Striated Fabric: Pedan Traditional Striated Fabrics

Pedan traditional striated fabric is one woven fabric that is still produced traditionally, since the 1960s. At that time, at least 100 traditional craftsmen in striated fabric Jetis Village, Village Jetis Wetan, District Pedan, Klaten, Central Java.

 Striated Fabrics or "Kain Lurik"

Pedan striated fabric has experienced glory in the years around the 1980s. Over time, the craft is pushed aside by the rampant began weaving factory with machines. Currently only three traditional striated businessmen who still survive, with the number of employees 25 people. They are capable of producing 15 meters of cloth per person, and found in getting wage of Rp 10,000 per day.

Pedan's Lurik.

One of the advantages of this fabric that is not owned by the batik cloth, which is striated fabric can not be made with printing techniques (printing) for printing techniques can only mimic the style and color, but can not replicate the texture and soul / feel of a typical fabric striated. This is one of strength.

Although most striated fabrics are now manufactured using Weaving Machine Tool, in the village Pedan, Klaten and in Krapyak, Yogyakarta, there are still craftsmen who make the woven cloth striated ATBM order. They generally use cotton yarn that has been dyed by a thread factory in Solo. But for the purposes that require striated fabric with a distinctive texture is still commonly used cotton yarn locally spun by hand and dyed using natural dyes.

Striated fabrics sold today is not just a piece of cloth, but also sold in various forms of products to suit today's lifestyles, whether it be fashion items and interior items. We can buy shirts, skirts, shawls or scarves which metallic threads interspersed among the cotton yarn. We can find a variety of soft furnishing fabrics made ​​from striated.

Spinning yarn

Striated fabric was not only suitable for ethnic-style interior of Java alone but it would seem fitting for the stylish minimalist interior. Besides striated fabric is also made into a variety of souvenirs such as, stationary sets, organizers, bags, shoes and so on. Not stop there, striated cloth is also widely used as a restaurant or cafe waitress uniforms are Javanese and nuanced public.

Process of striated

Striated fabric is now not only meet the needs of traditional communities. He had infiltrated the urban contemporary human life with a variety of reasons. And its use was now no longer need to pay attention to the various meanings contained therein. One of the advantages possessed striated fabric that is not owned by the batik cloth, which is striated fabric can not be made ​​with printing techniques (printing) for printing techniques can only mimic the style and color alone but can not replicate the texture and 'feel' typical striated fabric that becomes one of his strengths.