0kKf17Thpf_Drf71cQvmPYWYtoQv3Ju9ultjYJV6K_nz5H1rh4ESuFKMuJz_oiOghCS7eOHV-fqHDdy7GG04UQJXg0PnvidD6MDnckbp8v7Ih22hsB4EmZtpuk2k9NWoeUehl4nAnjXUea/s3971/IMG_3443.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2705" data-original-width="3971" height="436" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirV_IwKOD9jeYwCPraRimDNP3_6pwsz1A2ZOT1OjDN_j0kKf17Thpf_Drf71cQvmPYWYtoQv3Ju9ultjYJV6K_nz5H1rh4ESuFKMuJz_oiOghCS7eOHV-fqHDdy7GG04UQJXg0PnvidD6MDnckbp8v7Ih22hsB4EmZtpuk2k9NWoeUehl4nAnjXUea/w640-h436/IMG_3443.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Batik with prison design made in natural dye</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div></div><div>After a beautiful drive through the region, heading towards Mount Ungaran, we reached Batik Linggo. </div><div>Batik Linggo is run by Mas Roni who started it up 11 years ago, but has been active within batik 25 years. His main focus is education, so he gives workshops to local schools and people can follow a two day course learning Batik Tulis, Cap and natural dye. To my surprise Mas Roni knew me already. He saw my <a href="https://www.sabinebolk.nl/projects/batik-buketan/" target="_blank">temporary carpet of natural dye</a> at Museum Batik in Pekalongan. He showed us the batiks he made with natural dye with interesting motifs based on nature and even a prison.</div><div>Really hope to return here and do a workshop. The view from his place is fantastic!</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdRHA1J_DmGQ7HtC288Stdp3UzQFbDClO4ypha8wU3vcrXY9FRGCO7DGDdydi41rgAOLL6bt0Qcts90hAPlMlGvHUR2Lf_aDQT4gm-A68Cu2mCUrxJWdYnqfj8QIQ9z2rUn9qBrkKg9aUBjtB0Lgt6-qTYvt9Y37tptXmeh6LD1NKU4lEwuNK8SrP4/s4032/IMG_3270.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdRHA1J_DmGQ7HtC288Stdp3UzQFbDClO4ypha8wU3vcrXY9FRGCO7DGDdydi41rgAOLL6bt0Qcts90hAPlMlGvHUR2Lf_aDQT4gm-A68Cu2mCUrxJWdYnqfj8QIQ9z2rUn9qBrkKg9aUBjtB0Lgt6-qTYvt9Y37tptXmeh6LD1NKU4lEwuNK8SrP4/w480-h640/IMG_3270.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Me & Mas Ruwanto Tri in front of the 'waterpomphuis'</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Feel so lucky Mas Ruwanto organised all this. I know he is very busy and it means the world to me he makes time to spend the day with me and then I get so much more. So thank you Mas Iwan!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><h4>Next couple of days I am in Pekalongan, my last two weeks on Java before ‘pulang’, returning home.</h4></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhddBIB6KU1WOt2ANj2Mu_1UQGiX2oCZBSp7zr4vkfbarR3VUiK87anzN1nAxcRdOw4FGH9rdaSGuet0E1WA_yswcr9Y-rx7i1RyxB_9Xl0Sahnd3hQf2A1aj2zvBQhwv_uqtvRhN6LhHuAMtBUCRLQiM0Yed-gzxPFjeimXv7Fe5geFO9cIDZOxhw4/s4032/IMG_3507.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhddBIB6KU1WOt2ANj2Mu_1UQGiX2oCZBSp7zr4vkfbarR3VUiK87anzN1nAxcRdOw4FGH9rdaSGuet0E1WA_yswcr9Y-rx7i1RyxB_9Xl0Sahnd3hQf2A1aj2zvBQhwv_uqtvRhN6LhHuAMtBUCRLQiM0Yed-gzxPFjeimXv7Fe5geFO9cIDZOxhw4/w640-h480/IMG_3507.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div></div></div>Sabine Bolkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05606182977393734306noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-552130003939297537.post-17268761238231813902022-11-02T13:22:00.003+01:002022-11-14T10:25:44.478+01:00Batikful week in Jakarta<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyAHoMqHrQbBG5LlH0ua_7WkhNlD9dUHV4RhI7bR7SCOsQIzw3y0Lx-pFxnUlLwiX_eN02a865dl9MQ0ezOV6SCY4GgsMLFyj4mz_bEFswkj7xIwqn1Ri2_qw5Bb-xe8GBn0R_tp-4xr_YMtChrfKScNRqa7UKqzboAbRrqPB82IxzSuB_JGJgPOMZ/s1080/IMG_1128.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyAHoMqHrQbBG5LlH0ua_7WkhNlD9dUHV4RhI7bR7SCOsQIzw3y0Lx-pFxnUlLwiX_eN02a865dl9MQ0ezOV6SCY4GgsMLFyj4mz_bEFswkj7xIwqn1Ri2_qw5Bb-xe8GBn0R_tp-4xr_YMtChrfKScNRqa7UKqzboAbRrqPB82IxzSuB_JGJgPOMZ/w640-h640/IMG_1128.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i style="text-align: left;">Photo from Museum Batik's instagram</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCIgO7b7H04cz_BcLtYH-ARTfxyQzagld9kYQIXuw9hs5OQWvl0R0kTb4obt3a6XWWZnDiPCCplVEZhl1KQBFCfvRcxn9F0lK9geZKC_0aFvM6wL6t3SQ5J11KWNKo7OXYviXpKyJrdEpCIZ0OLrAwsRA3rBhTrlXQJjqZsXHL5ssotRMhTAganmdT/s1496/9a0b0734-eafa-4548-b12a-b21973d500b1.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1496" data-original-width="1496" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCIgO7b7H04cz_BcLtYH-ARTfxyQzagld9kYQIXuw9hs5OQWvl0R0kTb4obt3a6XWWZnDiPCCplVEZhl1KQBFCfvRcxn9F0lK9geZKC_0aFvM6wL6t3SQ5J11KWNKo7OXYviXpKyJrdEpCIZ0OLrAwsRA3rBhTrlXQJjqZsXHL5ssotRMhTAganmdT/w640-h640/9a0b0734-eafa-4548-b12a-b21973d500b1.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Me and Mbak Liesna posing at Galeri Batik</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>at Museum Tekstil in Jakarta</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Sitting in a Roti’O were the one employee tries between every customer to make swirls of cinnamon on bread buns. Waiting for my time to board. Left so early, was so worried, so end up with a lot of extra time.</div><div><br /></div><div>My week in Jakarta, although extended because of the visa process, was a useful & Batikful week. </div><div>Arriving in the middle of the night on Monday, the next day headed first to Erasmushuis to report on my progress. Lucky director Yolande had time to meet me and was so great to tell in short about the first, very good, responses of the pembatiks & organisations I hope to work with. Also could share my worries, because it is not going well with Batik. But even more reason to make this exhibition next year!</div><div>In the afternoon I went to Bu Jennifer to pick up my suitcase & restock of Batiks. It was good to report here too of my travels and to think together on what could help who. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYkFw6XEUQXws5aUzKPo2ryWertsWsHoVMFSjXiEh3fnlWlT0DrwhgWvkpdcSxu5s5hSQRApFSDVrWxSFmpfyclsfX5JqM6Cdv9yyD9PElLupRDLLbqxEtvwxxPoORznunNCJSp0KNkAFSJgt1WCyZHI79gX3-FlXQZqrL04p-SOFUdnSJZ6PuS3jU/s4032/IMG_0582.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYkFw6XEUQXws5aUzKPo2ryWertsWsHoVMFSjXiEh3fnlWlT0DrwhgWvkpdcSxu5s5hSQRApFSDVrWxSFmpfyclsfX5JqM6Cdv9yyD9PElLupRDLLbqxEtvwxxPoORznunNCJSp0KNkAFSJgt1WCyZHI79gX3-FlXQZqrL04p-SOFUdnSJZ6PuS3jU/w640-h480/IMG_0582.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>'Tiga Negeri' inspired coffee and tea set by Wastraloka</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>at INACRAFT in Jakarta</i></div><div></div><div><br /></div><div>On Wednesday after a morning starting up the visa process and being stuck in malls, got a WA from Bu Jennifer INACRAFT started. I was around the corner, so spend the afternoon there. </div><div>Inacraft is the “Biggest and Most Complete exhibition of gifts and Housewares” with this year theme ‘From Smart Village to Global Market’. Sooo a lot of Batik, other textiles and crafts filled the huge venue. Happy to see so many stalls selling Batik <a href="https://www.journeytobatik.org/2022/10/i-wonder-how-many-dots-we-make.html" target="_blank">after seeing the empty venue in Pekalongan</a> and seeing so many visitors (with shopping bags) on the first day. </div><div>Sad I was not able to go to Yogya because of the extra days in Jakarta, I was so happy finding Wastraloka had a huge stall at Inacraft. Loving all their hand-painted Batik stuff, I finally went for a small ‘Tiga Negeri’ inspired kopi set. Cannot wait to share a ‘kopi tubruk’ together with Koen when I return home.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyuv64S8K75C8gVEWyP0ir8o34I-TL4ynuuLNOv3Xep2tH_W1sDtw_Ka54TelOkhnDpUU-aQa2W37kBjKj0Guu2k_gdbNc9_hDie2Y2ku2AMlKbBjvrkCVV9aFxTwQnqX9_yrXzRiwrKBmW362NFQkc_JZZDO-vvQRvlsAwd6UJTSZAs1OxCI6qRmh/s4032/IMG_0849.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyuv64S8K75C8gVEWyP0ir8o34I-TL4ynuuLNOv3Xep2tH_W1sDtw_Ka54TelOkhnDpUU-aQa2W37kBjKj0Guu2k_gdbNc9_hDie2Y2ku2AMlKbBjvrkCVV9aFxTwQnqX9_yrXzRiwrKBmW362NFQkc_JZZDO-vvQRvlsAwd6UJTSZAs1OxCI6qRmh/w480-h640/IMG_0849.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Batiks with Buketan and Art Nouveau borders </i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>from Pak Hartono's collection</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVXolGAocUw4sg0Y-d4prQS0HjMhrtRyZXsN-7RLVc4fR5yusUiDNu_Y1hxfdydmwhkRdx6pGzEsfU6zg9dwViBctJdyaSGxUNAEJsk4I11bY2HXiOE76WwKAYxm1ZrB8pT-ffUQR0lCpNg_xMAqkZ0iegyySWOkwN5WL2tkS602YR6XHugmuKC7ZM/s3901/IMG_0853.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2925" data-original-width="3901" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVXolGAocUw4sg0Y-d4prQS0HjMhrtRyZXsN-7RLVc4fR5yusUiDNu_Y1hxfdydmwhkRdx6pGzEsfU6zg9dwViBctJdyaSGxUNAEJsk4I11bY2HXiOE76WwKAYxm1ZrB8pT-ffUQR0lCpNg_xMAqkZ0iegyySWOkwN5WL2tkS602YR6XHugmuKC7ZM/w640-h480/IMG_0853.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div></div><div><br /></div><div>On Thursday I gave<a href="https://www.journeytobatik.org/2022/09/holding-batik-closer-to-our-heart.html" target="_blank"> the talk I give in Singapore</a> for Pak Hartono. When I told him last time about ‘Batik Belanda’ and how it is actually the name for imitation, he ask me to come and tell more. The easiest way to explain I thought was with my talk. Pak Hartono’s assistant translated were needed and we had some great in-depth discussion on it. It was received really good. And again I was asked when my book will be published. An re-occurring question, although a book on my research seems fun, and mostly a lot of work, my focus for now is on talks & articles. They give me the room to dive into smaller, micro histories, without having to explain, or know, all. </div><div>The rest of the afternoon we spend looking at Pak Hartono’s extensive Batik collection with an, how he know nicely put it “possibly European influence”. Feeling lucky to get to see so many signed Batiks by the entrepreneurs I hope to learn about more in the near future.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8iNzDJWlh0GAhU2D2S2McRvkXwQxqt-Pgm-ZfcUvQQ2koJunoqDiZ173xLAYNe9qrETz0gxIrWOPm8BPvjTrs-lLmyUbt4NuTWj6SC69sD-_KNnu2VC5kLOHLy_sg7pXYgtrUS1fTXTFVAmgFnTLRgJQozRjLkxb6FScwxf_R2T-wHstEl5FHGZqb/s4032/IMG_0934.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8iNzDJWlh0GAhU2D2S2McRvkXwQxqt-Pgm-ZfcUvQQ2koJunoqDiZ173xLAYNe9qrETz0gxIrWOPm8BPvjTrs-lLmyUbt4NuTWj6SC69sD-_KNnu2VC5kLOHLy_sg7pXYgtrUS1fTXTFVAmgFnTLRgJQozRjLkxb6FScwxf_R2T-wHstEl5FHGZqb/w480-h640/IMG_0934.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhik4BX08LWrMXGVmzrzWntVELnOve5T-pLqVP0vG0X79HxfIUFIqGn5DShR2HedG7qrM_UrAwg9c43Ehtdls4Oc2sO3pJ0Hl5Idk74GVOG71Db5iJ7lfv4Em3ELI5i3CZq9tVIMOLG85-942mtAwIYxlw3r4_iFGM5ujos_hIsV3jJtbx9JN2AedNS/s4032/IMG_0954.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhik4BX08LWrMXGVmzrzWntVELnOve5T-pLqVP0vG0X79HxfIUFIqGn5DShR2HedG7qrM_UrAwg9c43Ehtdls4Oc2sO3pJ0Hl5Idk74GVOG71Db5iJ7lfv4Em3ELI5i3CZq9tVIMOLG85-942mtAwIYxlw3r4_iFGM5ujos_hIsV3jJtbx9JN2AedNS/w480-h640/IMG_0954.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFXlnIn1fXtV1aEJxuE6ZTzIPkhTFrf8i00UD1WdsoXKfcFL7zZqBsVSqfnIaPngVNljqaMTPVZKTC8gK9Ax49uC9a4R0ie6Dq-bIt1-s51aiYfon37Own1OyIsbLwfYNVft4Ja9l2AOeO070Jz6EvkbksrGQLGWeo5RpvVOD_nYmVROKo2Ltxej1r/s4032/IMG_0987.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFXlnIn1fXtV1aEJxuE6ZTzIPkhTFrf8i00UD1WdsoXKfcFL7zZqBsVSqfnIaPngVNljqaMTPVZKTC8gK9Ax49uC9a4R0ie6Dq-bIt1-s51aiYfon37Own1OyIsbLwfYNVft4Ja9l2AOeO070Jz6EvkbksrGQLGWeo5RpvVOD_nYmVROKo2Ltxej1r/w640-h480/IMG_0987.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKpbvQMG5J5KCeHqk9o6rtwr7Is7lCgqky1J3BD6kHLqrQ7vmAJxgtaAs8RSQKhRC3ZEJS9NfJspUi-HiyTWkqEm4QSxdvZeLDXnllWlkLE8XWzqtuLjhDo1U__Qp4D29dOJw6ISzwT3XkZByPB4vZdvH3iyyg2N7jHQHS_L1Aa2KasRCjSHt75j8Z/s4032/IMG_1009.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKpbvQMG5J5KCeHqk9o6rtwr7Is7lCgqky1J3BD6kHLqrQ7vmAJxgtaAs8RSQKhRC3ZEJS9NfJspUi-HiyTWkqEm4QSxdvZeLDXnllWlkLE8XWzqtuLjhDo1U__Qp4D29dOJw6ISzwT3XkZByPB4vZdvH3iyyg2N7jHQHS_L1Aa2KasRCjSHt75j8Z/w640-h480/IMG_1009.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>An artwork with the title 'Perjalanan Batik Nusantara /The Journey of Batik Nusantara'</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLJgclvdTF8dgF5PsVe4nPodtqk1rrwdt6qu2iaMY9hn4KBCvIRO5S24yg9bAhmtuTQx9yRJiDhGUTN1k_UKEY2YHlzZES3KhgbZ5gOOYkvWjfai9qRNxCuomqiXcRgEb3rcFPJkarKd7J-Xouj-8hI-pDp-oz1Yah7hj-Paq_UIIWQSSrwSc_blvc/s4032/IMG_1010.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLJgclvdTF8dgF5PsVe4nPodtqk1rrwdt6qu2iaMY9hn4KBCvIRO5S24yg9bAhmtuTQx9yRJiDhGUTN1k_UKEY2YHlzZES3KhgbZ5gOOYkvWjfai9qRNxCuomqiXcRgEb3rcFPJkarKd7J-Xouj-8hI-pDp-oz1Yah7hj-Paq_UIIWQSSrwSc_blvc/w640-h480/IMG_1010.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>'From Kawung to Parang, from Phoenix to Sawunggaling' at Museum Batik</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div></div><div><br /></div><div>On Friday I got to go to the Batik Museum, the new one in Taman Mini. Since the surprising appearance of this museum ~ nobody, especially the other batik/textile museum knew anything about it ~ it was on my wishlist to visit. How many time I said during the <a href="https://youtu.be/UJNBdDEWESY" target="_blank">Bahasa Indonesia lessons</a> “Saya mau pergi ke Museum Batik yang baru”. </div><div>Mas Ardi of Museum Tekstil was so kind to arrange it. It just had its soft opening, but is not officially open yet, so an unique opportunity for this batikreporter. The museum is pretty big, the exhibition makes a bend and slight tilt, maybe not the best for everyone. The collection is growing, mostly made from donations and had improved since the start in 2021. Welcomed by Mbak Arum and Mbak Aci, we got a full tour of what was on display, what they hope to add or examine further. Everyone working at the museum is new to Batik, so most info comes from what the donators tell them about the pieces. So mistakes are plenty to be found in the texts. At the display on ‘Batik Belanda’, I explained the name was actually not used for Batiks with an European influence, but for Dutch imitations. Mas Arum said: “Oh, like Vlisco”. I was like, yessss! They said they will change it, but we first will plan an online event in which I can explain more. </div><div>The museum wants to improve quickly. There is also a big wish to collaborate more and continue field-research. It was great to see new produced batiks, examples of the process and videos made together with batikmakers like<a href="https://www.journeytobatik.org/2022/10/pulang-ke-lasem.html" target="_blank"> Kidang Mas</a>. The museum want to play a role in the improvement of Batik. To get in more sustainable and keep it for future generations, as an active craft! Outside the planted natural dye plants and they have a machine to filter the water after dyeing. Their hope is to do all workshops with natural dye. The temporary exhibition, which will be the first exhibition when opened fully, was on Warna Alami, natural dye, but most batiks shown were actually synthetic dyed. Addressing one, a pretend ‘Cinderella’ batik, it was received with shock. I showed the actual old one and it was directly clear this was a newer, synthetic version. </div><div>It was great to have a preview of the museum, very happy to connect and hope we can work together in the near future.