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Batik Fashion Show by Jadi Batek

Monday, June 14th, 2010 | Jadi Batek, batik | No Comments

Jadi Batek Gallery was invited to conduct a batik drawing demonstration and two batik fashion shows at the Batik and Sarong Rendezvous “Touch of Kampung” dinner by Mutiara Goodyear Development Bhd, the developer of Nadayu, held at the project site in Hulu Klang, Ampang.

The event saw the crowd, made up of expatriates and locals VIP enjoying an evening filled with Malaysian culture and fashion.

The fashion show by Jadi Batek saw two segments with models strutting a collection of batik for leisure and formal wear.

Mutiara Goodyear Executive Chairman Mr.Hamidon Abdullah said the event was held to introduce the Nadayu, a unique choice of bungalows to the public. It is designed with the idea of stylish comfort conceptualized by art and nature.

Jadi Batek Gallery Creative Director Mr.Colin Yong said that the theme of the dinner is great because same as the Nadayu bungalow, every piece of batik is a masterpiece.

Batik Boutique Hotel in Kuching

Monday, June 14th, 2010 | batik, travel | No Comments

An enterprising woman, Jacqueline Fong opened a boutique hotel based with batik theme in Kuching, Malaysia. Although batik is Malaysia’s famous handicraft, It is my first time to know someone build a hotel based on batik motif.

The Batik Boutique Hotel has only 15 rooms and target the growing number of flashpackers (wealthier backpackers), families, independent and business travellers who want comfort and character.

You can find the batik motif everywhere, from the hotel’s frontage to the foot stools, walls and lights. Even the bathroom floor has a beautiful batik design.

“I just love batik and so have invested a lot in the design (of the hotel). It would be easy to expand the hotel into a chain around South-East Asia in the future as batik is synonymous with the region,” grins Fong.

For more information about the hotel, please refer to the www.batikboutiquehotel.com

Custom Made Batik

Wednesday, February 17th, 2010 | batik, custom made | No Comments

A Japanese ordered a custom made batik for his client. In the middle, it is the face of the client who was ex-sumo wrestler and running a successful restaurant chain.
Jadi Batek Gallery caters custom made order batik as premium or gift to your clients.

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Malaysian cultural icons on batik

Sunday, November 29th, 2009 | Jadi Batek, batik, custom made, handicraft | No Comments

Jadi Batek Gallery caters to custom made order from customers.

Recently, a local tourist guide requested a batik shirt with Malaysian cultural elements so that he can explain them easily to foreign tourists.

We have come out with few designs and he is happy and bought all of them. He is impressed with the detail of the motif and colors of the batik fabric.

This is a batik fabric with Malaysian traditional games. Wayang Kulit, Wau and Gasing.

batik motif (3)

Wayang Kulit is shadow puppet show, Wau is kite flying and Gasing is top spinning. All are typical traditional Malaysian games and sports activities.

The tourist guide mentioned to me that sometimes when he brought foreign tourists to east coast and tried to explain traditional games like kite flying but can’t find any during monsoon season. Or when the shadow puppet show is not available during weekdays.

Now, when the real traditional activity is not found, he can now just show the shape and design of wau, wayang and gasing from his batik shirt to the foreign tourists now.

The other 2 pieces of batik fabric with wau and wayang kulit.

batik motif (2)

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1 Malaysia Batik

Sunday, November 22nd, 2009 | Malaysia, batik, custom made | 1 Comment

According to Bernama today, Kraftangan Malaysia has unveiled four 1Malaysia batik designs with potential for use on attire for official functions and the 1Malaysia campaign.

The designs were shown to Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak before he chaired the cabinet meeting at his office here. The prime minister will choose one of the designs to be used on attire for official functions.

The designer is Mr.Nazarii Maarus and he took a month to come up with four shirt patterns, two baju kurung and two kebaya.

“The designs incorporate all the races in the country, Malays, Chinese and Indians, and the ethnic groups of Sabah and Sarawak and feature songket, paisley, peacock feather, pua kumba, peony and cotton flower motifs,” he said.

The five colours used were red, blue, black, yellow and white, said Nazarii, who was the 2nd prize winner of Piala Seri Endon 2003.

I am glad that Batik is chosen as the official attire for 1Malaysia but I think the design should not be fixed so that other batik producers can also contribute and create their own 1Malaysia themed batik design.

Anyway, Congratulation to Mr.Nazari Maarus to take the first step. To support the movement, Jadi Batek will also present our 1Malaysia themed batik shirt soon.

