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The Ifugao indigenous cultural community live in the Central Cordillera in Northern Luzon. They call themselves Ifugao which literally means “inhabitants of the known earth”: a self-ascription intended to distinguish them from the spirits and deities that inhabit the different worlds in the Ifugao cosmology. They are known for the Banaue Rice Terraces, an agricultural and engineering feat that has been hailed as the “eighth wonder of the world.”

Ikat is a style of weaving that uses a resist-dyeing process on the threads before they are woven. The Ifugao ikat uses natural colors extracted from tree bark, special mud from the rice terraces, bushes, shrubs, and yellow ginger combined with lime, and is woven using backstrap looms.

Taken from http://www.cmcrafts.org/likhang-ifugao

Hi All, don't forget, Borneo Chic will launch their new store tomorrow and there will be a dance performance, door prize, weaving demo and more ;)

Hi All, we would like to inform you that Borneo Chic is moving to Kemang Timur - Jakarta. They will launch their new store on 6 December 2016. If you interested with handicraft and food products from Kalimantan you can visit their store. They also sell traditional hand woven products from West and East Kalimantan

ASPPUK one of SHWET partners is joining Katumbiri Exhibition in Jakarta Convention Center held by Ministry of Children and Women Empowerment. ASPPUK is presenting traditional hand woven products from Kapuas Hulu District, West Kalimantan.

This exhibition is held from 30 November - 04 December 2016. If you in Jakarta, please visit their booth in Katumbiri exhibition. Their booth number: 157

The island of Panay has a centuries-old tradition of piña weaving that began during the Spanish colonial period. Kalibo, Aklan, in particular, is known to be the oldest and primary manufacturer of piña, and many Aklanons earn a living from piña weaving.

Piña is a fiber made from the leaves of a pineapple plant and is commonly used in the Philippines. Since piña is from a leaf, the leaf has to be cut first from the plant. Then the fiber is pulled or split away from the leaf. Most leaf fibers are long and somewhat stiff. Each strand of the piña fiber is hand scraped and is knotted one by one to form a continuous filament to be handwoven and then made into a piña cloth.

Piña is considered the queen of Philippine fabrics because of its expensive and luxurious nature. Recognized as “elite” wear, piña is usually reserved for special and prestigious occasions such as weddings and formal events. Its delicate appearance belies its strength and durability.

Taken from http://www.cmcrafts.org/likhang-aklan and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pi%C3%B1a

Natural Dyes Training on Doyo and Cotton. NTFP-EP held natural dyes training om Doyo and Cotton in Tanjung Isuy, Kutai Barat, East Kalimantan. This training is facilitated by Indonesia Designer Merdi Sihombing

The Higaonon are an indigenous cultural community that lives in the mountainous regions of Bukidnon, Misamis Oriental, Agusan, and Lanao del Norte in North Central Mindanao. The name Higaonon literally means “people of the living mountains,” an apt description for a people whose way of life is centered on managing the forests that serve as their homes. They are a peace-loving people, a quality that is expressed in their traditional fabric, the hinabol.

These pictures are taken from http://www.cmcrafts.org/likhang-higaonon?lightbox=dataItem-imppu0tw

“Crochet” While Waiting for the Baby to be Born | Stories - Handwoven Eco-Textile

There are a lot of things that we can discuss about doyo hand woven because it tells us so many unique stories from a piece of a textile and now I would like to tell you about one of dyes which are used by Dayak Benuaq tribe and it became one of doyo hand woven characteristics as a traditional clothes of Dayak Benuaq People.

Typical color on doyo hand woven are red, black and green. Red color is from Terujak Leaves (Johannesteijsmannia altifrons) grown near their village; green color is from plant which grow in the forest and local community used to call it tanaman puput (puput plant). Nowadays this plant is very rare because many forests are switching function into palm oil plantations and mining excavations; and the last is black color that I will explain in this article.

Dayak Benuaq ancestors were using black color from soot from the result of burning gum resin. The smoke of the burnt is stored in the bottom of the pot and benuaq language call it lantukng. They collect lantukng bit by bit to get enough amount of soot for coloring a piece of doyo hand woven textile.

Right now it is hard to find gum resin around the village. But weavers are still preserving coloring method from their ancestors and now they are using diesel fuel to replace gum resin. It is used as light by burning lamp wick and hanging can on top of the lamp to store the soot.

After burnt process is finish, they will collect lantukng attached at the bottom of the can by dredging it into the plate or basin. To get a plate of soot, weavers need 10 lamps in one night and 2 liters of diesel fuel.

Each color need color fixation to bind the color into threads and it will not wash out when we wash the textile into the water. Community uses lempeke leaves for lantukng fixation and it grows wildly around the village. Weavers squeeze lempeke leaves and these leaves will extract slimes which will bind the color into doyo threads.

Coloring process started with sowing lantukng into doyo threads and weavers must squeeze them to absorb the color evenly into the threads. During the process, weavers must mix them with slimes from lempeke leaves to bind the colors, hastening the threads and easy to be squeezed

You can find original article through this link
http://romacenks.blogspot.co.id/2016/11/lantukng-si-hitam-andalan.html

On 9th November 2016, CTI held their final fashion show for SHWET project in IPMI Trend Show 2017 called Warna Alam. They present beautiful clothes made by eco hand woven textile and designed by four famous designers in Indonesia. This show also informed audiences on how these textiles were made from the beginning until end of products.

These photos are some of clothes presented during the event

Central Java one of Provinces in Indonesia does not have strong hand weaving tradition. But we could find several motifs of plain hand woven (tenun datar) and these motifs has long live traditions in Central Java and Hand Woven Industry in Central Java has become a middle industry and many of its peoples rely on it. They receive a lot of orders from other areas in Indonesia.

On 2015, CTI as one of Hivos partners for Sustainable Hand Woven Eco Textile project has been assisting weavers in Central Java. This project is funded by European Union through Switch Asia Program. Before assisting weavers, CTI held a quick survey in target locations. Chossy Latu, Auguste Soesastro, famous Indonesian designers and Koesoemaningsih a textile designer were also involving during the assessment because they are part of CTI team in assisting weavers for motif and textile design skills.

Chossy Latu was assigned to give several trainings to weavers in the South area of Central Java and during the survey he observed the capacity of weavers and some local characteristics which could be used as motif inspiration. He then continued working with Koesoemaningsih to design line and geometric composition inspired from sarong with motif ikat goyor, which was produced using ikat method but still using lurik motif. They both designed the new motif called Lukat (Lurik and Ikat).

In the North of Central Java, CTI worked with Auguste Soesastro to assist weavers in developing hand woven textile motif. He was inspired by classic local motifs such as Patola, Neo, Lattice, Bumblebee and others. These motifs were influenced by old Chinese, Hindu and Javanese cultures.

In developing motif design, CTI give trainings on natural dyes and hand woven structures especially ikat techniques. Weavers were not only learning the method in theory but also involve in practicing the theory. They practiced the dyeing and ikat process and they could consult their difficulties directly with the trainers.

After more than one year assisting weavers in Central Java, now they are able to produce beautiful hand woven textile products with ikat techniques. If you interested to purchase their products you could contact CTI gallery at Jl. Jenggala II No.6-B Selong, Kebayoran Baru, Jakarta Selatan +62 21 7208291