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiIYnBTqqkhd8fvNxjyd8InEqKp0Bm2i8Eh-gh6coiVJgUFBWAAY8aA43JMmVcxA_rddgSAotINqV_KlkU3rEs7dd8W5cK5q-J0FP6mYuIblJ2TexB1pxw5gJUNpdhpJz-wl8xqjwNK-x5Y3COnxP2186hTQWvRNWKs4W379VEQKq8N4_xWUbRsVvy/s4032/IMG_1060.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiIYnBTqqkhd8fvNxjyd8InEqKp0Bm2i8Eh-gh6coiVJgUFBWAAY8aA43JMmVcxA_rddgSAotINqV_KlkU3rEs7dd8W5cK5q-J0FP6mYuIblJ2TexB1pxw5gJUNpdhpJz-wl8xqjwNK-x5Y3COnxP2186hTQWvRNWKs4W379VEQKq8N4_xWUbRsVvy/w480-h640/IMG_1060.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Pretend 'Cinderella' (?) from the Museum Batik collection</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8Kmo99MwkbZpaBQJPBYvvoD472fw_JNpZ8xgGK38fhlQ4ajhpA-f6naca_sxrbM5nsslwgDBz6UlCZZHcCNHcXy89fhvIbGlgDV-WrWQkryIjk6clLSvQOJAM0fRKmKjxk0k8E4-V8XDw8YcZDakgrJWB8LrH33Z3S_BZ_p1FQBT2O_RhuYsGnlkg/s3264/IMG_3428.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8Kmo99MwkbZpaBQJPBYvvoD472fw_JNpZ8xgGK38fhlQ4ajhpA-f6naca_sxrbM5nsslwgDBz6UlCZZHcCNHcXy89fhvIbGlgDV-WrWQkryIjk6clLSvQOJAM0fRKmKjxk0k8E4-V8XDw8YcZDakgrJWB8LrH33Z3S_BZ_p1FQBT2O_RhuYsGnlkg/w480-h640/IMG_3428.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Batik with 'Cinderella' motif from the Wereldmuseum collection</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>currently on display in Rotterdam (NL)</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJnqGOfjQ4NMbtqwnd-54SrSiEnLLP6488-JoMceRZIza_KCWq8zcQIT6MItEne-cNNMsKAFY9eM5n5c4IBHckm_hDWZMfuuyw-K5lYP5D7bah6WojSkXJx2I90-OYNqXDa1fZLdPPRh5wMmns0jmiCC0CV_Mhxkcq7kJFWe-9PTpWxfdXBJzWpCbv/s1080/IMG_1129.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJnqGOfjQ4NMbtqwnd-54SrSiEnLLP6488-JoMceRZIza_KCWq8zcQIT6MItEne-cNNMsKAFY9eM5n5c4IBHckm_hDWZMfuuyw-K5lYP5D7bah6WojSkXJx2I90-OYNqXDa1fZLdPPRh5wMmns0jmiCC0CV_Mhxkcq7kJFWe-9PTpWxfdXBJzWpCbv/w640-h640/IMG_1129.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>With <span style="text-align: left;">Mbak Arum and Mbak Aci at Museum Batik</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><i>Photo from Museum Batik's instagram</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLIw0-NgNlydPpb93Q4ZqQTTfChj60gQy5zsAflqQnT0FdfQ-PvGo_iH4KBw-2jL8asr-e7G4uSzZIUTmM3swN3LQ8if3A6xLSX2DqboMBxP2NMSJH571YuKbZ_5psm4x7_baOESGu29JtLuf9vkdmznzKsn2WHiaQI9qIQg8s1dJ5wPYai2DLC8Vq/s4032/IMG_1327.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLIw0-NgNlydPpb93Q4ZqQTTfChj60gQy5zsAflqQnT0FdfQ-PvGo_iH4KBw-2jL8asr-e7G4uSzZIUTmM3swN3LQ8if3A6xLSX2DqboMBxP2NMSJH571YuKbZ_5psm4x7_baOESGu29JtLuf9vkdmznzKsn2WHiaQI9qIQg8s1dJ5wPYai2DLC8Vq/w480-h640/IMG_1327.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Batik Nitik exhibition at Museum Tekstil</div><div></div><div><br /></div><div>Saturday I spend the day with my batiksister <a href="https://www.instagram.com/liesnasubianto/" target="_blank">Liesna Subianto</a> and her husband. I dressed for the occasion in the kebaya and belt she gifted me from Galeri Liesna and paired it with the Utama pants by Baju by Oniatta. When I come to Mbak Liesna’s house she changed to match more with my outfit.</div><div>We went to two exhibitions, first Batik Nitik at Museum Tekstil. We started in Galeri Batik, always nice to see the more recently made batiks on loan from Yayasan Batik Indonesia. Many from 2000’s, must have been a good batik year. </div><div>We took a break in the garden. The buildings of Museum Tekstil are so interesting and huge. The gallery looks like a smaller European house from beginning of the 20th century. The main exhibition space is a huge building with a roof that mimics the Javanese traditional house while the white pillared entrance seems to be neoclassical inspired. According to the information plaque in front it was orginally build as the home of a frenchman, but nobody seems to know who this was…After our break we visited the main exhibition on ‘Batik Nitik’. Although I love me some Nitik, it gets a bit boring when it fills the space like this…</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPMPK7ocPwPnqKqftMMewwTk0QWmwMYH7lxrNmOqiZNetCDuMrjDrtiRBg-XwmZp2422oenjaMRK1lrRMHI5GzcyBiU3pCnIBM0lYpIxTYQQfv5KWL9kiAz5T503y9gkA1xepWAFquaZA_ssbXWSMrs2AjWpma_LB8vnvXxYWdwIB-5QP5bWDJovPM/s4032/IMG_1409.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPMPK7ocPwPnqKqftMMewwTk0QWmwMYH7lxrNmOqiZNetCDuMrjDrtiRBg-XwmZp2422oenjaMRK1lrRMHI5GzcyBiU3pCnIBM0lYpIxTYQQfv5KWL9kiAz5T503y9gkA1xepWAFquaZA_ssbXWSMrs2AjWpma_LB8vnvXxYWdwIB-5QP5bWDJovPM/w640-h480/IMG_1409.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>'Among the Birches’ by Aleksandra Herisz</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>at Museum National in Jakarta</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIbE7eSJZSMjfuvh4eC9Kw0-oOXeLxbUOjOvrMBBGKg1vjLylhfuPnH3ijrPZ5oNsIiptC4FRg6KleyH7NUHJ6Cy3NSSlOO7d9a7DZ0Rk5ElSRVipkWMS0jE9lgocuPFlOWw6BZYTq_1tcYahDytXg8aUUhDRk_zkEUGV1yaaiptnZ0_SR29T8Tx4c/s4032/IMG_1356.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIbE7eSJZSMjfuvh4eC9Kw0-oOXeLxbUOjOvrMBBGKg1vjLylhfuPnH3ijrPZ5oNsIiptC4FRg6KleyH7NUHJ6Cy3NSSlOO7d9a7DZ0Rk5ElSRVipkWMS0jE9lgocuPFlOWw6BZYTq_1tcYahDytXg8aUUhDRk_zkEUGV1yaaiptnZ0_SR29T8Tx4c/w480-h640/IMG_1356.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><i>Detail in ‘Collapse‘ by Iwona Bolinska-Walendzik</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>at Museum National in Jakarta</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmw4Px2MseiMNvcglkDwrpSRJtdE39XDt4p9PvrVvvosDB16FIxEcd6VOo97yneKyGR6FJYSF1n6HEP4FGSblEXUpD_o_M0OJYUG14E62Nk-WlBf4INgQCzW5jXhOlmd3wVpa2Ls3DRxQjdfq_GWfYROz_xueM6Di_IgcNqNLtnG8fvvkpBNImNJvh/s4032/IMG_1376.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmw4Px2MseiMNvcglkDwrpSRJtdE39XDt4p9PvrVvvosDB16FIxEcd6VOo97yneKyGR6FJYSF1n6HEP4FGSblEXUpD_o_M0OJYUG14E62Nk-WlBf4INgQCzW5jXhOlmd3wVpa2Ls3DRxQjdfq_GWfYROz_xueM6Di_IgcNqNLtnG8fvvkpBNImNJvh/w480-h640/IMG_1376.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><i>North-coast</i></span><i> batiks from Museum National collection</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxQO4Ir1Xbb-TTJkjis5xPUrN47YAYzOFDINnsAPAv_EcCeNftukqYyYtA7roqqKvF1oykPI21pMOS-AV0-exVJZwZTcTe8PLaXgM7SguND1TwMwB512TLYeUj3ywOFcZUcA3VAitHSNxe5_M4vRHM7Ov9lm2wYZYWULGBuy-ahC3yDIZ2nZ1o67dY/s4032/IMG_1393.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxQO4Ir1Xbb-TTJkjis5xPUrN47YAYzOFDINnsAPAv_EcCeNftukqYyYtA7roqqKvF1oykPI21pMOS-AV0-exVJZwZTcTe8PLaXgM7SguND1TwMwB512TLYeUj3ywOFcZUcA3VAitHSNxe5_M4vRHM7Ov9lm2wYZYWULGBuy-ahC3yDIZ2nZ1o67dY/w480-h640/IMG_1393.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><i>North-coast</i></span><i> batiks from Museum National collection</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicfSaoGogWBHdZ74DiCj7I73CDmmtzObQynfDpFG6P5dtSdZnfxL0UyydL7_S8Cx8yl4T5QTMKMrlcMiZfwi6HgdYFK5SpHHvhfzWIfUM4nw3Gb9Ix6kXYoM3dBhfcObjktgUbFamaJgMemGXp3R64-qm41vdxDYvc5Ct2LTW6b4i-wcJA8ma9qH-Y/s4032/IMG_1402.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicfSaoGogWBHdZ74DiCj7I73CDmmtzObQynfDpFG6P5dtSdZnfxL0UyydL7_S8Cx8yl4T5QTMKMrlcMiZfwi6HgdYFK5SpHHvhfzWIfUM4nw3Gb9Ix6kXYoM3dBhfcObjktgUbFamaJgMemGXp3R64-qm41vdxDYvc5Ct2LTW6b4i-wcJA8ma9qH-Y/w480-h640/IMG_1402.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><i>North-coast</i></span><i> batiks from Museum National collection</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>Our second stop was at Museum Nasional for ‘Pola, The Exibition of Polish Contemporary Textile Art and Batik’. Another tip I got, and it was such a lovely, nicely set-up, a bit dark exhibition with great works by Polish artist of which many used Batik. It was the last weekend, so unfortunatly you cannot see it anymore, but share some highlights here. There were a couple of old batiks from the collection on display. Which is great, since you hardly get to see any from their, allegedly, rich batik collection. One of the modern works reminded me of stained glass titled ‘Collapse‘ by Iwona Bolinska-Walendzik. My favorite was titled ‘Among the Birches’ by Aleksandra Herisz. Beautifully installed and just so stunning. The whole exhibition gave me good inspiration on how to showcase the batiks at Erasmushuis next year!</div><div>Of course we had to see the textiles in the main exhibition of the Museum Nasional. I finally got to see the batik that is thought to be made by Raden Adjeng Kartini herself. I tried to see it before, but it was in storage before. I know it well from images <a href="https://www.journeytobatik.org/2015/04/hari-kartini.html" target="_blank">from books and online searches</a>, still it was surprising. It is indeed very European, with cornflowers and butterflies yet in traditional sogan colours…The batik doesn’t seem to give any hints on the maker, was it Kartini or maybe there is <a href="https://www.sabinebolk.nl/projects/25-april-shishani-sisterhood-premiere-artist-talk/" target="_blank">more to the story to uncover.</a></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn6QV9zK_wLe4jeFgDjRH1yfYkC7PO3oMZrNK2F_QHWiUxQwsfHqbAFUi4gKd1laXW8T_OeYMTuQQC8lnUgYFf7zTfM_CLVSpJAYxM8-W2WYbI9rpADTdsIVaBJaZaiByAiVzu_zURmvVffbTgYKRAiC1pbVf7HtYESIvuXl9G-sIHY6QG93DEYh7O/s4032/IMG_1446.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn6QV9zK_wLe4jeFgDjRH1yfYkC7PO3oMZrNK2F_QHWiUxQwsfHqbAFUi4gKd1laXW8T_OeYMTuQQC8lnUgYFf7zTfM_CLVSpJAYxM8-W2WYbI9rpADTdsIVaBJaZaiByAiVzu_zURmvVffbTgYKRAiC1pbVf7HtYESIvuXl9G-sIHY6QG93DEYh7O/w640-h480/IMG_1446.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Detail of the batik at Museum National said to be made by Raden Adjeng Kartini</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4bOyqFrX7VR3FhZI5Q8nR7PvmUyatHHU9PyXv9TivAkDkAViPczzBwxCoMBC-X0fKHT96Kj3cAmoRHKYoGXmFatDDD1wH8HAsFn26nvFNSkBQ-GHf2yXgrSITvr19kC7aQFZcw7Fhl83U9XylWXCmjEDtryu0r-PnZISLOXcf4qxEHpCkewS0jPi7/s3843/IMG_1542.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3843" data-original-width="2882" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4bOyqFrX7VR3FhZI5Q8nR7PvmUyatHHU9PyXv9TivAkDkAViPczzBwxCoMBC-X0fKHT96Kj3cAmoRHKYoGXmFatDDD1wH8HAsFn26nvFNSkBQ-GHf2yXgrSITvr19kC7aQFZcw7Fhl83U9XylWXCmjEDtryu0r-PnZISLOXcf4qxEHpCkewS0jPi7/w480-h640/IMG_1542.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>The legend of Nyi Roro Kidul</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>at Museum Bahari</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>On Sunday I was invited by Miss Ari to visit her Museum Bahari. In 2019 Miss Ari was the director of Museum Tekstil, although her love for textile is still as big, she enjoys the challenge this museum brings her.</div><div>In the morning the documentary ‘<a href="https://youtu.be/GehtUWTTV38" target="_blank">Repdeman</a>’ was screened. The museum has a temporary exhibitions on disaster and this documentary on the tsunami of 2010 fits sadly very well. </div><div>After the screening both the filmmaker & producer shared on the process, 4 months filming on the islands and 1,5 year to edit, and answered questions.</div><div><br /></div><div><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/LZ2p1__dM8Y" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div><div><br /></div><div><div>Got a tour through the museum which is located in a historical building which was a long time ago a VOC storage for spices. The museum shares this history, but also Maritime history of Indonesia with boats from different cultures. It has upstairs a display with creepy dolls dressed aa historical figures who were important for Indonesia. A display that is planned to be updated soon from what I heard. </div><div>The Museum Bahari was world news, or big news in the Netherlands, when a large part was destroyed in a fire. The part is rebuild, keeping with the old structure and shows a small display on the fire in which 40% of their, partly on loan, collection was burned too.</div><div> Outside Miss Ari opened a small spice garden. At Museum Tekstil she made a natural dye garden. I joked her next position should bring her to the botanical garden!</div><div>It was nice to catch up with Miss Ari and will great to see how the very Maritime history of textiles can be shared in the museum in the near future.</div></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7MFiHEluQMncjcPlgeLOKVrcs_HjBXPg5o1B0Wvef9bGhMvEaUYX3JoFgzJZhHS7ZYaCTQPzPNE-AzlJ8_ZfWNTN38EC7yVwq0CdYdzn9cyS51z1eHc1J3ZfmBWTSFaF4hBYsMJLs-yn7h8wO91dKygcMViAvN5neB6dlLfGSONvjHID6DfXpah49/s4032/IMG_1784.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7MFiHEluQMncjcPlgeLOKVrcs_HjBXPg5o1B0Wvef9bGhMvEaUYX3JoFgzJZhHS7ZYaCTQPzPNE-AzlJ8_ZfWNTN38EC7yVwq0CdYdzn9cyS51z1eHc1J3ZfmBWTSFaF4hBYsMJLs-yn7h8wO91dKygcMViAvN5neB6dlLfGSONvjHID6DfXpah49/w640-h480/IMG_1784.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Shops in Pasar Baru</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5Xr-PyucC4vTLm8v87Aa6i6yZzK1_BUVplEd6oMIbVnKFtv10aS6ccugfk8Ux4ZvCUoCyG0_atkjgC3z5uOH51f-i17RrJJQ9BJVEZOaf-_GL_-5yeIe_XNePpGtYRa1OP4V_ryseV_eBx11_FSGxJiIWDf4XwYcRkViJfe6BLE9Y_JL_sJ1y8xWN/s4032/IMG_1987.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5Xr-PyucC4vTLm8v87Aa6i6yZzK1_BUVplEd6oMIbVnKFtv10aS6ccugfk8Ux4ZvCUoCyG0_atkjgC3z5uOH51f-i17RrJJQ9BJVEZOaf-_GL_-5yeIe_XNePpGtYRa1OP4V_ryseV_eBx11_FSGxJiIWDf4XwYcRkViJfe6BLE9Y_JL_sJ1y8xWN/w480-h640/IMG_1987.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>First catalog book of Museum Tekstil</i></div><div></div><div><br /></div><div>My last day in Jakarta I spend researching. First I headed to Pasar Baru, the street where back in the day sellers sold ‘Batik Blanda’, imitations from Europe. Nowadays still many shops sell textiles and many sell fake printed ones with a Batik motif. The street had some remaining old Chinese shops and roofs, mostly covered up, but exciting to see these hints of history creeping through.</div><div>After my walk around, I headed to Museum Tekstil. If I want to make an exhibition there, I need to know what their collection actually is. A recent donation will make their collection a lot bigger, so I went through a pile of catalog books for a first impression. Next step will be finding out what other interesting batiks are kept since it is partly documented in an Excel with hardly any info and partly in handwritten notebooks with much more information. But great to spend the afternoon seeing the paperwork and getting ideas, many ideas!</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAHZEIeQgZApnNjvPmocPT2nzPCZt_lOfWogUVYOLQMWM2NZCtwZJUv8O8YXbCxmE3B4n5sYoA5-_4xP2CzPGbMIl1hFiJfdMjsjA2HQW954kXgoew4tpgxxoBAvY7lNrVQn86HHfuXCrZiNgy_RI1bliGjFWHbrjBTG-9c78a4pe7-7JNS-tnxlk8/s3088/IMG_1968.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2320" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAHZEIeQgZApnNjvPmocPT2nzPCZt_lOfWogUVYOLQMWM2NZCtwZJUv8O8YXbCxmE3B4n5sYoA5-_4xP2CzPGbMIl1hFiJfdMjsjA2HQW954kXgoew4tpgxxoBAvY7lNrVQn86HHfuXCrZiNgy_RI1bliGjFWHbrjBTG-9c78a4pe7-7JNS-tnxlk8/w480-h640/IMG_1968.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>After going through the new collection books</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>Almost ready to board. Will go to Bali, a short break to spend with my dear friend <a href="https://youtu.be/v3bS7FXWNA0" target="_blank">Barbara</a>, which will certainly include textile adventures, but first a must needed holiday!