Discover Pekalongan

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Oey Soe Tjoen Batik: The Price of a Perseverance

“It took 3 years to make a piece of our batik cloth,” said Widianti Widjaja from Oey Soe Tjoen’s batik while stretching out some of her unfinished work. His statement seemed to explain why Oey Soe Tjoen’s batik was so expensive. Yes, the development of the batik art and industry in Pekalongan cannot be separated…

Art & Culture, History & Architecture

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Uncovering Batik Nusantara at Batik Museum, Pekalongan

This old art deco building on Jalan Jetayu 1, Pekalongan, stores 1,149 batik collections from all over the archipelago. The goal is to provide knowledge and experience of being in close contact with batik; ensuring that batik–as a masterpiece that becomes the identity of the Indonesian nation–remains sustainable. The building selected to be Museum Batik…

Art & Culture

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Tracing the Colors of Coastal Batik in Pekalongan

Coastal batik, or batik pesisir. That’s how people call it. Characterized by its cheerful and striking colors, coastal batik is different from batik from Jogja or Solo–generally dominated by dark colors, like brown and black. Located on the coast of Java, Pekalongan–once a bustling port and trading town–enabled intense interaction between migrants, foreign traders, and…