[Kristin]

Inside a wooden box carved with batik pattern, the yellowish light from a lamp, which is caged inside the hard fabric case; not subtracting the beauty of shadow inducing pattern. Dark curves and lines that produce beautiful shadow can be an alternative decoration as the night came.

With his experience as interior designer in one or Solo’s shopping center, Fajar Adhinata wanted to turn teak wood waste into something with higher value. Using the name Lampu Batik Solo (Solo Batik Lamp), Fajar started to experiment to carve pattern for his lamps. He finally chose batik as his ultimate pattern to actively participate for sustaining batik as Indonesia’s heritage.



Fajar decided to use teak wood after he experimented with other kind of woods. “We choose teak wood as the basic material for it is strong and long lasting. We focus on quality, not only the unique pattern,” he explained.

Teak wood that known for its’ strength is used for the basic material of his decorative lamp. Teak wood he got will be cleaned before the patterns get drawn. After that, the wood will be cut according to the pattern, scoured, and varnished. The varnished pieces will be made into boxes with tungsten lamp inside; very simple indeed. His creativity in taking chances and in pattern making has been the ultimate skill of the 28 year old man in running his business since 2010.



The careful pattern making for the best quality result and the making process that only using manual skills made Lampu Batik Solo can only produce two to three lamps in a day. Lampu Batik Solo has reached Canada, Japan, and India after it visited Jakarta, Semarang, and Sulawesi.

There are many patterns sold such as batik pattern, oriental pattern, company logo or soccer club logo, name or initials, to religious pattern. For batik pattern, Fajar adopted many kinds of patterns such as batik patterns from Central Java, West Java, to Kalimantan. According to him, customer favorite patterns are parang and kawung patterns from Solo’s batik style. Customers can order their name to be carved on the box. “For custom orders, we can finish it from two to three weeks,” the father of three children explained.


Article Source: http://terasolo.com/