</div><div><br /></div><div>**Posting this while in Bali</div><div><br /></div>Sabine Bolkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05606182977393734306noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-552130003939297537.post-91799031851048237242022-10-25T15:26:00.008+02:002022-10-25T15:33:36.065+02:00Pulang ke Lasem<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZPARJgWlHrrMUui4W7UeTGaWyqQRe8r82ogjLr5K864UFqw44UHF6TQI9pCPryAKuxiilYTg9mjidnCSH_CQO3pQYDI8s1VXIUL207uo8c_z_G8KTP6TQr4zwuXMuLIufyx4NDxTsRu7JxO7WZEC2ONimKQCJ0ZaqAy-PQWPDoWPrvqoh8nu3rtIU/s4032/IMG_8866.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZPARJgWlHrrMUui4W7UeTGaWyqQRe8r82ogjLr5K864UFqw44UHF6TQI9pCPryAKuxiilYTg9mjidnCSH_CQO3pQYDI8s1VXIUL207uo8c_z_G8KTP6TQr4zwuXMuLIufyx4NDxTsRu7JxO7WZEC2ONimKQCJ0ZaqAy-PQWPDoWPrvqoh8nu3rtIU/w640-h480/IMG_8866.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Me and Ibu Ramini showing one of her latest batik designs with pembatiks on it</i></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8ZMfhIlGbwBV2T8wxNd1_QR_G680aKwvMmA_8A-Ep7Gyq8gRWQY6nP44rd6XXmXc7tU0r14wGB1ov0SW5TnhFa4NihD2S-ahQscau5Yl3tyYAUFPDJpLhuXu4xw8WN5BXyhFraC293Or65aaeib_eoolOyk96nNuW3djUHkkmS8wISKGyBqCRNCzm/s4032/IMG_9692.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8ZMfhIlGbwBV2T8wxNd1_QR_G680aKwvMmA_8A-Ep7Gyq8gRWQY6nP44rd6XXmXc7tU0r14wGB1ov0SW5TnhFa4NihD2S-ahQscau5Yl3tyYAUFPDJpLhuXu4xw8WN5BXyhFraC293Or65aaeib_eoolOyk96nNuW3djUHkkmS8wISKGyBqCRNCzm/w640-h480/IMG_9692.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Students showing their paper batik design made during my workshop at their school</i></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMezvtUFJce7P8lO3v0Eqou0mXE3aF1FpdMXuv6069gUPXiiarkJorH7Aku4t3o2wsL-b_kkBjCvp2KggHZTERMMp6H79p7ASzrXNLZ8fvUMVohsFt0rELpCA64rMwjgve9RPCACawcewSK3XCLpXuD-ExT5FHWV9H4BcGeXhP4pr12rT7Mt6R8NnW/s4032/IMG_9219.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMezvtUFJce7P8lO3v0Eqou0mXE3aF1FpdMXuv6069gUPXiiarkJorH7Aku4t3o2wsL-b_kkBjCvp2KggHZTERMMp6H79p7ASzrXNLZ8fvUMVohsFt0rELpCA64rMwjgve9RPCACawcewSK3XCLpXuD-ExT5FHWV9H4BcGeXhP4pr12rT7Mt6R8NnW/w640-h480/IMG_9219.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>The view on the way to the beach</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">At the train station of Semarang while writing this. The chaos of traveling here. The bus back was much more relax than the one who brought me to Lasem. I can never get used to the swarm of men who get in your face the moment you get out a train, bus or plane. “Miss, sendiri?”, Are you alone/by yourself?… </div><div>Anyway, traveling back to Jakarta after an amazing week in Lasem and the region Rembang. To keep the tradition going, I traveled to Lasem on 17 October, like I did<a href="https://www.journeytobatik.org/2009/10/jeruk.html" target="_blank"> in 2009</a>, <a href="https://www.journeytobatik.org/2016/10/returning-to-jeruk-and-lasem.html" target="_blank">in 2016</a> and<a href="https://www.journeytobatik.org/2019/10/ke-lasem-ancestors-batikfamily.html"> in 2019</a>. This time I arrived pretty late, since the plan with travel (by car who also drops of packages) turned out to be a too long travel, but I already booked my train ticket to arrive pretty late. I enjoyed the view I had from the train & bus until it got dark.</div><div>At the busstop, I got picked up by Mas Pop. I only met Mas Pop for the first time last time, when he invited me to give <a href="https://www.journeytobatik.org/2019/10/ke-lasem-ancestors-batikfamily.html" target="_blank">a talk at Rumah Merah</a>.</div><div>With my bags, I jumped on the back of his scooter and headed to Mbak Yullia home. Mbak Yullia kindly offered me to stay in her home from which she runs the yayasan <a href="https://www.instagram.com/kesengsemlasem/" target="_blank">Kesengsem Lasem</a>. </div><div>I got treated to a home cooked meal which was such a welcome thing after my unhappy stomach the days before ~ tofu baked in palmsugar, some vegetable with white rice. I was right away so happy to return here although the house was a bit crowded with also 3 other researchers and a baby arriving that same evening. </div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh44tLlyUPbQ6pC5Dq28ppWw8a9tvn-EZNR5x1JoolN-B8lsCNJNyQNhIM21T4Uav-PgHkUhgmnIpwD_HsiD_CvVFhbDBX_tFxZpW8YkXGiVw3ctft-nFQh0KfY9eUFkohofHY8GpxeoK6HmpN8nnCNx9MUj4PyI_CdR8Zsc1uQ5TTTII7ZjMsUf1eF/s4032/IMG_8824.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh44tLlyUPbQ6pC5Dq28ppWw8a9tvn-EZNR5x1JoolN-B8lsCNJNyQNhIM21T4Uav-PgHkUhgmnIpwD_HsiD_CvVFhbDBX_tFxZpW8YkXGiVw3ctft-nFQh0KfY9eUFkohofHY8GpxeoK6HmpN8nnCNx9MUj4PyI_CdR8Zsc1uQ5TTTII7ZjMsUf1eF/w480-h640/IMG_8824.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Enjoying Ibu Ramini's new designs</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi24fjkrs1wrqkZHgHyzUPgU9VFZUFWXdgiA9Tdqu9iqYhMaYbFMr96VrkGN0px2Up2Yigr31bEa4P7-Jf_ERTdYrpl6lPOrn_Ut8Pz90EMJGRz4Wq3WcMX0q3hHPoN4ZIvEuYeYVoVMXdZk06_WcP73bz2Pu4gNq3PRGCh6dWcsgvAART-ztJpDOA4/s4032/IMG_8857.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi24fjkrs1wrqkZHgHyzUPgU9VFZUFWXdgiA9Tdqu9iqYhMaYbFMr96VrkGN0px2Up2Yigr31bEa4P7-Jf_ERTdYrpl6lPOrn_Ut8Pz90EMJGRz4Wq3WcMX0q3hHPoN4ZIvEuYeYVoVMXdZk06_WcP73bz2Pu4gNq3PRGCh6dWcsgvAART-ztJpDOA4/w640-h480/IMG_8857.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>New generation ready to follow in Ibu Ramini's footsteps, hopefully</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2-DZCE5cM1bC9s-IH4pSeaeu8ZdFaVdUPVDw1wEC4zgGPk0YlmNVMg-YvfcRMiThFFNKiXLKysyVPuNITKo5psyc7Q9MaYs44Vlf_kcydQdv6Ht5wOK3gKyxeX3lHLFYSGKpjiX329BCtGf1tvJPbM1jCw80xHCTo_CVYgMqfY5DznCJHOzwVkrTU/s4032/IMG_8835.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2-DZCE5cM1bC9s-IH4pSeaeu8ZdFaVdUPVDw1wEC4zgGPk0YlmNVMg-YvfcRMiThFFNKiXLKysyVPuNITKo5psyc7Q9MaYs44Vlf_kcydQdv6Ht5wOK3gKyxeX3lHLFYSGKpjiX329BCtGf1tvJPbM1jCw80xHCTo_CVYgMqfY5DznCJHOzwVkrTU/w480-h640/IMG_8835.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Looking together at natural dyed batiks in the magazine BATIK!</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>The next morning first place I wanted to go was desa Jeruk. When I was on the back of Mas Pop scooter and I saw the landscape change when getting closer to desa Jeruk, it felt like butterflies.</div><div>We first went to Ibu Ramini who runs KUB Srikandi. Although Ibu Ramini is not of big expressions, I knew she was glad to see me too. Last time I noticed Ibu Ramini already knew some English and this time it was even more. We are growing in language closer together, as Koen nicely put it. </div><div>I brought the<a href="https://www.sabinebolk.nl/news/magazine-batik-out-now/" target="_blank"> magazine BATIK!</a> with me and the booklet of the <a href="https://www.korthalsstuurman.nl/lichter-dan-ik/" target="_blank">theaterplay ‘Lichter dan ik’ </a>after the book by Dido Michielsen, for which Guave designed the outfits using fine Batik Tulis by Ibu Ramini I still had on stock. It took a minute to explain it, but when she realised she looked so proud. Her being known in the Netherlands is of course a bit surreal. But I am happy I get to share this with her through photos & publications.</div><div>Ibu Ramini shared her latests designs, including a batik with pembatiks on it, absolutely wonderful. Again there were lovely colour combinations that for me are so unique in her Batik. I invited ibu Ramini for my exhibition ~ she had so many practical questions, love it ~ At the end of the visit the maybe was already a yes.</div><div>Her pembatiks had a few days off, so I returned another day to meet them.</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCTqDzxpu3FP38mpCArjfj6RhfKPkEikpIm7rruCKzpDSAJWqQbHj0boVi9j9Vtcdja99jZmnbxMuMf0mkhLPKMnB6bxVojpJmyJ6An3XbIgGo_xOzC-7BUsjsHqHquLqt3rflpooByDWtxy8B-J3F9an0aQ9ynrynqcX5JE3qfGbAqYMHbzjEcTKy/s4032/IMG_8905.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCTqDzxpu3FP38mpCArjfj6RhfKPkEikpIm7rruCKzpDSAJWqQbHj0boVi9j9Vtcdja99jZmnbxMuMf0mkhLPKMnB6bxVojpJmyJ6An3XbIgGo_xOzC-7BUsjsHqHquLqt3rflpooByDWtxy8B-J3F9an0aQ9ynrynqcX5JE3qfGbAqYMHbzjEcTKy/w640-h480/IMG_8905.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Ibu Maryati giving guidance to her pembatik</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzJomZdc189pNOW7H3zeDWvbL9lnMteEECMul_EE0VIkYPR7isGSQrUbkZvov1ArH4lPVUco9raxU7hysBxxjwnnKNj74YvS1_w9CH8LpRfJuk8CZVIuEy2NEc3YF8mWx1ehlphg_yOmt6eeZaA639ohazl_R9CCpC1yn0he3ZsTeRk4kwmxaZeYva/s4032/IMG_8917.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzJomZdc189pNOW7H3zeDWvbL9lnMteEECMul_EE0VIkYPR7isGSQrUbkZvov1ArH4lPVUco9raxU7hysBxxjwnnKNj74YvS1_w9CH8LpRfJuk8CZVIuEy2NEc3YF8mWx1ehlphg_yOmt6eeZaA639ohazl_R9CCpC1yn0he3ZsTeRk4kwmxaZeYva/w480-h640/IMG_8917.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Ibu Maryati going through the unfinished pieces to show me new designs</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>After our visit to Ibu Ramini we headed to Ibu Maryati. Ibu Maryati of Batikworkshop Gading Kencana was in the middle of preparing for the Batik event in Yogya and was sad she had to leave later that day. While being so busy , still fruit and tea was brought out and Ibu Maryati insisted I go take a look in the back. They build a new space for the batikworkshop which is a bit dark, but very cool. A big plus working with hot wax old day. Mas Pop was taking a break outside, so I tried my best to answer all the questions. Ibu Maryati was really pleased with my Indonesian and so were the pembatiks. </div><div>Ibu Maryati showed me also a few new designs, still in wax, with very fine detail. She explained they take about 3 months to complete ~ all are made pre-orders ~ Ibu Maryati had to continue preparing, so we headed off to our next stop, only to be stuck in the rain right away. Moving two times in between the heavy rain, we got stuck for a few hours. </div><div>It was good to catch up with Mas Pop, just sit, watch the rain and relax.</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoc7g2yhb-30603MsbCSyQxNGbiyvZ-3pFIq-cEdMdhHijvS0CZ3MCSyiQN2oWlfyd-YlEDGu_ClLEVMfYtb9GHM887tT529ZCDn2pReKslICd8uiNPFxZ4dM6PpsCG7VLLoSXZKVeIeDS8dsKSL0vQM6T0sIfx93AVvMCd6bNtu4DqDAhg35DtlBe/s4032/IMG_8993.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoc7g2yhb-30603MsbCSyQxNGbiyvZ-3pFIq-cEdMdhHijvS0CZ3MCSyiQN2oWlfyd-YlEDGu_ClLEVMfYtb9GHM887tT529ZCDn2pReKslICd8uiNPFxZ4dM6PpsCG7VLLoSXZKVeIeDS8dsKSL0vQM6T0sIfx93AVvMCd6bNtu4DqDAhg35DtlBe/w640-h480/IMG_8993.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Warung Nyah Lasem at night</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVARL6CvL3D-sAXuPZTE-__5HrUTMla5B1Ydnv40yrb-CP-l5QBgh6H0i4Mw6i_llssaJBUesXr78uZ2n1mnTVy_WmJNcHyv_lfHnJ4V2C8RvbizB-6K_ccKYd20dI1H2q6FqwUl0CXNcnBKmsw0zEqPU_Q6dYEmkygM3Y33N7djVxqTGv9-yKq5VH/s4032/IMG_9035.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVARL6CvL3D-sAXuPZTE-__5HrUTMla5B1Ydnv40yrb-CP-l5QBgh6H0i4Mw6i_llssaJBUesXr78uZ2n1mnTVy_WmJNcHyv_lfHnJ4V2C8RvbizB-6K_ccKYd20dI1H2q6FqwUl0CXNcnBKmsw0zEqPU_Q6dYEmkygM3Y33N7djVxqTGv9-yKq5VH/w480-h640/IMG_9035.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Overview of the Batik display at Museum Nyah Lasem</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>When the rain stopped we headed to Warung Nyah Lasem. This beautiful traditional Chinese house is now a restaurant and exhibition space. In the exhibition, next to a general history of Lasem, a very interesting batik archive is shown containing letters, labels and other old material from batikworkshops. I got so curious to dive in it further, that it was quickly arranged I should meet the owner of the original documents, and the building, the upcoming days. I fully returned to Lasem when I got served my food which included ‘lotak’, on which the famous ‘latohan’ motif in Batik Lasem is based. </div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3FiwjWNfL_JbqzOc5rmiz_-eRmgD78tsPGRTNAhFwlZj-zvgXW0i29hMr6nm9UR4a68r5WGXMEsbsgBbQ5uNfILFBxv1U-GLD_jkJJ5gkLtMsXgvhGxBDLAsTmKj42RpuAen2AN8730HYTjE09CznDUBhtuGsJBlehjqq1Rs4JruNgxdFwHSChxgX/s4032/IMG_9080.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3FiwjWNfL_JbqzOc5rmiz_-eRmgD78tsPGRTNAhFwlZj-zvgXW0i29hMr6nm9UR4a68r5WGXMEsbsgBbQ5uNfILFBxv1U-GLD_jkJJ5gkLtMsXgvhGxBDLAsTmKj42RpuAen2AN8730HYTjE09CznDUBhtuGsJBlehjqq1Rs4JruNgxdFwHSChxgX/w640-h480/IMG_9080.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Mbak Eka after her interview</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>The next day, Wednesday, we went to Mbak Eka.<a href="https://www.journeytobatik.org/2019/10/ke-lasem-ancestors-batikfamily.html" target="_blank"> In 2019 I visited</a> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/ekawatiningsih.0219/" target="_blank">Mbak Eka of Lumintu</a> for the first time ~ I had little time and Mas Pop brought me in the early morning before my other program started. Mbak Eka story is very inspiring, she is third generation batikmaker of which her grandparents made batiks, but her parents did not. After returning home to take care of her mother, she re-opened the batikworkshop. Since the re-start, she has been trying to find out what classic design she can recreate so her batikworkshop can grow. For the recreation she gets inspiration mostly from books.</div><div>When started writing my plan for Erasmushuis, I hoped Mbak Eka would want to be part of it. When she hear about my exhibition, she was so happy I wanted to include her work. Mbak Eka had many ideas and was already thinking of how she could make the best one to represent Lumintu. Also got to interview her right away. </div><div>For our photo together Mbak Eka got me a batik & slendang to wear. We recreated the little video Mas Pop recorded of me in 2019 of me modeling the batiks while making the pembatiks laugh. </div><div>When looking at the batiks, finished and unfinished, Miss Tasya arrived. Tasya reached out to me on Instagram a few days before and was super excited I was here! The place she works at! Tasya is a tailor who also draw (trace) the designs for the batiks on the white cotton. She showed me some of her recent made outfits using batik. To my surprise Tasya had take my measurements since Mbak Eka wants to make an outfit for me for my exhibition!! Wow!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUicGG1dbMHDOJveucUUihvq9hZffDmdNTZarLB4tif_9VxleKuCPSEhvZA92mUSRFZpopN9PWUtFdbzKkv6mue58jUPynh5H0YgcbsRczxb-OPGsdHDctZVkuAEW6OiY8JnH0BQSX7Ryx79VhuJ36YnhCQgH4HPR0-uG_O6zvPosiuFKh3CTwUYWG/s4032/IMG_9068.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUicGG1dbMHDOJveucUUihvq9hZffDmdNTZarLB4tif_9VxleKuCPSEhvZA92mUSRFZpopN9PWUtFdbzKkv6mue58jUPynh5H0YgcbsRczxb-OPGsdHDctZVkuAEW6OiY8JnH0BQSX7Ryx79VhuJ36YnhCQgH4HPR0-uG_O6zvPosiuFKh3CTwUYWG/w480-h640/IMG_9068.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: right;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Two batiks with the same designs by Mbak Eka in different colour combinations. </i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>It shows how the feel of a batik, the expression can change with the use of colour</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigiRJ57kiA0kOfdmZbMsCKNEPnviovyzEk2QWgZPZSF1mBBrvgREirAgltrtMyRoDaJgm1ZQUetqFjU4fK98KgKNao2y4Lo6SP6RcGEoKyM_n6vYl8lNCRAc3ylEp9G7VlOGSBe1xCmfnFMrmnkRhkNA7TGIU7q-MxJcSoXD7FF8c9oXZ44dzUM0D2/s4032/IMG_9094.