Building on Batik

by Hitchcock,Michael

• ISBN13: 9781840149876
• ISBN10: 1840149876
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-05-28
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Examining the experiences of the international community of batik producers, this book studies individual and collective activities and the emergence of a global craft consciousness, in the light of increasing demand from fashion and tourism and growing competition from commercial mass production.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations	ix
Foreword	xiv
Acknowledgments	xxi
Introduction	xxii
Dunia Batik Conference Declaration, Yogyakarta, Indonesia, 5 November 1997	xxxii
PART 1: CRAFTS, CULTURE AND TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE	1	(32)
Quo Vadis Batik?	3	(7)
Iwan Tirta
Aspects of Intellectual Property and Textiles	10	(13)
Bill Morrow
Innovation, Change and Tradition in the Batik Industry	23	(10)
Teruo Sekimoto
PART 2: TRADITIONAL BATIK	33	(74)
Cultural Values and Traditional Batik Patterns	35	(16)
Oetari K.W. Siswomihardjo
Function and Meaning of Batik-lurik - A Reconstruction	51	(13)
Renske Heringa
The Philosophy and Meaning of Classic batik Patterns of Central Java	64	(3)
S. Hertini Adiwoso
Textiles in Ancient Bali	67	(8)
I Wayan Ardika
The Classical Batiks of Jambi	75	(12)
Fiona G. Kerlogue
The Development of Motifs in Indonesian Batik Fashion Trends from 1850 Onwards	87	(14)
Ardiyanto Pranata
The Garuda Motif and Cultural Identity	101	(6)
Woro Aryandini S.
PART 3: COMPARATIVE BATIK	107	(80)
Parang Rusak Design in European Art	109	(9)
Maria Wronska-Friend
Javanese and Indonesian Batik in Germany	118	(9)
Irene Romeo
Reflections in Moscow Batik	127	(11)
Joachim Blank
Batik as Both Art and Craft	138	(7)
Rita Trefois
Malay (Perak) Embroidery in Contemporary Batik	145	(6)
Nazlina Shaari
The Art of Batik in Sri Lanka	151	(3)
Siva Obeyesekere
Persistence of Traditional Dress in Mesoamerica	154	(8)
Carol Hayman
Batik Effect on Pure Woven Wool	162	(8)
Dougal Pleasance
Batik on Paper Bi- and Tridimensional Structures	170	(9)
Alicia Farkas
Independent European Batik Technique on Easter Eggs	179	(8)
Annergret Haake
Hani Winotosastro
PART 4: BATIK CONSERVATION	187	(38)
Textile Exhibition Issues in Indonesian Museums	189	(8)
Puspitasari Wibisono
Batik Conservation in the Rotterdam Museum of Ethnology	197	(20)
Linda Hansen
The Batik Collection at the Tropenmuseum	217	(8)
Itie van Hout
PART 5: VIRTUAL AND SOUVENIR BATIKS	225	(130)
Extraterrestrial Inspiration - a Remarkable Batik from the Textile Museum Collection	227	(9)
Mattiebelle Gittinger
The Challenge for Batik in the Year 2020: Art, Commodity and Technology	236	(14)
Amri Yahya
Lifestyles in the Borderless World: Marketing Sarawak Textiles as Cultural Identity Products	250	(15)
Mohammad Zulkifli
Batik Route: Batik and Tourism	265	(6)
Fred W. van Oss
The Threads That Tie Textiles to Tourism	271	(14)
Kaye Crippen
Modern Influences on East Sumbanese Textiles	285	(10)
Karin Smedjebacka
Tourism and Geringsing Textiles in Bali: A Case Study from Tenganan	295	(12)
Ir Sulistyawati, MS
Endek and its Role in Tourism Development in Bali	307	(7)
Tri Budhi Sastrio
Textile Production, Tourism and the Internet - The Austrian Experience	314	(9)
Amin Tjoa
Roland R. Wagner
The Role of Tartan in the Development of the Image of Scotland	323	(15)
Richard Butler
Traditions, Tourism and Textiles: Creativity at the Cutting Edge	338	(17)
Nelson H.H. Graburn
Conclusions	355
Michael Hitchcock
Wiendu Nuryanti