Songket Jambi(Wovencraft) Starting From Rp. 1.2 Million

Craftsmen as well as sellers become typical Songket Jambi, not easily done. In addition to the given price is relatively expensive, making a set of songket which also requires a relatively long time. However, Susilawawi still seeks to preserve songket Jambi in her Gallery.

Being a typical craftsman songket Jambi, it is not easy. At least that is what is felt by Susilawati, gallery owners Songket Susi. There are many obstacles she faced in conducting its business.

One is the long making of songket which takes up more than two months. “The process of manufacture is also quite difficult,” she said. The reason is that then makes it expensive songket price.
She also still uses traditional instruments to weave songket. “I’m also still looking for technology to make it easier for artisans to weave songket,” she explained.

Susi sell songket in one set, complete with a fabric and shawls. Not only songket Jambi, She also provides native Palembang songket. However, the price of the home palembang songket indeed cheaper than the Songket Jambi.  Palembang songket cheapest priced USD 500 thousand. While the original songket Jambi cheapest in value of Rp 1.2 million. “Once I sell songket Jambi for Rp 3.5 million,” he said. Susi admits, she can produce the maximum songket in one month just as much as 10 sets. So, no wonder there are consumers who are willing to queue up to eight months in order to obtain a set of typical songket Susi Jambi from the gallery.

Susi says, the price songket influenced by several factors, including the motif that is used sticks, raw materials and the complexity of weaving done. “To all the yarn used is silk, it’s just that their quality is different,” she said.
Currently, She is currently developing woven songket which consists of a single thread. “But not so,” she said. The less number of yarns used, then the result will be more songket light and fluffy, the price will inevitably be more expensive.
For typical songket Jambi, Susi said, she made with two yarns. Songket Jambi with three threads are cheaper. “I also developed a songket with motifs of embroidery,” he said. [Suci Idealin, JTC]

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