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigiRJ57kiA0kOfdmZbMsCKNEPnviovyzEk2QWgZPZSF1mBBrvgREirAgltrtMyRoDaJgm1ZQUetqFjU4fK98KgKNao2y4Lo6SP6RcGEoKyM_n6vYl8lNCRAc3ylEp9G7VlOGSBe1xCmfnFMrmnkRhkNA7TGIU7q-MxJcSoXD7FF8c9oXZ44dzUM0D2/w480-h640/IMG_9094.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Pembatiks of Lumintu; </i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Ibu Suwati, Ibu Wakini, Ibu Sutimah, Ibu Lasmirah & Ibu Ngatijah</i></div><div> </div><div>In the afternoon we headed to <a href="https://www.instagram.com/batiktulisdjuwita/" target="_blank">Djuwita Batik</a>, a not yet opened boutique with ready to wear Batik outfits & boots. They were in the final finishing steps before their opening the upcoming week. The designers had many questions regarding what people in Europe like. While I cannot speak for Europe, I do know what people like in the Netherlands, but it is also more a choice based on what they are familiar with. When people learn more about Batiks, the different styles and colours or makers, they grow in taste too. So maybe at first a Tiga Negeri dress will seem to busy, but maybe after buying their first batik, the second will be already with more colours or patterns.</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjObLCOUSoN0fypdp4yrRZXfPKUWQQ1Hq-3CthSSaG39GkKn_645NoPABwTjm4uDXSXVyGghJ44ITkaJs-blrWHOkIc4gGZ9mLI_nGsYjwCdwte5xGYkfDKhma7hSTE8KmI2CoSOI7dNBeSCy7ZI_SK3YAovWUROh5YfPdi-z8Conoaa3uXW4VvVClu/s4032/IMG_9164.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjObLCOUSoN0fypdp4yrRZXfPKUWQQ1Hq-3CthSSaG39GkKn_645NoPABwTjm4uDXSXVyGghJ44ITkaJs-blrWHOkIc4gGZ9mLI_nGsYjwCdwte5xGYkfDKhma7hSTE8KmI2CoSOI7dNBeSCy7ZI_SK3YAovWUROh5YfPdi-z8Conoaa3uXW4VvVClu/w480-h640/IMG_9164.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Being shown around at <a href="https://www.instagram.com/batiktulisdjuwita/" style="text-align: left;" target="_blank">Djuwita Batik</a></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>After our visit, went to shop a suitcase, since my whole plan of fitting everything in my backpack already failed. After that we headed towards the beach to watch the sunset. The beach and route to it is so beautiful. The region is blessed with white sand beaches, but of course filled with trash unfortunately. </div><div>Everyone drives their scooter on the beach, so I got off and walked a bit, looking at the birds, seashells and a tiny dead shark, what?! Before it got to dark we headed back. </div><div><br /></div><div>On Thursday was a wow wow what wow day. Started at Ibu Ramini in the morning to interview her and to discuss new colour options for the slendangs. So exciting! I also tried to find out what was happening with the brown. When I got one coloured batiks in the past they were really nice ‘cokelat’ brown. A second batch turned out more dark ‘es teh’, sienna, still a very nice colour. When re-ordering this colour, we got a really light, uneven coloured batch in. A remade batch was still too light and uneven. According to Mas Pop, we talked business for 2 hours, but I was really happy we got to discuss the options and explaining we prefer waiting longer or paying more and have a “perfect” brown than going for a lesser quality. I placed my orders and we will see how it goes.</div><div>After Ibu Ramini headed to Kidang Mas. We stopped by the giant tree Trembesi. I always see it in photos, so great to see it myself, it is very pretty and huge. A batikshop is on one side and a grave on the other side, Mas Pop didn’t want to tell my anything about either, so have to revisit with another guide maybe next time. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgbqNAHE1GstAcxBFTF-Dfcnd-B4PjG4pqGf9SM_Ehr7ceH3g627Ra4PQRJueWH1cSTwprHU_7w0KU3gRCurFrsWP_2fVJXy3thWiqDZfjcs3Tipvzr0JYxhmZQMeuO9luSbvl029wd0cchrZtrcR6zaA6EwXY_YXJJzgbODVa2kX7kFeHQ8cEV7gY/s4032/IMG_9328.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgbqNAHE1GstAcxBFTF-Dfcnd-B4PjG4pqGf9SM_Ehr7ceH3g627Ra4PQRJueWH1cSTwprHU_7w0KU3gRCurFrsWP_2fVJXy3thWiqDZfjcs3Tipvzr0JYxhmZQMeuO9luSbvl029wd0cchrZtrcR6zaA6EwXY_YXJJzgbODVa2kX7kFeHQ8cEV7gY/w640-h480/IMG_9328.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>The very old tree</i></div><div><br /></div><div>After the tree we continued to Kindang Mas. I somehow never been there before and when I ran into the owner Mas Rudi at Ibu Maryati’s house, he said “please come by any time”. </div><div>We were welcomed by his wife Ibu Vina. She showed me the batikworkshop while Mas Pop took a nap. The batikworkshop has been in the family for 6 generations, on the same location, a beautiful traditional Chinese style house. After the tour through the workshop, we went to the shop across the street.</div><div>In the shop I got to see the classic motifs, like Tiga Negeri (here with ‘es teh’ brown) and Kendoro kendiri (with dark brown), next to the new fun designs by Ibu Vina with cars and cactuses, which was a big success the next day at school. </div><div>Ibu Vina asked if I worked at the label Guave too, since the last foreign visitors were Romée and Myrthe. I explained I work with them, but I am more active as a researcher. She responded with, oh I have a question for me: “What is handelen?”. “Handelen, I know what it means, but where did you see this word”, I asked. Turns out Kidang Mas still uses the old stamps from a previous generation for their batiks. One with just Chinese characters, one in Chinese and one in Dutch. The ‘handelen’ was actually “handel en batikkerij”, so “shop and batikworkshop”. I asked if I could get the stamps on paper, we laughed a lot, since they didn’t work so well on paper and every time Ibu Vina lifted the stamp we were like “Oh no”.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJiaHCFEuRRfoIv_Reee-pkfjXdZm7pn_Ye1yzZ2U9-B6HedHAmYABo0pUUDmVUsOVZBYUEGa4vy6BS1jhPyx8iyCowJbKDY-HG36c8ngOEY3aELxatF-WK9zhZJer0D_I72m1KWP2Oc0D7faagRCWT318RLlkUgaVPWR69Ms6NSfrkocwQh4uv7Tm/s1600/e6108985-d038-4753-9cea-1bf7c3424eba.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1600" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJiaHCFEuRRfoIv_Reee-pkfjXdZm7pn_Ye1yzZ2U9-B6HedHAmYABo0pUUDmVUsOVZBYUEGa4vy6BS1jhPyx8iyCowJbKDY-HG36c8ngOEY3aELxatF-WK9zhZJer0D_I72m1KWP2Oc0D7faagRCWT318RLlkUgaVPWR69Ms6NSfrkocwQh4uv7Tm/w640-h360/e6108985-d038-4753-9cea-1bf7c3424eba.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Me and Ibu Vina of Kidang Mas</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq3NXtfiH41ezyt3Nclg6_SxqbVPAqFK-G85y5ls1rGhyERuzVqwyL-rfafzJvD25k8bmkPyKzAmowa6uKcnapEGRvEYTNMYP4ul8jmIt8GjzjP7GwjnFdN1GqMvvYQW1cnMCXjq6Q8GqfPoRGGc7PRm0nre466UQPDuy5ZnKuSrPfCtyt1MvbLAVh/s4032/IMG_9395.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq3NXtfiH41ezyt3Nclg6_SxqbVPAqFK-G85y5ls1rGhyERuzVqwyL-rfafzJvD25k8bmkPyKzAmowa6uKcnapEGRvEYTNMYP4ul8jmIt8GjzjP7GwjnFdN1GqMvvYQW1cnMCXjq6Q8GqfPoRGGc7PRm0nre466UQPDuy5ZnKuSrPfCtyt1MvbLAVh/w480-h640/IMG_9395.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Old stamps of Kidang Mas</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div></div><div>After Kidang Mas we headed to <a href="https://warung-nyah-lasem.business.site" target="_blank">Warung Nyah Lasem</a> for lunch. Mas Agik showed me two metalboxes filled with canting. We had another appointment, so we had to go there first. </div><div>We went to Afnan Soesantio the owner of the interesting archive on Batik in Lasem is I saw at the Museum Nyah Lasem.</div><div>Pak Soesantio showed me the orginal documents, which I could photograph while we spoke Dutch. Pak Soesantio not just learned Dutch when he was little, he went many times to the Netherlands for his postage stamp collection. His family had a batik business. The documents were kept by his father and later by him, even though Pak Soesantio had no interest working with batik. I am very happy to find this small fascinating archive in Lasem! And I was invited to return to see more documents.</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiP9s74Gx31xt7ZiT2dKYgtFS51CdYpb1ezSCLm8xgseKFlIGyQSsGz5Beio9l8QZjTPfRCzyO_sx8P3WY_cZ25CRtDZFQ0vbCsBmK_4acytuqu-4c6iyAlcmNz2RwoNIgFFnR5iMeumUD_Cc1wt76tm8U-4lPrhWdoBQ1d6q2T8c2tQff6kRVNhTM/s4032/IMG_9497.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiP9s74Gx31xt7ZiT2dKYgtFS51CdYpb1ezSCLm8xgseKFlIGyQSsGz5Beio9l8QZjTPfRCzyO_sx8P3WY_cZ25CRtDZFQ0vbCsBmK_4acytuqu-4c6iyAlcmNz2RwoNIgFFnR5iMeumUD_Cc1wt76tm8U-4lPrhWdoBQ1d6q2T8c2tQff6kRVNhTM/w480-h640/IMG_9497.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Document from the Pak Soesantio collection</i></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ-sd9qkSSfmmhfoFPIoQuT7DfECpOI5IDZQJ3g3YGTPrEh1xqRTa_BtvVBBM3x2FT2aLM71RzQVOposFyGVQy-6MRjAqGUzZqYS6pv7oIHJErOaZVjjA4JL0pLUaMlD2lUfvVJSwBMSI_HCdtH-DdMF_ep-Txi3Ro15ZMrlx94G18V7PjDwpK6E0K/s4032/IMG_9524.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ-sd9qkSSfmmhfoFPIoQuT7DfECpOI5IDZQJ3g3YGTPrEh1xqRTa_BtvVBBM3x2FT2aLM71RzQVOposFyGVQy-6MRjAqGUzZqYS6pv7oIHJErOaZVjjA4JL0pLUaMlD2lUfvVJSwBMSI_HCdtH-DdMF_ep-Txi3Ro15ZMrlx94G18V7PjDwpK6E0K/w480-h640/IMG_9524.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Old canting collection of Mas Agik</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLH7_5vlk7pdaw1rniv0xY9D3nTe1AZifHQsh2yfd9GS0BElAY1SCJ_QeWnWsNLW83MGBlRiiHnm6TbclTlHmaXP79LTQZfv8ZYgbaWm0hUhQ7HbDLXLdGC_vJFPXmQ6IInyJZbPVURzv4ebYwiEDik1Q3z2pO5e6oz9kCRE264Fde1A9fAE9BJVcV/s4032/IMG_9857.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLH7_5vlk7pdaw1rniv0xY9D3nTe1AZifHQsh2yfd9GS0BElAY1SCJ_QeWnWsNLW83MGBlRiiHnm6TbclTlHmaXP79LTQZfv8ZYgbaWm0hUhQ7HbDLXLdGC_vJFPXmQ6IInyJZbPVURzv4ebYwiEDik1Q3z2pO5e6oz9kCRE264Fde1A9fAE9BJVcV/w480-h640/IMG_9857.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>The little display I made with it</i></div><div><br /></div><div>When we returned to the warung/museum turned out Mas Agik wanted me to curate a small exhibition with his old canting collection. A small table and glass case were already standing ready ~ so yes ~ While selecting, I was thinking it would be nice to include my canting earrings. I have brought an extra pair with me, just in case, so I could leave one pair behind. It was really happy with the result and so was Mas Agik! The temporary small exhibition <a href="https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cj73h1-MwT1/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link" target="_blank">will be on view till 20 November</a>. </div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXX2V4hpxc3WCMip5ptj3WR2bCg6J79lO9rBOOx8p8Oe8W_VZpw9G5Id26cdRYAkXnkDzkF5ssUExEzE1adJCSfYvBbQt3J8nS9wBlO4fANdYFX-CvLNc6jMlfbaA2C2p9R6c6oTNQ-bY1aatR3YrY4M638rJ_lVWFLFoOE7fNHKH2Q2_HILJ-KGap/s1600/d267d4cd-bee9-405c-ac35-3b9e6b59e3f5.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1600" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXX2V4hpxc3WCMip5ptj3WR2bCg6J79lO9rBOOx8p8Oe8W_VZpw9G5Id26cdRYAkXnkDzkF5ssUExEzE1adJCSfYvBbQt3J8nS9wBlO4fANdYFX-CvLNc6jMlfbaA2C2p9R6c6oTNQ-bY1aatR3YrY4M638rJ_lVWFLFoOE7fNHKH2Q2_HILJ-KGap/w640-h360/d267d4cd-bee9-405c-ac35-3b9e6b59e3f5.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Got to give my paper sarong workshop</i></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRbptuGaVrPx0zQOPG97qWLmsw1BH3xAPSb4AEJmvkkAHvgyUORmoXGzlvdyoOkj-3cUGrCNNROGfxlh78UHGiKmurA_r6oSWxvi3fTwfdM414K2jBAKI37UdpxZYEE8s5KxmCNhn3bBhdRCDqbWatHD5dpz24GWKELv6LDX3YiFwkO9f-IJMcEZAW/s4032/IMG_9624.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRbptuGaVrPx0zQOPG97qWLmsw1BH3xAPSb4AEJmvkkAHvgyUORmoXGzlvdyoOkj-3cUGrCNNROGfxlh78UHGiKmurA_r6oSWxvi3fTwfdM414K2jBAKI37UdpxZYEE8s5KxmCNhn3bBhdRCDqbWatHD5dpz24GWKELv6LDX3YiFwkO9f-IJMcEZAW/w640-h480/IMG_9624.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>For about 280 children</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiaAclEfOPYLl_LeQ5K9RH7fG7KOjvkIzcyek5ap3tVnBmgojlBC4jnYFkvfP0Yjev71VPFlvXTVRgvfKNHSnEvy4uc-r594ZHiBblud9nZOGN__I6yva5UAV-L1bqt-DOA4T9dmjBwihQ5lC0uW507ocLC64mxLWWMTRQE9rT3gfzaljgib_5OHae/s4032/IMG_9625.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiaAclEfOPYLl_LeQ5K9RH7fG7KOjvkIzcyek5ap3tVnBmgojlBC4jnYFkvfP0Yjev71VPFlvXTVRgvfKNHSnEvy4uc-r594ZHiBblud9nZOGN__I6yva5UAV-L1bqt-DOA4T9dmjBwihQ5lC0uW507ocLC64mxLWWMTRQE9rT3gfzaljgib_5OHae/w480-h640/IMG_9625.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Who all worked very hard</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7pcc-555l2AvFHkqWpOGFDP1KihRDDD9qICEu4sRT4A2_voSiXpNmM4QBDBdc_LCsDNsi9uHy24J11ubI7hpMCd7PDt2Q4as7LpR2b6lLrn7fTRRnxLDXFkvNanWm0HyFCYJVdk3xCuhPHaSr8BibprqEkU-upWTBqAkRCyJ7oAuIhnBMMls_3oz9/s1600/936acd81-130b-4039-a51b-8d9c9181e884.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1600" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7pcc-555l2AvFHkqWpOGFDP1KihRDDD9qICEu4sRT4A2_voSiXpNmM4QBDBdc_LCsDNsi9uHy24J11ubI7hpMCd7PDt2Q4as7LpR2b6lLrn7fTRRnxLDXFkvNanWm0HyFCYJVdk3xCuhPHaSr8BibprqEkU-upWTBqAkRCyJ7oAuIhnBMMls_3oz9/w640-h360/936acd81-130b-4039-a51b-8d9c9181e884.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>And made great designs together</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>Friday I got to give my paper sarong workshop at Ibu Yullia’s school were she teaches English. When we talked on the phone in Jakarta, she asked me if I was open to do an activity. While I try to not do too much program to keep the focus on the preparations for the exhibition, giving a workshop at a local school is too much fun to say no too.</div><div>Little did I know that the workshop was for all the classes of SMP Negeri 2 Rembang, which was about 280 children. I could not imagine how you would practically do it, but here it is more the norm apparently.</div><div>All the classes of the school joined in for the ‘project class’. This project class can be any kind of lesson as long if it teaches the kids about local culture. So Batik is perfect. And the idea of making works in group appealed to the school since the kids didn’t have any group activities since the pandemic. </div><div>When all the children entered, I felt a bit overwhelmed, but when I started give my short intro on myself & Batik with questions and answers from them ~ in both Bahasa Indonesia and English. “What is done after the drawing with the canting?”, “Kering”, “Drying, not yet, first dyeing”.</div><div>After the presentation, they started making a pattern individually on a small paper. I walked around, showing them my recently bought classic & modern batiks from Lasem & the region Rembang.</div><div>Phones were used to look up motifs, which resulted in many drawing ‘mega mendung’ which is a motif from Cirebon.</div><div>When all had a small drawing finished, it was time for the bigger paper, or actual have a break first, but most kids wanted to keep on drawing. </div><div>On the bigger paper 6 or 7 children worked together, their small drawing could be used as inspiration to make batik design. They were invited to discuss how they would combine it. I walked by, showing some that were starring at their blank paper how they could repeat or use the motifs they already draw. </div><div>When everyone got the assignment, it was so fun to see what they made together, thinking how each motif could be featured. These kids are hard workers. Everything was done so precise, first with pencil, to trace over with felt-tip pen or coloured in with crayons. </div><div>Most works didn’t get finished, and many requested if they could stay longer, but the lesson was almost done. So we ended with asking several to present their work. Although it goes with many laughs, they explained so greatly who made what and got many wow’s & applause from their fellow schoolmates. </div><div>It was an amazing morning and experience, thanks Mbak Yullia for inviting me to SMP Negeri 2 Rembang, looking forward to return next year!