Eat devices Ancient batik

Maestro Iwan Tirta batik batik exploring the ancient wealth of exclusive dining devices.

Batik is Indonesian cultural riches. Typical motive has been explored in the various media, including devices made from ceramic porcelain dinner.

As the maestro of Indonesian batik, Iwan Tirta. This ancient batik figures released his latest work in the form of exclusive dining devices batik. Collection devices eat Iwan Tirta batik can be seen in the exhibition that was held at Senayan City Groud Floor, 30 January-1 March 2009.

Making batik work on ceramic cutlery is not the first for Iwan. Previously, the owner's full name was never Nusjirwan Tirtaamidjaja make ceramic devices batik eat. But this time he wanted to batik in the device look more elegant dining and classy.

"I purposely made eating device more exclusive batik to introduce batik ceramics in the international market," said Iwan, at the exhibition opening last week.

In his work, Iwan took two ancient batik motif high art value, that is the motive of Yogyakarta and Modang Hokokai from the Pekalongan motif. Both ancient batik motif is increasingly rare in the middle range of modern batik is more lively.

Modang is ornamental motifs of batik can be worn on aristocratic fashions of Yogyakarta. This motif much used as a triangle geometric ornamentation in a row. These triangles is a symbol of the flames to describe the spirit.

Iwan apply this motif in shades of pastel blue sweet. According to him, pastel colors that meet the international market tastes.

"People abroad are more like a simple design and muted colors and elegant, not too colorful," he said.

As for patterned ceramic Hokokai, Iwan took the butterfly ornaments in fresh shades of pink. Hokokai an ornamental motif batik Pekalongan typical assimilated with Japanese-style motifs. Nuances in pesisiran batik motifs display variations Hokokai many shapes and bright colors.

Each motif is made in complete cutlery set for dining. Starting from the plate, small and large bowls, cups and saucers, sauce containers, until the pepper and salt.

All products are made only in limited amounts. Even since only made in limited editions, each meal given device special stamp gold ink with the serial number.