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Batik as gift to someone special

Monday, September 7th, 2009 | Jadi Batek, batik, batik workshop, experience | No Comments

Blogger Kei@kei visited Jadi Batek Gallery and made a batik masterpiece for her host family in Japan.

batik done at Jadi Batek

For full report, please visit
http://kinenshitai.blogspot.com/2009/07/jadi-batek.html

Batik classes are available everyday at Jadi Batek Gallery. It provides you with a marvelous opportunity to experiment with batik and produce your own batik masterpiece. Starting from RM50 per person, we provide you with all the equipments needed to start creating your own masterpiece. The equipments are a piece of A3 size (30 x 40cm) cotton cloth, chanting, wax, color and brush. Our friendly artists will guide you all the way during the lessons.

Stuck for design ideas? We have many designs that you can copy, from cartoon characters to floral patterns, and twin towers to animals.

The classes normally take an hour per lesson to complete. After that, we will dry the batik painting you have produced, fix the color and remove the wax for you. You can come back the next day to pick up your masterpiece which will be framed in a paper frame with plastic.

The size of the batik class is flexible. We can accommodate from 1 person to a group of 100 people.

As we need time to prepare the materials for the class, it is always a good idea to make a booking 2 hours before the class. Call us at (60)3-2145 1133 or use our online formto make a booking!

Hope to see you soon at Jadi Batek Gallery.

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Malaysian Politician Couple fashion

Sunday, March 29th, 2009 | batik, custom made | No Comments

In recent UMNO election, Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi garnered the highest number of votes for one of the three vice president posts. He was seen wearing a hand-drawn batik shirt in pink color and his wife, Datin Seri Hamidah Khamis was also wearing a matching batik dress. It was terrific. It must be their lucky batik dress. The win was also in conjunction with their 31st wedding anniversary. Congratulation!!

In Malaysia, Batik shirt is considered national costume. Politicians and tycoon are always wearing batik shirt in dinner or function. Every batik shirt is hand-drawn and every piece is a master piece. It is hard to find 2 pieces of same design batik shirt.

Jadi Batek Centre is one of the leading batik shop in Kuala Lumpur. We have 7 full time artist to meet your custom made requirement for batik. Visit Jadi Batek Centre today and bring back a piece of Malaysian heritage.

JADI BATEK CENTRE LAUNCHES FIRST-EVER ONLINE BATIK PAINTING APPLICATION

Friday, March 20th, 2009 | batik, batik workshop, experience, training | No Comments

Jadi Batek Centre, Kuala Lumpur’s largest batik handicraft centre launches a new revolutionary online batik painting tool today. Known to be the first in the world, the tool allows users to paint a batik online with a click of a button. Users simply choose a template, colour it in batik way and click a button to remove the outline to produce an online batik painting. Users can either print out their online batik painting or save in the public gallery.

Main page of Jadi Batek Centre Online Batik Painting

This online batik painting application will give the users the basic concept of batik painting. “We launched this application with the simple goal of raising the awareness of Malaysian batik through the internet to the world,” said Colin Yong, General Manager of Jadi Batek Centre. “Many people are interested in Batik but don’t understand what batik is and how to paint a batik. With this Online Batik Painting application, I believe many people will have a better understanding on how to make batik. It’s free, fun and educational. It is so easy that the children will enjoy it as well,” added Yong.

At the beginning stage, there are 5 templates for users to choose from. With a click of a button, a user chooses a colour and paint on the templates. Depending on where the user clicks on the template, the colour will have different gradation effect. After finishing with the batik colouring, the user clicks the “Dewax” button to remove the outlines of the template. The outline will turn into white lines and it is similar to real batik painting where the wax outline will be removed and only the colour remains in the final stage.

Online Batik Painting Example

We will add more templates in the future and the users can try on different templates with different batik colour effects,” said Colin Yong. Users can either print their batik masterpiece from their printer or save it in the public galleryto share with other batik lovers.

The online batik painting application is expected to make waves in Malaysia as batik remains Malaysia’s most treasured cultural heritage.

For more information about Jadi Batek Online Batik Painting application, please visit the following link:

http://jadibatek.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=66&Itemid=101&lang=en

About Jadi Batek Centre

JADI BATEK CENTRE is one of Kuala Lumpur’s largest batik and handicraft centres. Visitors are free to discover the process of batik-making at its workshop and classes are also available upon request. Visit JADI BATEK CENTRE today and take home a piece of Malaysia cultural heritage. Custom-made orders are welcome too!

For information, contact:

30, Jalan Inai, Off Jalan Imbi, Kuala Lumpur,

55100 Wilayah Persekutuan, Malaysia

Tel: (60)3 – 2145 1133

Fax: (60)3 – 2141 0179

Website: www.jadibatek.com

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