</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl3LEtLM0NbKD7sK0n6njNrV1XySU167leiZMr4El5UpNyNbjERLZHas-7puEQ7Scj71ccNOXk6lEQ343ro_qbpyd92zZ0adKZFONzper3DZO061k8dFW-3z4-VnxKEm24dfNMAQl8C6aLrPXCOKW6V0GxhdQSKx-5ONZvzo6G9S5xseaQ_qAa7rYc/s4032/IMG_9821.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl3LEtLM0NbKD7sK0n6njNrV1XySU167leiZMr4El5UpNyNbjERLZHas-7puEQ7Scj71ccNOXk6lEQ343ro_qbpyd92zZ0adKZFONzper3DZO061k8dFW-3z4-VnxKEm24dfNMAQl8C6aLrPXCOKW6V0GxhdQSKx-5ONZvzo6G9S5xseaQ_qAa7rYc/w640-h480/IMG_9821.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><i> Ibu Sulasmi, Ibu Suharti and Mbak Sri at KUB Srikandi</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0ttTh5_VK_d6ED3tHiG2_1ldxbLvt1_3Oi69JfZ4BDZ6gVrsImq3uFmI-9vxcAsFga2TBaU7ceY2_WWB5bgT5CU-bhN2mkJyv8kPLWSVnIX3HIJ2GbxUMYc1ZV0NZuW3gpCkUtJjCidOTfD6kWw4nAlUeyB2AGEdM1mLOLSxM-Kl3V8h0nhNq3Vyn/s4032/IMG_9837.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0ttTh5_VK_d6ED3tHiG2_1ldxbLvt1_3Oi69JfZ4BDZ6gVrsImq3uFmI-9vxcAsFga2TBaU7ceY2_WWB5bgT5CU-bhN2mkJyv8kPLWSVnIX3HIJ2GbxUMYc1ZV0NZuW3gpCkUtJjCidOTfD6kWw4nAlUeyB2AGEdM1mLOLSxM-Kl3V8h0nhNq3Vyn/w480-h640/IMG_9837.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Ibu Ramini showing my photos</i></div><div><br /></div><div>Saturday morning I returned to Ibu Ramini again. The batikmakers would be back and working again. Ibu Yullia joined me, since she got super excited seeing the batiks I bought from Ibu Ramini the day before. Even another teacher requested photos so she could buy as well. </div><div>It was good to see Ibu Sulasmi again, and meet Ibu Suharti and Mbak Sri. At the moment Ibu Ramini only has five regular pembatiks and two come part-time when there is more work. Actually it was the same before the pandemic, so pretty stable if you compare with others. Mbak Eka had to let go of 1/3 of her pembatiks because sales has dropped.</div><div>We asked how the pandemic was to the makers. They stayed home about 2 months, but soon started working again, since income was needed.</div><div>We talked some more business with Ibu Ramini and about researchers in the region. Ibu Ramini pulled out proudly a photo-album which includes photos I took and one of me as a 25 year old and a postal package I send. It was so good to see how she keeps and cherish the things I send to update her on her growing fandom in the Netherlands.</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyJIHNWgiB8PpDFPBTT0ULsPqXzWAVT5puTPk8lwFFupAaycCMPffDXJPuJT_17SqTP_t8bL_jzeNtKY5ifbS-ZkxhA4hX_JIy7i40MXzRYOMlG7axpdkIRbA3O-dB2sej_TwjCTI_CShkqHcBH6jEnqbEe-zTDQK6gwbTVBc3xSfnUPlqG-jd5DY7/s4032/IMG_9977.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyJIHNWgiB8PpDFPBTT0ULsPqXzWAVT5puTPk8lwFFupAaycCMPffDXJPuJT_17SqTP_t8bL_jzeNtKY5ifbS-ZkxhA4hX_JIy7i40MXzRYOMlG7axpdkIRbA3O-dB2sej_TwjCTI_CShkqHcBH6jEnqbEe-zTDQK6gwbTVBc3xSfnUPlqG-jd5DY7/w640-h480/IMG_9977.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>More from Pak Soesantio's collection</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>After Ibu Ramini, Ibu Yullia dropped me of at Mbak Eka. Mas Pop was staying there so together we headed to Warung to eat and to look at some more archive. </div><div>This time Pak Soesantio had a stack of old letters from a Sumatran businessman running batikshop in Pekalongan. I photographed them all, unwrapped some to photograph the backside. Again interesting material which Pak Soesantio is also happy to lend me if I want to make an exhibition.</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDD1SzDEDXo2OwbZHBjACwHePgogTUpt0eAeoWFA2mlLNnwTIpYBiFSxuQAc1sU2PsLNb8Xp3fHFeMCY0QirgzzhHOgwc9HZd7bWRhwUQp3wsBmAeqvK1f3O1hf5FVl1zkTJaNDqV-ACMfGXLvNMfWsYNn0kkMmZTpzDJ_Xz_IS3Uvgp8d6SAZrDeC/s4032/IMG_0053.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDD1SzDEDXo2OwbZHBjACwHePgogTUpt0eAeoWFA2mlLNnwTIpYBiFSxuQAc1sU2PsLNb8Xp3fHFeMCY0QirgzzhHOgwc9HZd7bWRhwUQp3wsBmAeqvK1f3O1hf5FVl1zkTJaNDqV-ACMfGXLvNMfWsYNn0kkMmZTpzDJ_Xz_IS3Uvgp8d6SAZrDeC/w480-h640/IMG_0053.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Pembatik Ibu Lasmi of batikworkshop <span style="text-align: left;">Nyah Kiok</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOOLQVN9VOYWZEITtPYwCnoJx2Sg3zQF6P5gzf2v-5DXNvcgBoOSVSq4JUBl8-XnV-mvF3DHLJnqTEQ684TIIxWcTyHgSJ8q0PUPSyZIFD0fVkadfpP2qC1FyvTc8xYbAbzcxj4xB2CaHx9OXleJquvCQ1w3EmBtSPQk_TVlLRo0oFViTO8tPChwgu/s4032/IMG_0089.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOOLQVN9VOYWZEITtPYwCnoJx2Sg3zQF6P5gzf2v-5DXNvcgBoOSVSq4JUBl8-XnV-mvF3DHLJnqTEQ684TIIxWcTyHgSJ8q0PUPSyZIFD0fVkadfpP2qC1FyvTc8xYbAbzcxj4xB2CaHx9OXleJquvCQ1w3EmBtSPQk_TVlLRo0oFViTO8tPChwgu/w480-h640/IMG_0089.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>The same design or over 50 years</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj67NvcsOTZh3Gvx5Mo-F_DmCttJEoo_Voaq0-oU7gFeFzr-oDBgXG5Qq4um6XBdXH0E_IAnlqmAqvJK3ASDWZwGNATRBqy-1_GRJVsglpsr8W-dhoDr6sGawggxnhmTO4E1IKWfDCqK8N9S47nhYszZrJBIPHyMVC8rVwDApYszb_JTopVzRQAuwZB/s4032/IMG_0071.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj67NvcsOTZh3Gvx5Mo-F_DmCttJEoo_Voaq0-oU7gFeFzr-oDBgXG5Qq4um6XBdXH0E_IAnlqmAqvJK3ASDWZwGNATRBqy-1_GRJVsglpsr8W-dhoDr6sGawggxnhmTO4E1IKWfDCqK8N9S47nhYszZrJBIPHyMVC8rVwDApYszb_JTopVzRQAuwZB/w480-h640/IMG_0071.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>Mas Pop wanted to show me a place before it was closed. We went to again a beautiful Chinese home, yet this one looked abandoned. The owner passed away, recently, and the family who took over lives in Surabaya. Yet the batikworkshop Nyah Kiok located in the back of the house continues. The pembatiks come on their own accord to produce the most oddest batik, one single motif for over 50 years. The design with a red base of bamboo with two birds in it while butterflies fly above on a background of kind of ‘gunung ringgit’ has been made from as early as the 70’s accorded to the oldest, lead-pembatik Ibu Lasmi. Within 3 months 100 batiks with this motif are being produced and send to Surabaya, only leaving a hand full in Lasem. </div><div>Shortly after our arrival the pembatiks finished their workday to return home on their bicycles. </div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-WzYIRQ3g8g38yjsUgdwFQs6o46evVnRdWsXQ9DZPy5AU2vwtJ27ALrOpiY4o1LUUhpzjqxIJyuZGiI75Mle2xRCfelS2_kIesFHFECmO8HevdMocsgb6XdwOvRffvEMgUfSglR9Cfo60kAdW-M80_iYmLoh9XxCGqDTuo_FWitBEXa9d7-yDDY5V/s4032/IMG_0134.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-WzYIRQ3g8g38yjsUgdwFQs6o46evVnRdWsXQ9DZPy5AU2vwtJ27ALrOpiY4o1LUUhpzjqxIJyuZGiI75Mle2xRCfelS2_kIesFHFECmO8HevdMocsgb6XdwOvRffvEMgUfSglR9Cfo60kAdW-M80_iYmLoh9XxCGqDTuo_FWitBEXa9d7-yDDY5V/w480-h640/IMG_0134.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Pulang</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>Mas Pop had one more house for me in store before we headed to another beach. This old house had both a Buddhist and a Chinese altar in the home. The house is empty, but the altars are still lighted, with electric light, and offerings are made by the housekeeper. Outside it had decorated shutters, which includes a really strange cat. A magical and weird place. </div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpnkOVLI-oav8ua1qUMogUGb4oRcn1biU8OxVlwEYGo85lnY1uTnu5q8nrreQg2Z6K24gKxN1TZFEiE0D47GhkobvkqaCXIpD4THolF5vkQyjOHlUcYkMFK8LPg_m2YlBP4LFzncWIApemCENs3zhhcgdZN87ScBhsyun4cPrN_B8SETFP1y2djy7d/s4032/IMG_0140.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpnkOVLI-oav8ua1qUMogUGb4oRcn1biU8OxVlwEYGo85lnY1uTnu5q8nrreQg2Z6K24gKxN1TZFEiE0D47GhkobvkqaCXIpD4THolF5vkQyjOHlUcYkMFK8LPg_m2YlBP4LFzncWIApemCENs3zhhcgdZN87ScBhsyun4cPrN_B8SETFP1y2djy7d/w640-h480/IMG_0140.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Beautiful, weird, magical house</i></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-iPHiy-W9dZrDEGHGRhcxBnoICseYOZ0oVych4jMXZKKuWHrfPDNqI7S6II_54CVVgSu8HGTYd4droTqXuDvimH5BBxoldp0ABb-BMA754uKHuyMqz8wCFCnNWVLSafF4nRHt1phEzXAz8OBEDKBGfaREw6M8NckW5iTuAe8NK5B0ToPao1IS4xOc/s4032/IMG_0204.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-iPHiy-W9dZrDEGHGRhcxBnoICseYOZ0oVych4jMXZKKuWHrfPDNqI7S6II_54CVVgSu8HGTYd4droTqXuDvimH5BBxoldp0ABb-BMA754uKHuyMqz8wCFCnNWVLSafF4nRHt1phEzXAz8OBEDKBGfaREw6M8NckW5iTuAe8NK5B0ToPao1IS4xOc/w480-h640/IMG_0204.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>With this cat!</i><span style="text-align: left;"> </span></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTTxaJxAk1pePMqzxak-aYlxIUQjHhfLegGr_Iq9RxTirqmVuX1HdPtS1aGjmwgNb5zNNmIZJYIkQLgnoSLP8W2-4DUz_3O7wODL0D3BrrlLpg62nl1yqZDkbn_IgguJdFveQwg3XVJwsW6zpYZoLrodCgjvM2qPR1KvAWd5RzomdsrnVhvoRtDOLh/s4032/IMG_0247.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTTxaJxAk1pePMqzxak-aYlxIUQjHhfLegGr_Iq9RxTirqmVuX1HdPtS1aGjmwgNb5zNNmIZJYIkQLgnoSLP8W2-4DUz_3O7wODL0D3BrrlLpg62nl1yqZDkbn_IgguJdFveQwg3XVJwsW6zpYZoLrodCgjvM2qPR1KvAWd5RzomdsrnVhvoRtDOLh/w640-h480/IMG_0247.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">We ended the day at the beach, another beach with a route that passes by fishing-boats. One boat got pulled with the tide and got stuck. An amazing sight with the setting Sun, but the owner had to wait until 12 for the water to rise again.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div>Sunday was a relax day with another beach visit in the morning and lots of rain in the afternoon. While writing this I still have 1,5 hour to go by train, 13 hours on the road in total to Jakarta. But having a nice neighbour to make the time go faster.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGb9iWSZ6IB70F3vyZaUeXY3IJ6j3qmVS8UpPYhhCZfGv3876v2EMPOaPFQiHFWsSLf8GWf1s251nzKDtK6IOano14FJbGIoAMOIoRzIVPJpcmpDe_6B0LEEqM5mRsI8QXguUtos_hQ4qHil-by03Px4sAqDDQHBAqCruKK9cPRk4FWmESGxWNaAvx/s4032/IMG_9202.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGb9iWSZ6IB70F3vyZaUeXY3IJ6j3qmVS8UpPYhhCZfGv3876v2EMPOaPFQiHFWsSLf8GWf1s251nzKDtK6IOano14FJbGIoAMOIoRzIVPJpcmpDe_6B0LEEqM5mRsI8QXguUtos_hQ4qHil-by03Px4sAqDDQHBAqCruKK9cPRk4FWmESGxWNaAvx/w480-h640/IMG_9202.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="text-align: left;"><i>Ayo, saya tiba di Jakarta, arrived in Jakarta, until next update!</i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="text-align: left;"><i><br /></i></b></div><div style="text-align: right;"></div>Sabine Bolkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05606182977393734306noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-552130003939297537.post-50711098712609499992022-10-18T15:22:00.002+02:002022-10-18T15:33:56.884+02:00“I wonder how many dots we make"<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">~ Mbak Siti said while carefully making tiny dots with the canting in wax during my visit to Miss Nurul's home</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiviUcvx5UCslAN_bPJoLnrTt4aelex81TgOnElxgP3ruM6KmIJQ-AfpMvF3LJXDcBxmjJ-0x49zIYy7foRywKXeIOYye4TI6BS43ozDQqht9JVwsT9arEZqjCcA8tD8ceh4tqUrmMOqlN4Ox5UsHi7da9SAghlcFNlSQ1u7E038oczNFR1SMNExEIB/s3313/IMG_8487.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3313" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiviUcvx5UCslAN_bPJoLnrTt4aelex81TgOnElxgP3ruM6KmIJQ-AfpMvF3LJXDcBxmjJ-0x49zIYy7foRywKXeIOYye4TI6BS43ozDQqht9JVwsT9arEZqjCcA8tD8ceh4tqUrmMOqlN4Ox5UsHi7da9SAghlcFNlSQ1u7E038oczNFR1SMNExEIB/w584-h640/IMG_8487.jpeg" width="584" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Buketan inspired costume during Batik Carnival Parade in Pekalongan</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0IPgTnf2C4h04JXE2S29hoeoR1qFnLR2p7oo0bW71uMj7PlA1sLVPEC47qFgrMpwC6R-7oI7gBeU8wrwdFfB4gFpy9rvyFJeLMpjmaj_hCLHzWC3f22POZ88-9ZdCWGvYFA3PXh8J6aiCK3iTWlrJAiQvClk-luhfwkEVNU6LjRNd-_WMMspAUyWy/s4032/IMG_8118.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0IPgTnf2C4h04JXE2S29hoeoR1qFnLR2p7oo0bW71uMj7PlA1sLVPEC47qFgrMpwC6R-7oI7gBeU8wrwdFfB4gFpy9rvyFJeLMpjmaj_hCLHzWC3f22POZ88-9ZdCWGvYFA3PXh8J6aiCK3iTWlrJAiQvClk-luhfwkEVNU6LjRNd-_WMMspAUyWy/w640-h480/IMG_8118.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Miss Nurul and her family making Batik at their home</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEgdyN84fG7k8iLXU3XOJxakiu0uIE4uahJNUMxAw4U14eIU3VnbF4f5crPQa1Nwp90upAcyy37XbhZeCwdEiX7pKwwv-qeClRPk_5qd8-mDqrr1GpA5SsTY_RONFhjwAdwkkiNIGZlxkZ9XJpM0435lyaugQptnL2tEOeobYvbCDQBPuEjxAWDSrp/s3939/IMG_7431.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2954" data-original-width="3939" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEgdyN84fG7k8iLXU3XOJxakiu0uIE4uahJNUMxAw4U14eIU3VnbF4f5crPQa1Nwp90upAcyy37XbhZeCwdEiX7pKwwv-qeClRPk_5qd8-mDqrr1GpA5SsTY_RONFhjwAdwkkiNIGZlxkZ9XJpM0435lyaugQptnL2tEOeobYvbCDQBPuEjxAWDSrp/w640-h480/IMG_7431.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Repro's of Fairytale batiks at Museum Batik in Pekalongan</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">In the bus to Lasem, a pretty bumpy ride and had a few hours a curious neighbour who wanted to know if I knew all the places that have Batik. I got pretty far, still many places I haven’t visited yet.</div><div>My week in Pekalongan and Batang went by so quickly and I am happy I know I will return already next month.</div><div>My head is busy from all the input & information I got in Pekalongan & Batang. Of course you hope that everyone is just doing good, maybe wish it is going a little better, but it is not well with our Batik city and the pembatiks in this region.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_uh8UvUote08QNljYjujzB7FYAF7O6y-YAqo5IEA-s-fJOzy9b3wo6lwt8QD3tWV6bGa_-6lEp7QMj78gQCGEBjHIhyLwwobr-SV00mhJeOuaqgVVC3XPk3yl8w1i_tQ1qwRmUKiosN8XjIcv9RBIe71Sac3KLiuaq-5J_kFpigaNqQV-Ws68F9g1/s4032/IMG_7594.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_uh8UvUote08QNljYjujzB7FYAF7O6y-YAqo5IEA-s-fJOzy9b3wo6lwt8QD3tWV6bGa_-6lEp7QMj78gQCGEBjHIhyLwwobr-SV00mhJeOuaqgVVC3XPk3yl8w1i_tQ1qwRmUKiosN8XjIcv9RBIe71Sac3KLiuaq-5J_kFpigaNqQV-Ws68F9g1/w480-h640/IMG_7594.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Making a little Batik at the Museum Batik</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqJ1soe8fjPuY5opryBPo2--dy4zq9_uBxIQD13FOV5qOwCL3vzXXr7MP_af8dA3e-cuRE7foJqI_p6hjZ2A4V1i4QWIBcZuPpdJQgRQ0Zw2kBZpg3QL-KJIvYtw7EDwV9uCSoiLSvzur4jySGLK24iXy4_IoKYyAQaI1aLVcJ5nP3T_voHEgRUQXj/s3172/IMG_7596.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2987" data-original-width="3172" height="602" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqJ1soe8fjPuY5opryBPo2--dy4zq9_uBxIQD13FOV5qOwCL3vzXXr7MP_af8dA3e-cuRE7foJqI_p6hjZ2A4V1i4QWIBcZuPpdJQgRQ0Zw2kBZpg3QL-KJIvYtw7EDwV9uCSoiLSvzur4jySGLK24iXy4_IoKYyAQaI1aLVcJ5nP3T_voHEgRUQXj/w640-h602/IMG_7596.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>That disappeared, so didn't see final result</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>On Saturday Museum Batik was busy as always, but the new exhibition was still being build up. However I was happy to be back here, the space I took my much needed breaks when I was here last time as a special guest.