Cirebon Batik Trusmi Excellence

batik exhibition on events in Jakarta and other cities often visitor asked me "what is excellence trusmi batik or batik-batik Cirebonan compared with batik, which originated from other regions? ". my opinion that basically batik-batik produced by batik centers in various regions are generally good - nice and has a diverse style of batik. thus the unique character and uniqueness of batik - batik area can not be said of batik, which one is better than other regions. unique motifs and patterns resulting from batik - batik in different areas of strength and wealth is very unusual, especially for the culture of Indonesian batik. did not exist in any country who have wealth like batik designs which is owned by the Indonesian nation. very proud we all are, at each - each region has a design and motive - a motive peculiar to the naming patterns that use their respective regional languages. such as batik motifs from there aceh aceh door, chakra doenya, Bungong Jeumpa. riau ducks home from the evening there, bud biting, larat clouds and veils. jelaprang including batik from Java (Pekalongan), mukti sida, sida sublime (Solo), Patran dagger dragon liman pivot, plane bride (cirebon), etc..

to find out about the wealth of evidence of the many design motifs - Indonesian batik is the simplest example can be seen in the area of West Java, in this region there are dozens of centers of batik among the most easterly of the existing wilyah cirebon, there Indramayu northern region, then toward the west and ciamis southern districts there, and the town of Tasikmalaya district, Garut regency. although still in one province and the same cultures (Sundanese culture), but can we meet the different decorative motifs and batik, which is much different from one district to another district. As in the area with Indramayu cirebon has the character and motives of different designs, even more so between Cirebon and Garut district has a different motif, pattern and ornamentation are very significant differences. The difference is influenced by cultures and levels of expertise from his batik craftsmen. material - material used to make both of relatively equal batik canting shape, form or type of wax seal. But when the production process there are times when the condition element run ground water with PH of different quality - differences can affect the final staining results. Similarly with the nature of patience and perseverance batik craftsmen in each - for each region, will also be able to affect the final quality of batik produces.

cirebon batik production centers located in the village trusmi Plered cirebon allegedly cirebon is out of town as far as 4 km to the west or toward the direction of bandung. trusmi village and its surroundings there are more than 1000 workers or craftsmen batik. batik workers came from several areas around the village trusmi, such as from the village gamel, kaliwulu, wotgali and kalitengah. general batik batik cirebon including in the coastal groups, but also some batik batik cirebon included in the group of the palace. This is because cirebon has two royal palace and the palace is keratonan Kasepuhan Kanoman, supposedly based on the history of these two royal palace appeared a few classic Cirebonan batik design, which until now is still done by some rural communities such as motive mega trusmi overcast, pivot dragon liman, Patran kris, Patran kangkong, umbrellas lion, lion barong, banjar mudhole, chicken base, plane bride, katewono, mountain giwur, simbar deer, kendo and other simbar - other. some important things that can become a feature or characteristic that is also owned by batik cirebon are as follows : batik design of nuance Cirebonan traditional classical in general always involves wadasan motif (rock) on parts of a particular motive. besides there is also a cloud-shaped decorative element (mega) on a part - a part which is adjusted with the main motive . Cirebonan classical batik traditionally been characterized by a color in the background (base fabric) younger than the color line on main motive.

the background or base fabric is usually clean look of black stains or colors - colors that are not desired in the manufacturing process. Black stain and can be caused by the use of batik wax break, so the process of dye staining is not desired permeate the fabric . line - line Cirebonan batik motifs on the use of single lines and thin (small) approximately 0.5 mm with an older line of color compared with the background color. this is because the process of batik cirebon superior in closing (blocking area) using a special canting to make the process of closure, that is using and bleber canting wall (made of bamboo sticks on the edges given a piece of yarn - cotton yarn thick and placed on one end of bamboo poles). color - the dominant color of the traditional classical batik Cirebonan usually have a yellow color (Sogan pads), the basic colors of black and beige, or dark red, navy blue, basic black with a cream color or ivory fabric.Cirebonan batik background tend to choose some fabric left empty without filled with decorative shaped tanahan or rentesan (ganggeng plant-shaped ornament). decorative shapes or rentesan tanahan is usually used by batik - batik from Pekalongan.

Still with batik Cirebonan, but have different characteristics with the previous group Cirebonan coastal batik. Cirebonan coastal batik is strongly influenced by the character of coastal communities which generally have a soul open and receptive to foreign cultural influences. developments at the present time, which is owned by the batik coloring Cirebonan more colorful and use element - the element colors more bright and clear, and has a decorative shape which is free to combine elements of animals and other forms of visual diverse flora.

on the area around the port are usually many strangers who stopped, anchored to different ethnic marriages happened (assimilation), then Cirebonan coastal batik is more likely to receive from outside cultural influences brought by immigrants. batik cirebon so this one is more likely to be able to meet or follow consumer tastes from various regions (more to the fulfillment of commodity trade and komersialitas), so the color is more attractive coastal batik Cirebonan using many colors. Cirebonan batik production at present consists of batik, batik and batik stamp stationery combination. in the range 1990 - 2000 there are some communities Cirebonan batik artisans who produce batik cloth Cirebonan screen printing technique with hand (hand printing), but lately the hand silk-screening technique is almost extinct, due to the silk-screening techniques can not compete with machines that are owned by the company that larger. trusmi batik growth appears to move quickly beginning in 2000, it can be seen from popping showroom batik around the main village road and Panembahan trusmi. batik showroom owner trusmi almost entirely owned by the original residents, although there are one or two are owned by the owners of capital from outside trusmi.