Susilawati, Woven (songket) women Crafter from Jambi

Take Motifs of Ancient Songket

Identical with ordinary Songket Palembang area. However, who would have thought now Jambi also has Songket typical. As currently developed by Susilawati. Today, her small gallery named Susi Songket has been filled with many unique songket Jambi, with typical motifs.

A small loom clear glass look of a gallery songket. A young woman weaving a cool middle songket. This little store called Susi Songket, located on Jl Agus Salim RT 08 Kelurahan Handil Jaya, Jambi Jelutung.

Susilawati gallery owner with a friendly welcome Jambi Independent and Chairman of JTC who visited her shop. It’s not a lot of collections that look at this gallery, “making an informed songket could take a minimum of two months,” she said smiling.

Starting from the hobby of weaving, Susi determined to lift songket become a promising business. “Incidentally, my family many who became craftsmen songket in Palembang,” says this woman from Palembang.

She also claimed to want to change the perception of most people about which is identical with Palembang songket. For that, she made a different motive songket Pelembang songket general.

“I have learned much from the motif in ancient songket I see in museums Jambi country,” she said. However, there is also the motive that he kreasikan own songket namely, the motive Angso Duo.

In addition, She also took examples from the history books songket motifs Jambi batik. “This is what makes songket that I make is different from other songket,” she said. Not only that, textures are also more subtle than the texture songket in general.

During the five years, Susi pursue this field of handicrafts songket. During that time, he said, customers were not only derived from Jambi alone, but to Jakarta. “It’s one of my way to help preserve the assets owned by Jambi,” she said.

Price songket, was admitted expensive. However, it is in accordance with the process undertaken. Because to create a set of songket course, could spend up to two months. (Holy Idealin, JTC)

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