Bantul's batik. M. Budi Harjono's (42) call of the batik his product. This effort is blazed the way since year 1980, Budi begin with the money two hundred thousand rupiah. This money then bought by equipment batiks and severally cloth sheet. His experience up to more or less decade becomes to fire an employee Cream Garden makes it concept batiks motif and preferred design market.
Initially, Budi starts to make paint batik that is depositted on big firm. Kindness, Budi beginning braves to follow exhibitions, or just deposit his product, the show often evened out by amateur and also government institution.
Budi’s draws Batik apparently be liked a lot of circle, particularly at Bali. Heretofore batiks paint still have market compartment that keeps faith. Try you see. For order of Bali, every week Budi gets tens million rupiahs. For order of abroad, as Japanese and Korean, per three-month Budi transfers to batik order for the price 25 million rupiahs.
But, don't carry on business if no daring. After scene of Bali bombs by terrorist, Budi claims, order finds time stop up to six-month. “This makes us under the weather up to more or less six-month,” Budi says. While there are many institution advise their staff use batik uniform, Budi have a spirit again.
“I offer on there are many product institution batik printing or batik even another,” say Budi remembers.
This man fortune enough. While follow exhibition commemorates HKSN at Solo on year 2006 last, Ani Yudhoyono's mother impressed with batik tulis of Budi. Some of batik tulis of Budi bought up by that SB Yudhoyono’s wife. Not many but enough, its point reaches six million rupiahs. Was lost happiness of Budi, while in his show room, in Gabusan's Art Market, visitted by Andi Mallarangeng. That State Palace official even order artificial batik cloth of Budi as much a hundred crosscuts for staff palace. One experience which leave visceral image on himself.
From Exhibition
Uniqueness of Batiks Bantulan, Budi says, are on its color, motif and its design that simpel. “This batiks available two types, Sogan and Kelengan,” Budi speech. The trick of differentiates on hue that is featured. If Sogan's type more a lot of dominated brown, black and white. Its the one type, namely to Kelengan, more a lot of to blue color and white.
colouration substance batiks available two, of chemical material and nature pigment. Natural pigment made from root. It’s process more so long to weigh coloration of chemical substance. No wonder, batiks tulis that dyed of nature pigment or price nature fiber it’s more expensive.
“The color of batik made from the most that natural fibre liked by the other nation consumer,” saying Budi. Budi said that he has no capital or special method for the way of marketing strategy. One that did by Budi is always follow exhibition, well that arranged deep Yogyakarta own and also at countryside.
His house at Triharjo, Pandak, Bantul, be a workshop to product of Batik Bantulan. Before year 2006, Budi has 25 employees. The price of batiks printing is a steal to be sold on gyration 30 thousand rupiahs. Meanwhile stamp batik around 70 thousand rupiahs. At the price that, say man that just finally his education at senior high school this, adequately been reached intermediate circle for local market.
Long of the jarik (the name of the traditional cloth with drawing, model or painting) as cloth and jarik as uniform is different. For jarik's cloth, long among 2,40 until with 2,60 meters. Meanwhile on uniform cloth usually has long 2 until 2,50 meters. And the batik paint according to requirement.“Batik will ever have its own market,” Budi say more. Even, as compare at his village, there is exists more or less eight home industry batiks tulis. As word of Budi, they have a loyal consumer, and the key is, mutually share.[]