</div><div>Went through the exhibition which had reproductions of classic fairy tale designs. The repro in Batik Tulis show nicely when there is access to the original or not. My guess is all were made from books, with some having more detailed images than others. Might dive into this more another time, but will put here photos to compare. </div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi-5_-rHFGsUjoczNOp5770eNlq8n6HBeHSdffSp7ftsq0l2ZA4d6XnbxZfSf9QAaNMS_l6dvYv_qqIClf6Oh23ioplnSo2fdhR1jxQNxmfCJo5ohr931f1VZFeeHOyASftvGdp2le2p5ZBpdFW6V2SvCRY_4TQL73vwd3Zt1KOF9HcMLPwv-T0zyj/s4032/IMG_3956.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi-5_-rHFGsUjoczNOp5770eNlq8n6HBeHSdffSp7ftsq0l2ZA4d6XnbxZfSf9QAaNMS_l6dvYv_qqIClf6Oh23ioplnSo2fdhR1jxQNxmfCJo5ohr931f1VZFeeHOyASftvGdp2le2p5ZBpdFW6V2SvCRY_4TQL73vwd3Zt1KOF9HcMLPwv-T0zyj/w480-h640/IMG_3956.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Batik with Snow white, Original from after 1906</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWYEXNv8fT5T80aCnuSvVVw7H9-Ba6g0Z4ypQl_Gac1BPati5lDoe5h5WexEBXsFJYNDC_WMeHs2pRgSOFRBN9rWVDNV5juhDYUNKBanK4iASFFZI5Enno1wY7iHcXFoeZkgUeuj_hhH1jl3ROxm_U28cS4JaUr2t7Td52zc8VvLBA2PzbkWMkKt9O/s4032/IMG_7433.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWYEXNv8fT5T80aCnuSvVVw7H9-Ba6g0Z4ypQl_Gac1BPati5lDoe5h5WexEBXsFJYNDC_WMeHs2pRgSOFRBN9rWVDNV5juhDYUNKBanK4iASFFZI5Enno1wY7iHcXFoeZkgUeuj_hhH1jl3ROxm_U28cS4JaUr2t7Td52zc8VvLBA2PzbkWMkKt9O/w640-h480/IMG_7433.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Repro of Snow White at the Museum Batik in Pekalongan</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinsY8zCu2fUpS1h8i-KFB202kGhlVA-t9j7J_XwOVk99FW8erTWjAVBoOGYBb1mcS2q7dm3fapkgiUIIuxVV52Wzdckh2sqVHR0CPQbcN-rzZaF7BNmxiSu0FbwrGq_QEfzf6O6JywQwSSsW-uGV9KeNnmD14cK8JpOeIu_ec-LC5_AMoM364LeMxy/s4032/IMG_8225.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinsY8zCu2fUpS1h8i-KFB202kGhlVA-t9j7J_XwOVk99FW8erTWjAVBoOGYBb1mcS2q7dm3fapkgiUIIuxVV52Wzdckh2sqVHR0CPQbcN-rzZaF7BNmxiSu0FbwrGq_QEfzf6O6JywQwSSsW-uGV9KeNnmD14cK8JpOeIu_ec-LC5_AMoM364LeMxy/w480-h640/IMG_8225.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Batik with Little Read Riding Hood - NOT by Von Franquemont </i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>- wrongly attributed, original from around 1910</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>At Museum Danar Hadi in Solo</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKy59yv75EA--sULOerWRRlBv0uPoVLXCYyr4r_PQDyXBJEkHS1mbZsZCFrBS1ybSBPi9z8UdOwuEDpUE9UFbka0yrdxtOJTrvBCX81g0-qgyAGIgmzGIAjodHzE9MMxWTGfVF6BKC6_fFdYQCeKemNqWguNMe2SifD0darjsT76cT0xystmj-cYkQ/s4032/IMG_7445.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKy59yv75EA--sULOerWRRlBv0uPoVLXCYyr4r_PQDyXBJEkHS1mbZsZCFrBS1ybSBPi9z8UdOwuEDpUE9UFbka0yrdxtOJTrvBCX81g0-qgyAGIgmzGIAjodHzE9MMxWTGfVF6BKC6_fFdYQCeKemNqWguNMe2SifD0darjsT76cT0xystmj-cYkQ/w480-h640/IMG_7445.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Repro of Little Red Riding Hood at the Museum Batik in Pekalongan</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>After taking a look around, Ibu Mourni said I should make a batik. The batikworkshop space the museum has is very popular and every day you can learn applying the wax with cap & tulis and even the dyeing. Ibu Mourni let me pick multiple caps and gave me a bigger cloth. Ibu Mourni showed me once how it was done, so I could mess up the border pretty nicely myself. I only did it once correctly, but in my defence haven’t tried a cap since 2009, I think.</div><div>Of course had to do the tulis too. There was no time to colour it, since it was busy and when I returned the next Friday my work disappeared. Most likely coloured in by someone else, which I take as a compliment.</div><div>I brought the magazine BATIK! to give to museum, Ibu Nurhayati meet me to accept it from the library. She right away tried the wrap tutorial and asked me to explain what other articles were in there, since it is written in Dutch. </div><div>Spend last time here many moments between events drinking kopi. So when Mas Lani saw I was offered tea, he came back with kopi. </div><div>I looked for kucing (cat) Frederika, I think she might not be there anymore, but a very pregnant cat was now roaming the halls that could be her daughter. </div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdrtOTpa5rlTLXtyI7do6yOzyGi8LzU1SOqt6oypdrMh6Ir_6-sqTRmP9suQ7MLg7pXGIS2wkFnA8ZiI1qznUYTJ-XhNSTn1YlNcgxhLnCV_GFGfdVcZz7zgqZwNRbrbRfsrddPe9UtcZ3Yzzeqx6qlQEQthycDL0GPpxGeSHl__5P0kQ7hhlPBWLi/s1228/9ae9cd7e-83ad-486c-a515-be3f0090f677.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1228" data-original-width="899" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdrtOTpa5rlTLXtyI7do6yOzyGi8LzU1SOqt6oypdrMh6Ir_6-sqTRmP9suQ7MLg7pXGIS2wkFnA8ZiI1qznUYTJ-XhNSTn1YlNcgxhLnCV_GFGfdVcZz7zgqZwNRbrbRfsrddPe9UtcZ3Yzzeqx6qlQEQthycDL0GPpxGeSHl__5P0kQ7hhlPBWLi/w468-h640/9ae9cd7e-83ad-486c-a515-be3f0090f677.jpeg" width="468" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><i>Ibu Nurhayati received a copy of the magazine BATIK! from me</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>for the museum library collection</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>After the museum I went to Pekan Batik. The always booming Batik Week event was now an empty space. The big venue has not been filled due to too high prices for stalls, little customers who can afford to buy and the floods…Really sad to see. I thought they will be back with a bang, celebrating Batik. It surprised me, I would have wanted to fill the space.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSbnnI4eOLIWU3VsBTxFEuCHi6MjlnlL_Sy6j2HbrZLYDW6vGwUUpaNuKeop6POKuRRjAMXhYOXT5USeS2Z7ki53Y01rTN077gsp4OODZSTPEUnpUTx4fql2287CS70vQ65BLvcOO3FmC7BWwsIh5lZFjKkR_bozFZjrKrg3WPEqHnIp4-cBc-XDcc/s4032/IMG_7783.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSbnnI4eOLIWU3VsBTxFEuCHi6MjlnlL_Sy6j2HbrZLYDW6vGwUUpaNuKeop6POKuRRjAMXhYOXT5USeS2Z7ki53Y01rTN077gsp4OODZSTPEUnpUTx4fql2287CS70vQ65BLvcOO3FmC7BWwsIh5lZFjKkR_bozFZjrKrg3WPEqHnIp4-cBc-XDcc/w480-h640/IMG_7783.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Mbak Siti showing me her batiks made </i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>with both natural and synthetic dyes</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSjpi0QV1rKOyJZ92d0G583dEobZlOEqGan-YgXai1dEDqzLQ-B8tphyej5nG1nHPwT8Jr0uvVA0aDr2mdCjNEC3sRJ093A2CkZzqybsihbjbzQoDxS-DMGuvH94nz8u3FZsVNsamUfqZXMd9JeLcRwvCQqqwSR2mWNKFYbVqkJdRarwNBLOKkimzH/s4032/IMG_7789.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSjpi0QV1rKOyJZ92d0G583dEobZlOEqGan-YgXai1dEDqzLQ-B8tphyej5nG1nHPwT8Jr0uvVA0aDr2mdCjNEC3sRJ093A2CkZzqybsihbjbzQoDxS-DMGuvH94nz8u3FZsVNsamUfqZXMd9JeLcRwvCQqqwSR2mWNKFYbVqkJdRarwNBLOKkimzH/w480-h640/IMG_7789.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>The red she made by accident, and the retry on cotton that turned brown</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqIUQJCaRKnGavi6bRsjHKZBEOjp2jZC8UFffCXEVR_0SybnQxpwJOCenJvDB4EG22KUkWvB-rqwEcwGbOPodZWFJTZl6BoVwYj15Iwb9PphYMpQgPpapa5Y89NBPo2yTsf2_d8uzL1S8eE5MHopctRyE3lQ2_wHmIarCS15HzDLTxNKrvSkiML6rk/s4032/IMG_7772.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqIUQJCaRKnGavi6bRsjHKZBEOjp2jZC8UFffCXEVR_0SybnQxpwJOCenJvDB4EG22KUkWvB-rqwEcwGbOPodZWFJTZl6BoVwYj15Iwb9PphYMpQgPpapa5Y89NBPo2yTsf2_d8uzL1S8eE5MHopctRyE3lQ2_wHmIarCS15HzDLTxNKrvSkiML6rk/w480-h640/IMG_7772.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>The seeds she uses to colour her batiks</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div></div><div>On Sunday I went to meet Mbak Siti. So great to see her again after 3 years. Her daughter has grown so much, but still loves to draw and a new baby boy is already a toddler. Mbak Siti showed me her latests experiments. It is so inspiring and beautiful to she her creations. Next to bought better known natural dyes like Indigo, Mbak Siti sources her ‘warna alami’ near here home. She even planted one in front of the house. She opened up the spiky fruit it bears to reveal tiny seeds. The seeds give her an orange kind of brown. With just dyeing pretty bright but with boiling out the wax it becomes more beige. She also showed me a bright red which happened by accident, but she couldn’t recreate. </div><div>Although there is no local market for her natural dye, she is determine to continue learning and hopes one day more will follow in her region. I am so so so happy I can include her amazing work(s) in my upcoming exhibition. In the meantime I will work with her on dye recipes and improving the market ~ because we need to re-love natural dye, we are so used to our bright, flat colours, that every dot or fade seems like a mistake, but it is not, it is the beauty of hours of labor.</div><div>Miss Nurul joined us also, and she said yes too. It was so wonderful to spend the morning here, talking batik and future plans. </div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLoJ7tNWEcc8hjVBIFYCSjOjwOSvYNbx6wM93akOcC03R2-XDJXGr1oEXhTVwUxEe4g8fZlKs-rbdlwtTJsApBPus9m9RwrVjmSpY3avd1trjfr7oV4zC0EaNUWV6gH8JVGsgMY8vmqk3fUv-9pzihPtKw1m7kKfjHUhZBCG_nFQ0DYMFOVrNWCJF0/s4032/IMG_7929.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLoJ7tNWEcc8hjVBIFYCSjOjwOSvYNbx6wM93akOcC03R2-XDJXGr1oEXhTVwUxEe4g8fZlKs-rbdlwtTJsApBPus9m9RwrVjmSpY3avd1trjfr7oV4zC0EaNUWV6gH8JVGsgMY8vmqk3fUv-9pzihPtKw1m7kKfjHUhZBCG_nFQ0DYMFOVrNWCJF0/w480-h640/IMG_7929.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Mak Si'Um showing her latest design</i></div><div><br /></div><div>On Monday I went to Batang again. In the morning a live event was being hosted by Batik community Rifai’yah in Kalipucang. It was live streamed to Portland. In the gallery we looked on a screen what was actually happening around the corner.</div><div>Mbak Siti met me at the event so we could meet Mak Si’Um. </div><div><br /></div><div>I was I this region longer in 2016 when I visited many of the batikmakers in region and filmed some for my short film ‘Tari Batik’.</div><div>In 2019 I only got to see some shortly and missed Mak Si’Um. So I was so glad I got the visit Mak Si’Um now twice. This granddame of Batik has been making batik since 10 years old and is approaching 90. Every day she still makes Batik, her own fun designs since she says she cannot produce the fine lines any more. However her Batik is unique and really modern. At the moment she still does everything herself, from the wax until the lorod {boiling out}. Hope Mak Si’Um daughter(s) will start helping their mother in producing more of her designs, Mak Si’Um has so many ideas and it would be amazing if her Art can be enjoyed by more to see. My exhibition being one of them!</div><div><br /></div><div>Although the batiks from Batang are getting better known, the batikmakers have a hard time. I heard sells had stopped since the pandemic, the money they make now is directly put into new mori {cotton cloth} to be able to produce new Batik. The strength these women have to to keep pushing forward, keep making Batik, not just because it what they do or know, it is truly a commitment of love. That can use much more support. Not just in words, events, promotion, but more practical in the production and in funding…</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: right;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKwg63x7Szaolgt_p6y6kqkAOwPuWeg0A9QA6NVIHj1kSXODhHPGIHbL1oAmi-p_rA0mZ7PIqFftebdIiKyjsT2xGGQ6j_A7sGa3aQF-kA9f602sOEssPrM1emRFnmdJgzlZ5EiiAM_if1uVPU7RM9v8nNLP7YYK4u0K4l4QQVVnY7_3_VeTaEFls7/s4032/IMG_8060.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKwg63x7Szaolgt_p6y6kqkAOwPuWeg0A9QA6NVIHj1kSXODhHPGIHbL1oAmi-p_rA0mZ7PIqFftebdIiKyjsT2xGGQ6j_A7sGa3aQF-kA9f602sOEssPrM1emRFnmdJgzlZ5EiiAM_if1uVPU7RM9v8nNLP7YYK4u0K4l4QQVVnY7_3_VeTaEFls7/w480-h640/IMG_8060.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>At Miss Nurul's home</i></div><div><br /></div><div>On Tuesday after visiting Mak Si’Um again, I returned to Miss Nurul’s home. I met Miss Nurul and her family first <a href="https://www.journeytobatik.org/2016/09/exploring-batik-batang.html" target="_blank">in 2016</a>. That is when I also met Mbak Siti, to find someone speaking fluent English in a desa like this is a big surprise and I have to thank Mbak Siti for making time for me to help me with interviewing Mak Si’Um who only knows Javanese.</div><div>Back to Miss Nurul, one of the youngest makers I know, I filmed her in 2016 and <a href="https://www.journeytobatik.org/2019/10/buketan-batik-parade-wayang-and-tari.html" target="_blank">returned in 2019</a> when I did a workshop with them. When I was there Miss Nurul and her family were producing batiks for an upcoming event in Jakarta and for the many orders she got. Instagram really helps her to reach more people and happy to see that at least somewhere sells are picking up. But it also shows how difficult it is for the older generation if re-seller don’t come to the kampung to buy, orders stop and they have no other way of selling their batiks.</div><div>At Miss Nurul home everyone joins in the making. Nurul works every day together with her two sisters, mother and aunt. Even Mbak Siti takes some orders at home.</div><div>It was great to be there; talking designs, history, inspiration and ideas for the future.</div><div>Wish I could stay here all week, but these women have orders to make & households to run. So I am still so so so honoured I got to spend time with them and feel so welcome.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirat-oSXAB4r6fdTkY4Agsx1GgvNz6ANMIkezPf_e-c2W06O3poMC_VBBe2OMhpNxqCNkSsFzY7hgnItNjahnR1_U71KxaXrQ54g95OJBNlPThOBziPp-EBxgyX_1cvRKMUyQtBDejG2ETmGHwE8ao4GmmQd-LX8zf-qyuQLZwqKpDmMg__FCphFhl/s4032/IMG_8184.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirat-oSXAB4r6fdTkY4Agsx1GgvNz6ANMIkezPf_e-c2W06O3poMC_VBBe2OMhpNxqCNkSsFzY7hgnItNjahnR1_U71KxaXrQ54g95OJBNlPThOBziPp-EBxgyX_1cvRKMUyQtBDejG2ETmGHwE8ao4GmmQd-LX8zf-qyuQLZwqKpDmMg__FCphFhl/w480-h640/IMG_8184.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Design by Ibu Widianti</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: right;"></div><div>Wednesday I got to meet Ibu Widianti who runs the famous <a href="https://www.journeytobatik.org/2021/03/fangirling-over-oey-soe-tjoen.html" target="_blank">batikworkshop Oey Soe Tjoen</a>. We already met through the phone but this was the first time in person. I am so happy we got to meet twice this week & looking forward to returning to Pekalongan next month.</div><div>Ibu Widianti is preparing for an exhibition and a book to celebrate 100 years OST in 2025. The exhibition will be held in Jakarta. For this she is producing new batiks, classic design and of her own hand. Ibu Widianti shared some of her own designs with us and they are the cutest Batik I have ever seen. Fun, cartoon design with all the OST quality and detail. One was of school kids playing and an unlaying theme of cleaning up rubbish. The other displayed the life of Jesus. </div><div>I hope to include Ibu Widianti own work in my own exhibition. So I will return to Pekalongan to discuss this further and interview her. I will keep you posted about it, so exciting!