Senin, 22 November 2010

Maestro Batik

Nursjirwan Tirtamidjaja, known as Iwan Tirta, has passed away. Batik artists and designers that leave a legacy of struggle that has sweet fruit.
Long before today’s young people so confident wearing a batik, Iwan has been struggling to promote the beauty of batik to the world. He was so instrumental in preserving the traditional cloth Java.
Masters graduate of Yale University’s law has a big hand in transforming the traditional batik cloth into a luxurious modern dress. He gave a modern taste for globalizing batik.
Men born in Blora, 18 April 1935, it began to fall in love with batik when doing research on sacred dance Keraton Solo for a grant of The John D Rockefeller III. From there, he was determined to document and preserve batik.
In the midst of struggle with batik, it also produced a number of books containing the experiences and knowledge about batik. He also produced a number of creative tableware and jewelry palace batik.

from :  http://batikpedia.com/

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