Indonesia is well known for beautifully patterned Batik, Songket and Ikat fabrics. Dyes made from roots and leaves, color cotton and silk fibers to produce traditional fabrics for clothing. Ikat weaving or ikat fabric is woven craft from Indonesia in the form of fabric woven from strands of the weft or warp threads that are previously tied and dipped in natural dye. The loom used is not the engine loom, but the loom used is manual machine that driven by human. Ikat fabrics can be sewn to be used as clothing and apparel, upholstery furniture, or interior decorator. Before weaving, strands of yarn are wrapped (tied) with plastic straps in accordance with a pattern or a decorative pattern desired. When it is dyed, piece of yarn is tied with a plastic rope that will not be stained.
Ikat weaving technique found in various regions in Indonesia and one of them is in Bondowoso. Here is the weaving craftsman from Bondowoso, East Java. This weaving fabric workshop produces weaving products, such as; weaving sarong, ikat weaving shirt, ikat weaving fabrics, ikat weaving women cloth, ikat weaving pouch and wrapping jar. Those products are ready in various colors and motifs. It is fully handmade woven and taking several months to make each ikat fabric. With manual loom machine, this ikat fabric and cloth workshop designs comfortable and elegant ikat weaving cloth for women and men. All those ikat products are made various kind of yarn colors.
Interesting in ikat weaving products? So let’s come to its workshop in Bondowoso, East Java
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