</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSBPTKXromyaHOJTiGZ2HIaXLp65nMJCIyiBnGoRaOJFIABHnTpD4sxQtAtvw9yC1DhMNx6XyJ2a9tp5Q2_vZ8JAH6iU_eqg0oBVvx9ARXbt_IS2NcYFmlMx5YOhddrc3s_kQ3puSytn0RUjj2lgLt76NXkEpR5Ysu5UG_6Juz2XlVhqv5UKiHZANz/s4032/IMG_8236.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSBPTKXromyaHOJTiGZ2HIaXLp65nMJCIyiBnGoRaOJFIABHnTpD4sxQtAtvw9yC1DhMNx6XyJ2a9tp5Q2_vZ8JAH6iU_eqg0oBVvx9ARXbt_IS2NcYFmlMx5YOhddrc3s_kQ3puSytn0RUjj2lgLt76NXkEpR5Ysu5UG_6Juz2XlVhqv5UKiHZANz/w640-h480/IMG_8236.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Eco Print workshop at Museum Batik</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>Thursday I was a little unwell for a day, so the day after I thought a relax workshop at Museum Batik would be a good way to spend the day. Turned out Eco Printing is very labourful (why is this not a word). I remember my niece Surya de Wit explaining it as “basically you just hammer to flowers into a pulp”.</div><div>After the instructions we starting hammering away, only to find out the hammers were too soft for the pretty tough leaves. Everyone got really creative using the wood of the hammer. Although it was a bit much, I had a lot of fun, also because of my kind fellow participants who has all kind of questions for me. Pretty happy with the result, although I couldn’t pulp it that much. Curious how the colours will change over time.</div><div><br /></div><h2 style="text-align: center;">Batik Carnival</h2><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtHK0WXwOu4hpXfaoY2xTKW3xGi2DDn5o_s_6IvGvu87WI3lNxqD6pxnr8gkPJSxt5lunoaVyzuPhr-xQKXp4vqADgm2XAlA8w9KVUguRjB3pmkcGbV9po0VUT821X4_asRYF67NP9sOkCDAwbSKROiMN2I-FW7r6unCjSfkbammbioA8yjHQ9dCaA/s4032/IMG_8328.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtHK0WXwOu4hpXfaoY2xTKW3xGi2DDn5o_s_6IvGvu87WI3lNxqD6pxnr8gkPJSxt5lunoaVyzuPhr-xQKXp4vqADgm2XAlA8w9KVUguRjB3pmkcGbV9po0VUT821X4_asRYF67NP9sOkCDAwbSKROiMN2I-FW7r6unCjSfkbammbioA8yjHQ9dCaA/w480-h640/IMG_8328.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUuP2UM-SCEeP8Yw8v7yIIVNcgQksQN7jtrhlWqfXvgqFZS6Z9wmGIkst8TkoYK6FOOA5QUegFfzGu96tFE6Mkhs9Ix9xlM_F62VvEbHG86JnDWQYa_fEnogYsXVbnZgvV0DXwvbgVdX5dJ7lzWkFduM6qwfqngDetBFKD_3RQE9E2uMmuuT1YjaiM/s4032/IMG_8316.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUuP2UM-SCEeP8Yw8v7yIIVNcgQksQN7jtrhlWqfXvgqFZS6Z9wmGIkst8TkoYK6FOOA5QUegFfzGu96tFE6Mkhs9Ix9xlM_F62VvEbHG86JnDWQYa_fEnogYsXVbnZgvV0DXwvbgVdX5dJ7lzWkFduM6qwfqngDetBFKD_3RQE9E2uMmuuT1YjaiM/w480-h640/IMG_8316.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCLAw_Q8WWWiFsrUr4dbOre9jBulWPb2v6hm76SA7u3tLUWqtke4jZ9B4WWaCOP7k56CFt5okZs41dSuPjYXZ4eIh4RJlsEO8m3ct7KR_WkRvkRQguoYehRycbUjBlChc9z2C3zb8r13asu-OPgz-hTzt3urhkSZu3DGCmof-BuzTpeNc-MnONqZ4W/s3112/IMG_8358.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3112" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCLAw_Q8WWWiFsrUr4dbOre9jBulWPb2v6hm76SA7u3tLUWqtke4jZ9B4WWaCOP7k56CFt5okZs41dSuPjYXZ4eIh4RJlsEO8m3ct7KR_WkRvkRQguoYehRycbUjBlChc9z2C3zb8r13asu-OPgz-hTzt3urhkSZu3DGCmof-BuzTpeNc-MnONqZ4W/w622-h640/IMG_8358.jpeg" width="622" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrXytCErq5_75W8pXM5kx1tTX9FTNWY1DaiaeDoZR1C9xh5SkQZGMpq3fhltyLl0a4bXCj9Kkq1N9YTwc7T4i7H-QiCBY1-1iWeYVz7r7D7fxzrsdI0Fc_WgPw1Glx04RbkJONzcnX5PHnc4EX-ll7i_6_xIW-WdCuxoN1suJr8a-0G_a5HgOxiinV/s4032/IMG_8431.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrXytCErq5_75W8pXM5kx1tTX9FTNWY1DaiaeDoZR1C9xh5SkQZGMpq3fhltyLl0a4bXCj9Kkq1N9YTwc7T4i7H-QiCBY1-1iWeYVz7r7D7fxzrsdI0Fc_WgPw1Glx04RbkJONzcnX5PHnc4EX-ll7i_6_xIW-WdCuxoN1suJr8a-0G_a5HgOxiinV/w640-h480/IMG_8431.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div></div><div><br /></div><div>Saturday I had the great honour of being in the jury of this years Batik Carnival Parade in Pekalongan. My fellow juries were no other than Ibu Widianti of OST, Arif Tuep of the Solo Batik Carnival and Arif Wicaksono of Kampong Batik Kauman.</div><div><a href="https://www.journeytobatik.org/2019/10/buketan-batik-parade-wayang-and-tari.html" target="_blank">I was in the jury in 2019 </a>~ which was a dream come true ~ and to be invited again for the first edition after the pandemic is so amazing, I am so over the moon.</div><div>As a jury we started at 8 in the morning to see all the videos the participants made of their costumes, explaining in detail their concept and showing the making off. </div><div>At around 11 we headed to the stadium where the participants were getting ready for the pre-parade, a showcase of their costumes just for the jury and media. It was great to have the opportunity to see the costumes up-close, check out their use of fabric ~ since the use of Batik Print (fake imitations) meant disqualification. Not from the parade, but for the prices. When I asked how strict this was, since someone can mistake print for real easily, I was explained it was always a disqualification. The participants were given a zoom lesson on how to recognize real Batik and knew the risk when entering with imitations.</div><div>So the participants costumes got checked on use of fabric, the more Batik, the better. Plus points were given for using the Batik designs/motifs selected for that year with a connection to Pekalongan being: Jlamprang (similar to Nitik), Benji (which I know as Banji), Buketan, Tiga Negeri and Liris (which is Lereng, so diagonal motifs like parang).</div><div>So much detail goes into the outfits, ornaments and make-up. I loved all the batik shoes, I spotted doc martens with banji pattern how cool. </div><div>What was also fantastic to watch is the community, how everyone is working hard to present their team in the best way possible ~ cheering their models on, often dressed in matching outfits. Some of the models were so nervous at the beginning. When we saw them at the end of the day they all walked so proud.</div><div>The pre-parade was at 12, in 2019 I had only the chance to give points during the actual parade, which was a bit chaotic. Now with the videos, time to walk around and the catwalk, it was much easier. </div><div>After the pre-parade we headed back to the temporary office to figure out what our top 3 were. We were pretty much on the same page, having some differences but no big discussion were needed.</div><div>At around 15 we were brought to the end of the parade to see the full show and what a show it was!</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_qMqRR-aLILo_lboi02lwbbGZz5E_TDo0BA_YZ7PxlH9GN1yaWnd2JHBhluGHU4NtL60FW5EkYdI69k88XRd3dFfCZTg0FMfq5c9vbPmdrO4mSAPBvNH8h8nBeaOf3ed8dBDFVkh_KKIf2DETHs0cgvs4wIu1jJOmyJCjqtd0JpH0ZOmkdeYgQeJ6/s4032/IMG_8520.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_qMqRR-aLILo_lboi02lwbbGZz5E_TDo0BA_YZ7PxlH9GN1yaWnd2JHBhluGHU4NtL60FW5EkYdI69k88XRd3dFfCZTg0FMfq5c9vbPmdrO4mSAPBvNH8h8nBeaOf3ed8dBDFVkh_KKIf2DETHs0cgvs4wIu1jJOmyJCjqtd0JpH0ZOmkdeYgQeJ6/w480-h640/IMG_8520.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxEaoz2L_G5Ue0eIu4LJxSLMXfY_3YUJ1yEaW7v3FB6rNcMF0Nb-gTuM9pC1Ux1BJ-MqlhDwtr5ZT9LW_Qqmo23NydnBYVtyl3bGJzJWIFlSzBhtsWvTALV1XKmTvQuFMHgnYhGYvE5dGKuZULfkz3eH9Iuu6A-tffmQEZ5neHo9bqo-Jbz0hPQ7_p/s4032/IMG_6606.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxEaoz2L_G5Ue0eIu4LJxSLMXfY_3YUJ1yEaW7v3FB6rNcMF0Nb-gTuM9pC1Ux1BJ-MqlhDwtr5ZT9LW_Qqmo23NydnBYVtyl3bGJzJWIFlSzBhtsWvTALV1XKmTvQuFMHgnYhGYvE5dGKuZULfkz3eH9Iuu6A-tffmQEZ5neHo9bqo-Jbz0hPQ7_p/w640-h480/IMG_6606.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Pak Hartono sharing Batik with Little Red Riding Hood motif during his talkshow</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxTHAmzAfN2QMjCJe9gvMVqmLCQ0N6hH32GfFRRjb7JvwxqGAOS0Q33O3WazkohmwPnSVRH0SB4mwR2C000e_3iZ6_UiTUb1rmqyTbqd1jm4MqsUf3XmxqIQEhIx8DqUFUxTjDCgfvJp_kNQCHSK8t6E0MDvAquxNcv2lIy7OI3zMqqunFwvk8hvpa/s4032/IMG_6965.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxTHAmzAfN2QMjCJe9gvMVqmLCQ0N6hH32GfFRRjb7JvwxqGAOS0Q33O3WazkohmwPnSVRH0SB4mwR2C000e_3iZ6_UiTUb1rmqyTbqd1jm4MqsUf3XmxqIQEhIx8DqUFUxTjDCgfvJp_kNQCHSK8t6E0MDvAquxNcv2lIy7OI3zMqqunFwvk8hvpa/w640-h480/IMG_6965.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Jakarta skyline from the car</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">At the moment I am traveling to Pekalongan by train. Sooo time for an update. My first week on Java in Jakarta has rushed by. Jakarta is never my favourite place to be, but it was wonderful to meet and hang out with my dear Batik friends.</div><div>I celebrated Hari Batik & my birthday, next to the start of my project here in collaboration with <a href="https://www.netherlandsandyou.nl/your-country-and-the-netherlands/indonesia/erasmus-huis" target="_blank">Erasmushuis</a> in Jakarta. I am so excited, and nervous, to finally share. I am making an exhibition next year, October 2023, all about Batik with the title ‘<u><i>Future of Batik ~ Masa depan Batik</i></u>’. A couple of years in the making. Now finally on Java to start the preparations. For this exhibition I will share my journey to Batik from different angles, including work by pembatiks I have been following these past 13 years!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHZh6Jfd-gRdB6QCKmUUT1kUn2tCZM4sEp_d4mnfz-ZVppXTLN_771BaKYAdlbtvak72_XalGdM_0auERLd4ro2UOn_55a27XMU_XhluLcHdLHJ-e_KW5SDmYzJL4ZrzVM-yEgrf5QOamhgaC0uEdfM2K2ys5MbxxMayLWcMBC3CnAcmKHYAtxQvnQ/s4032/IMG_6600.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHZh6Jfd-gRdB6QCKmUUT1kUn2tCZM4sEp_d4mnfz-ZVppXTLN_771BaKYAdlbtvak72_XalGdM_0auERLd4ro2UOn_55a27XMU_XhluLcHdLHJ-e_KW5SDmYzJL4ZrzVM-yEgrf5QOamhgaC0uEdfM2K2ys5MbxxMayLWcMBC3CnAcmKHYAtxQvnQ/w640-h480/IMG_6600.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Pak Hartono in front of Batik signed by Toorop, pointing out 'Dutch influence'</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz_vbzo3ah3xOK_R78VLa9vBuOK8Se2G9MwDTH1yHnxR9GfM1tkft-AFWktcU9Pvb4_cBDgpSPpa1dcK0aNP3Vyybjj5y00Fb1l_K51ct5l3I3sSljQ7Mi9-oyDWU1p-N70FBuQbmt28X9l4xtEjOvD_eLu8lgb0pwcuKbi9D7O4pIUJJxk4tE2_p_/s4032/IMG_6701.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz_vbzo3ah3xOK_R78VLa9vBuOK8Se2G9MwDTH1yHnxR9GfM1tkft-AFWktcU9Pvb4_cBDgpSPpa1dcK0aNP3Vyybjj5y00Fb1l_K51ct5l3I3sSljQ7Mi9-oyDWU1p-N70FBuQbmt28X9l4xtEjOvD_eLu8lgb0pwcuKbi9D7O4pIUJJxk4tE2_p_/w640-h480/IMG_6701.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Repro Batik by Pak Hartono</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicMTd5Kt32gM9_DHLRwxA2ZofX1HLufg3Lda3B7vC7jbt0eUAGMXl8n7ZD6hhVytS5fOvwC9P23ua8TQVn84WrNL1xCscb8iYzqSx9yIsQVnuhujhXDfQl8HLKOgy2YwPGzlvVcsMCkjByr8ePQOokiccqOjpHequQHOFuKeRWLEsBZcQqQIN4DBaY/s4032/IMG_6688.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicMTd5Kt32gM9_DHLRwxA2ZofX1HLufg3Lda3B7vC7jbt0eUAGMXl8n7ZD6hhVytS5fOvwC9P23ua8TQVn84WrNL1xCscb8iYzqSx9yIsQVnuhujhXDfQl8HLKOgy2YwPGzlvVcsMCkjByr8ePQOokiccqOjpHequQHOFuKeRWLEsBZcQqQIN4DBaY/w480-h640/IMG_6688.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Showing off the Repro Batiks</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9D6r3EwiKQo3-vIhMxJm29OhaxTktavrZvfwnUrh3jmLfzJyewqHOzfjZzIQBIoSWcAQsWz5gDuOOein--drcLb6Zh5cgxV3Q2Id2Avp8YZG1Qd4Nc_oqIXgeNuUev6qoQHT6jnq46IcMzRspk0dO3Yscxdsx05Aroqt5H_Y3zGpW7RtYLHDM5LlF/s4032/IMG_6664.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9D6r3EwiKQo3-vIhMxJm29OhaxTktavrZvfwnUrh3jmLfzJyewqHOzfjZzIQBIoSWcAQsWz5gDuOOein--drcLb6Zh5cgxV3Q2Id2Avp8YZG1Qd4Nc_oqIXgeNuUev6qoQHT6jnq46IcMzRspk0dO3Yscxdsx05Aroqt5H_Y3zGpW7RtYLHDM5LlF/w640-h480/IMG_6664.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQeFW7JxWKfU9siyge9jViS4k9ujvFuKNNtBObV7O2LhIpljuZckxKZNu6D5PVTFE1vHtqwCHOiRI-3L6EqEIB1cX1nQkjpTHOM6R1h_SV_Wd7F55DIHkTBVYOd0ixMjxYRFaW__uQLZA6XKPvTt52XDEFh6ISrA1IizJMRpXNsgECDpHpsQJSa7Qx/s4032/IMG_6745.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQeFW7JxWKfU9siyge9jViS4k9ujvFuKNNtBObV7O2LhIpljuZckxKZNu6D5PVTFE1vHtqwCHOiRI-3L6EqEIB1cX1nQkjpTHOM6R1h_SV_Wd7F55DIHkTBVYOd0ixMjxYRFaW__uQLZA6XKPvTt52XDEFh6ISrA1IizJMRpXNsgECDpHpsQJSa7Qx/w480-h640/IMG_6745.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>One of many cupboards filled with beautiful things</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>So my first week in Jakarta was filled with meetings to discuss my plans, program options & more. I am not doing, or maybe only a few, public events, since I want to focus on all we can do together next year. </div><div>The start of my stay in Jakarta begin with an invite to a talkshow by Pak Hartono, Batik & Art collector who I often share ideas with through WA. The event was pretty fancy gathering of ladies from a Wastra club. Felt misplaced, but Ibu Hartono insured me that Pak Hartono was very happy I came although he was so busy with these ladies. Several batiks were being showed from Pak Hartono’s collection while Pak Hartono explained the development of the style of Batik on the North coast of Java. He showed a Batik with Little Red Rinding Hood, a Batik signed by Toorop & van Zuylen. After his talk the ladies got to ask question. It was an interesting moment since one asked about Tiga Negeri and if this really was made in several locations ~ because Mas Benny Gratha states in his book on ‘Tiga Negeri’ it was only made in Solo. Pak Hartono said he had proof that it was made in several locations, send be me! Wait what? All the ladies were all looking at me. Hartono continued; Sabine is a researcher from the Netherlands. She send me information about ‘blanco’, the batiks with only a motif in red produced in Lasem and Pekalongan. </div><div>Well after this everyone wanted to chat with me. </div><div>After the Q&A reproduction Pak Hartono makes from his collection were being catwalked by ladies. The repro’s are very finely made Batik Tulis, on only one side of the cloth, the design is based on the original batiks but the colours are very different. </div><div>After all this we got invited to see the ceramic room/house. An incredible space filled with old cupboards filled with ceramics, glassware and more. The room was decorated with beautiful paintings and vases, big ones on the ground, and smaller ones on small tables. The ladies were posing in every corner, making it a funny experience trying to not get in their shots while carefully not knocking over anything. </div><div>While the ladies got lunch in the courtyard, I was invited inside. During lunch I got share some of recent research which was received with shock, especially the name ‘Batik Belanda’ and that it is actually a term for imitations from the Netherlands. </div><div>I will revisit, so I can share more of my findings with Pak Hartono in person, so looking forward to return to Jakarta later this month. </div><div>Before I left Pak Hartono told me he had something for me, he found it just a month ago. A Batik from the 60/70’s with Gelatik motif. I told him before how much I loved these motifs in his book. In his book ‘Batik Betawi’ are several stunning colourful batiks filled with my favourite bird. He asked me why I like this bird and I had shared a video of my ricebird. I explained I named my ricebird Batik, it was before I was busy with Batik and our little feathered friend always started singing when I was discussing or talking about Batik, the textile, with someone. </div><div>Monday the package with the batik arrived at my hotel. Such a kind gift! Such a sweet surprise!</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrgOZZjfJKHMIM23RheSuFzrPPl6wFKw8qq9DYX1sEV2YnDsEogm5sYnoKv2wi6Bxohj6ryM1grSGlrLZC-IsagtZdX5o4rYfSSOKI8VtylPW_0OOoVmYLEEnOIkhzWIWp6zAH2jkSKHdabSLz3_I1URjz2UW0GDwiiqOXvgnBPUmYtJotGjt0H8os/s4032/68648376352__4842CAC3-7103-4743-9E71-78B2DC775C1E.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrgOZZjfJKHMIM23RheSuFzrPPl6wFKw8qq9DYX1sEV2YnDsEogm5sYnoKv2wi6Bxohj6ryM1grSGlrLZC-IsagtZdX5o4rYfSSOKI8VtylPW_0OOoVmYLEEnOIkhzWIWp6zAH2jkSKHdabSLz3_I1URjz2UW0GDwiiqOXvgnBPUmYtJotGjt0H8os/w480-h640/68648376352__4842CAC3-7103-4743-9E71-78B2DC775C1E.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Detail of the Batik Gelatik form the 60/70's</i></div><div><br /></div><div>On Sunday it was Hari Batik which I celebrated with my Batik mentor Pak William Kwan. Because the Museum Tekstil opening is postponed to 12 October, we went to two malls. First the Batik Bazaar organized by Yayasan Batik Indonesia. We first eat and discussed our Batik activities. </div><div>After this mall we headed to the new and approved Sarinah. Curious what the fuzz was about, I wanted to check it out. The mall looks gorgeous, so do the batiks, but what prices! Considering how little the makers are being paid, it makes me sad. The fashion was mostly made from all kind of prints, why I wondered? The very expensive haute-couture corner only had outfits with imitation on it! So there is room for improvement to say the least… </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSRj_EqtgqbjQ-Awc8n2O8Jc3vjuzNdYa1-Wsux4umf8NZktRv5_Rq1nhPpUkRfJpWzUE4FsunIJtO9XDMvzm2LKWNA2V5wkYor1h7hc5H4vD3WU6lfcVITAUFA7q03ZZ8WsEsTGB2TdfFt_gBbbBgbwIGFoH8GYgzllz9wRl67ixNZ0DMLdESC6dt/s4032/IMG_6873.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSRj_EqtgqbjQ-Awc8n2O8Jc3vjuzNdYa1-Wsux4umf8NZktRv5_Rq1nhPpUkRfJpWzUE4FsunIJtO9XDMvzm2LKWNA2V5wkYor1h7hc5H4vD3WU6lfcVITAUFA7q03ZZ8WsEsTGB2TdfFt_gBbbBgbwIGFoH8GYgzllz9wRl67ixNZ0DMLdESC6dt/w480-h640/IMG_6873.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Biggest canting I have ever seen at mall Sarinah</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ7u48kzUgGDpEYoZ47lwW_ifiynHEkVFJ7A08vZuTdagyPFcU0eMNp36STDOxq5ZFVgxNXcz9h9kRVM3nXeKLGsiFYXLl4ENQg8-d-jCxUcbd1xHdjO6gd1eT6XbdqSWnS63zCy0sl7mdO8Sg5mI0QMJyYgWxPKR294qJ-gjRGQ0EKTGwO-8pVtVX/s4032/IMG_6923.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ7u48kzUgGDpEYoZ47lwW_ifiynHEkVFJ7A08vZuTdagyPFcU0eMNp36STDOxq5ZFVgxNXcz9h9kRVM3nXeKLGsiFYXLl4ENQg8-d-jCxUcbd1xHdjO6gd1eT6XbdqSWnS63zCy0sl7mdO8Sg5mI0QMJyYgWxPKR294qJ-gjRGQ0EKTGwO-8pVtVX/w640-h480/IMG_6923.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Hello Museum Tekstil, good to see you!</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZevV_qXky8huNHYJB95WgeJ6cWhvRf7_w7d4-QQPVsm6gnS1vNJ6bCKf0TqnZCzniWGZsvcYtWuz2xFq-5uLPcI8WzEEk5KfFyGqLYCZdSvvdUVlGCcm43wgpy01Q0QHQNImX_i16A8z0-gLtjH9hDyW0jBNa6OjPsGqDdzXkfY8W-yy6Gqx40VH1/s4032/IMG_6934%20(1).jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZevV_qXky8huNHYJB95WgeJ6cWhvRf7_w7d4-QQPVsm6gnS1vNJ6bCKf0TqnZCzniWGZsvcYtWuz2xFq-5uLPcI8WzEEk5KfFyGqLYCZdSvvdUVlGCcm43wgpy01Q0QHQNImX_i16A8z0-gLtjH9hDyW0jBNa6OjPsGqDdzXkfY8W-yy6Gqx40VH1/w480-h640/IMG_6934%20(1).jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>In the library of Museum Tekstil </i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>with a copy of Veldhuisen 'Batik Belanda' in Bahasa Indonesia</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>Monday I had a meeting at Museum Tekstil with Mas Ardi. Mas Ardi was my translator during my talk in October 2019, launching <a href="https://www.sabinebolk.nl/projects/project-re-telling-the-history-of-the-indo-european-influence-on-batik/" target="_blank">my research project</a>. We met recently in Utrecht (NL) when he was part of the exchange program for the Rijksmuseum exhibition ‘Revolusi’. </div><div>I was happy we got to meet now again and share ideas and make plans, for during my stay now and for next year. Was so nice to return to the museum. Last time it was my first stop & start. We met in the library. I didn’t have the chance to see it last time and was curious since recent donations were added. Their collection is really good. It includes many Batik books, old and new, in English and Bahasa Indonesia. You can visit the library during openings-hours and there is a nice place to sit and read. So ayo, go check out this perpustakaan!</div><div>I will meet Mas Ardi again at the end of the month to make more plans and hopefully go on a Batik adventure!</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgezB4g9Pzv2L6c9jKlMEjCeX-xtuCvWTty_vrmTGupGAGDryiQEyQt69rmLz-lvkSwmQXPfGd7utBPldRDo20THz81jzdR6S4Jr53iNAZUkdndLGI5a5bjsx_vhwySZ4tqbkX0M5KZ4-cOp1huitAz2qB8CH93VICrD2GhPPj8BV875viozoFLuewj/s4032/IMG_7053.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgezB4g9Pzv2L6c9jKlMEjCeX-xtuCvWTty_vrmTGupGAGDryiQEyQt69rmLz-lvkSwmQXPfGd7utBPldRDo20THz81jzdR6S4Jr53iNAZUkdndLGI5a5bjsx_vhwySZ4tqbkX0M5KZ4-cOp1huitAz2qB8CH93VICrD2GhPPj8BV875viozoFLuewj/w480-h640/IMG_7053.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><i>Broken winged angel at Taman Prasasti Museum</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl0nMgcHejvul4c1f0leaXcNLvo5cvWFzKQADn-MPbN-QtLjNKR2nYuuoxlFxGJ6dNvgr5tDa1wT_riSGYArTjm0JcT8bHw3Znw_djwWUa29NqWsRkjDr1U9WZq7iy_SCOMxNAtA8HW8Y4jpqQdLrS1jgSjPEXBFBSyIBFp5BXJCewSumH2EkszCWj/s4032/IMG_7113.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl0nMgcHejvul4c1f0leaXcNLvo5cvWFzKQADn-MPbN-QtLjNKR2nYuuoxlFxGJ6dNvgr5tDa1wT_riSGYArTjm0JcT8bHw3Znw_djwWUa29NqWsRkjDr1U9WZq7iy_SCOMxNAtA8HW8Y4jpqQdLrS1jgSjPEXBFBSyIBFp5BXJCewSumH2EkszCWj/w640-h480/IMG_7113.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFC4kpZCHVzYjGCfx709GP1567hxACDVp0o7yhcxYVJCVklLuN9PKFyl5BEtiO2amAvO55OWKZUXcuqxPqn4E0CV42S29wXGpdrZ1Mo05Pee479ebo_r-6XQLJXtt05_bQ3j7c-dksUfT2PERaCUsulVnoeFdLMKCPESf4kiV5c_67BisajOSio-NZ/s4032/IMG_7169.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFC4kpZCHVzYjGCfx709GP1567hxACDVp0o7yhcxYVJCVklLuN9PKFyl5BEtiO2amAvO55OWKZUXcuqxPqn4E0CV42S29wXGpdrZ1Mo05Pee479ebo_r-6XQLJXtt05_bQ3j7c-dksUfT2PERaCUsulVnoeFdLMKCPESf4kiV5c_67BisajOSio-NZ/w480-h640/IMG_7169.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Beheaded angel <span style="text-align: left;">at Taman Prasasti Museum</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnHLEBXiX3LsdS86YQ7l06TlIjf3Cnt5lrJ-pvuCXWSFjneowYxiQW6Kf0Gry1t0u71i9_HWsRTKVhWgvp8xM6vXdVQnzm9_l9JX5Pi6luXtSoICTF26_e13L3r1O5zYCXbFcV8CTtBgw_8tVTMAKy0lHKUXVzU7RUP-an1U_JhOcu3UQUxp2N4kFv/s4032/IMG_7019.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnHLEBXiX3LsdS86YQ7l06TlIjf3Cnt5lrJ-pvuCXWSFjneowYxiQW6Kf0Gry1t0u71i9_HWsRTKVhWgvp8xM6vXdVQnzm9_l9JX5Pi6luXtSoICTF26_e13L3r1O5zYCXbFcV8CTtBgw_8tVTMAKy0lHKUXVzU7RUP-an1U_JhOcu3UQUxp2N4kFv/w640-h480/IMG_7019.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Broken headstones <span style="text-align: left;">at Taman Prasasti Museum</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>On Tuesday I met Pak William again at Taman Prasasti Museum, the old Tanah Abang graveyard. I arrived a little earlier and went looking for the names I had written down. On the website of IGV there is an index of the graves with clear info in the location with photos, https://igv.nl/databronnen/tanah-abang-index/ </div><div>I looked up some names I thought might be there, yet run into names I didn’t expected to be there. </div><div>The old graveyard has been cleaned up and re-arranged as a park. Stacks of broken tombstones show that many more were laying here to rest, but only a few are still ‘on display’. As always, it was nice to “run into” some familiar names. The place is very interesting, never saw so many broken winged angels, or beheaded angels... It kinda add the right symbolic feel to the place. Got attacked by huge red ants and followed by several cats while trying to make photos, totally worth it, and the cats pointed out some good names.</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyn5iMpT4Azh2WozONqdN-7FEw1y8QWpfhbWGk9Y7iGFDb7IvgDKHkmxr3FWOHJukio5zYiYuY2m5VR_ywruqksbOFlafNTm-5ifMy88Z5R0JEjX_WdJ9wHKbPAUj6toLqrJhtLCDAf7Q/s4032/IMG_7111.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyn5iMpT4Azh2WozONqdN-7FEw1y8QWpfhbWGk9Y7iGFDb7IvgDKHkmxr3FWOHJukio5zYiYuY2m5VR_ywruqksbOFlafNTm-5ifMy88Z5R0JEjX_WdJ9wHKbPAUj6toLqrJhtLCDAf7Q/w480-h640/IMG_7111.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Cat on tombstone</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjacDpi0NU7l6oklE1h6qyVcafagVDr__UpQzlEgX3YkOUkj9NgqxPROetF70zQ5ZsotMKx2E3D8y1LUUIrVM9mN-sizgpIprfCbfccl4VlOI2EyN0lypDGPsK82CDzneup8Ddrpr7nkf1HPXQdY5547p_RPn_bvsjTGV3lhKNxnQKn9n7BdE4n9pNu/s4032/IMG_7212.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjacDpi0NU7l6oklE1h6qyVcafagVDr__UpQzlEgX3YkOUkj9NgqxPROetF70zQ5ZsotMKx2E3D8y1LUUIrVM9mN-sizgpIprfCbfccl4VlOI2EyN0lypDGPsK82CDzneup8Ddrpr7nkf1HPXQdY5547p_RPn_bvsjTGV3lhKNxnQKn9n7BdE4n9pNu/w480-h640/IMG_7212.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Pak William pointing out a Batik motif</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9s7oKwKDcx9jJCZZh_fI6BF8J6rKRjoi_CBr3-nQAPuSAg6Uf8WvHjcGXQNg-WGqkmGYYx_YcNUk6fZ9TUGiurfiFCRUvikPY61H9Boi0brOG9kiAGc2sOyfSsI8XjGl6jmCq4IvTAPpL40Oa4BOTvzc-ocvwadln8ae4txMuRHrel58ZI241i2oH/s4032/IMG_7276.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9s7oKwKDcx9jJCZZh_fI6BF8J6rKRjoi_CBr3-nQAPuSAg6Uf8WvHjcGXQNg-WGqkmGYYx_YcNUk6fZ9TUGiurfiFCRUvikPY61H9Boi0brOG9kiAGc2sOyfSsI8XjGl6jmCq4IvTAPpL40Oa4BOTvzc-ocvwadln8ae4txMuRHrel58ZI241i2oH/w480-h640/IMG_7276.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>The library of the Erasmushuis in Jakarta</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>Wednesday I had my meeting with director Yolande and project manager Anna at Erasmushuis. It was great to see the space(s). I was here last in 2016 and hadn’t seen it after renovations. In new exhibition is in the making and it was so nice to think how I will fill this space. The library is so stunning. I am happy we are going to add a must needed Batik section to it and we are going to start with it as soon as possible. I am so excited and so honoured I can make a Batik exhibition, my Batik exhibition here. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>After my meeting, I headed to Esmod, the fashion school, to meet Ibu Liesna. We met during the pandemic online, I was a guest in her IG live and we are always liking each others posts. </div><div>It was so nice to finally meet in person, like we just had coffee the day before. </div><div>Ibu Liesna was giving her batik lesson to the fashion students. They can choose different crafts to explore and Batik is one of them. It was only their second try at Batik. It was fun to be in this class and chat with Liesna’s students. One student shared her parents back home in Kalimantan actually have a batikworkshop! Another asked my thoughts on Batik Malaysia and I got to tell about what I learned about <a href="https://www.journeytobatik.org/2022/10/batik-terap-of-terengganu-malaysia.html" target="_blank">my very recent visit to Terengganu</a>.</div><div>At the end of the class Ibu Liesna asked me to change into a kebaya, belt and batik. She styled it for me before we took pictures. The kebaya & belt were of her own design, her brand <a href="https://www.instagram.com/galeriliesna/" target="_blank">Galeri Liesna</a>, the batik from Lasem. After the photos, I asked if I should change before we went to the restaurant. Turned out she wanted to give me the complete outfit! Since I have many nice Batiks from Lasem, I kindly returned that, but very much accepted the kebaya and belt. My first kebaya! I am so happy with it. Terima kasih banyak Batik sister Liesna!</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYGvjOGqcT704jZbrIn4b4-edkDmyCJC9fhYJMw65dlc-RnexECxNFTSo4FV1pjob22PKVsF2A3aRhAp_B7xz0Nm9AmeQupoNfb7iQMcREhMGsbMVsAlS9cDpKYzQ9MUbm-2w8r1FMGigioKlSoaJKsbddKkerCywVx14WQy9CkPsUMlrlYQBo_lT4/s4032/IMG_7296.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYGvjOGqcT704jZbrIn4b4-edkDmyCJC9fhYJMw65dlc-RnexECxNFTSo4FV1pjob22PKVsF2A3aRhAp_B7xz0Nm9AmeQupoNfb7iQMcREhMGsbMVsAlS9cDpKYzQ9MUbm-2w8r1FMGigioKlSoaJKsbddKkerCywVx14WQy9CkPsUMlrlYQBo_lT4/w480-h640/IMG_7296.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Ibu Liesna and her fashionstudents in the batik lesson at Esmod Jakarta</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSdPc1hu11hetNoReElWdvq1R5HUxJskXGJiziRIG8JlKMpNOXmRPiD_ACHZxKjFQHw7qk5DYITfZ-TDSM3J0XCGuxQiAhLQUkSG8-AhL97Q3dr4n37gx0CxyZxINBOd5VfRDrKo4a5awZSTxVsJRxg1usmWI-1IILij5SLJ93hZ155YIaiTjcqjm5/s1600/f82c4ff0-d59e-4394-82e3-ae0c7b6576dd.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSdPc1hu11hetNoReElWdvq1R5HUxJskXGJiziRIG8JlKMpNOXmRPiD_ACHZxKjFQHw7qk5DYITfZ-TDSM3J0XCGuxQiAhLQUkSG8-AhL97Q3dr4n37gx0CxyZxINBOd5VfRDrKo4a5awZSTxVsJRxg1usmWI-1IILij5SLJ93hZ155YIaiTjcqjm5/w640-h480/f82c4ff0-d59e-4394-82e3-ae0c7b6576dd.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Posing with Ibu Liesna and the students showing their batiks </i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>me wearing Kebaya and belt by Galeri Liesna</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>My last day, for now, in Jakarta I visited Jennifer, my dear friend and my batik reseller. Normally our contact is through WA, an occasional phone-call and boxes of Batik. I have been working with Jennifer since 2016, when she joined me to Lasem. It is great to have someone who can do the practical part for the pembatiks, the shipment to me, who is like me invested in making sure we can enjoy batik for many more generations to come.</div><div>We talked shop; restocked for Guave, discuss how to improve and continue the one-coloured batiks and slendangs, since we will be reordering, restocked for myself, many beauties coming with me end of November. And brought two Malaysian batiks with me to be turned into clothing, while adding another one one the spot by Ibu Ramini to be made into a dress also. Jippie! Cannot wait to do a fitting when I am back!</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i>So I am in the train to Pekalongan. Very happy to return there after 3 years.</i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i>Till next update!</i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i><br /></i></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs2uhHQ3_lhSboFW2uISQpQFzlHGvsXlyDYHWVbfMm7UMB-Sam2O3HudNFzkHdhtCBTi81x97hwWZzevzWKCa8UXNsQTSR_jxZMhPASrHK5L-eDps4wNrg2l7XMavTkzxii3h5RCrYgfSkTEc8Zhg9d05V2VhELyvKUKbMGFyQUqecw1WGp_F422MC/s1500/a73e0119-fa97-4c4f-a16e-d3a36cba9140.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1500" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs2uhHQ3_lhSboFW2uISQpQFzlHGvsXlyDYHWVbfMm7UMB-Sam2O3HudNFzkHdhtCBTi81x97hwWZzevzWKCa8UXNsQTSR_jxZMhPASrHK5L-eDps4wNrg2l7XMavTkzxii3h5RCrYgfSkTEc8Zhg9d05V2VhELyvKUKbMGFyQUqecw1WGp_F422MC/w640-h640/a73e0119-fa97-4c4f-a16e-d3a36cba9140.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Photo by Pak William </i><i><span style="text-align: left;">at Taman Prasasti Museum</span></i></div><div><br /></div>Sabine Bolkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05606182977393734306noreply@blogger.com2