A collection of over 30 items of batik made personally by Raja Permaisuri Agong Tunku Hajah Azizah Aminah Maimunah Iskandariah shall be exhibited on the Kuala Lumpur Craft Complex to coincide with National Craft Day 2022, beginning tomorrow to March 7.
This exhibition, the Queen’s second, themed A Queen’s Touch: An Exploration And Experimentation Of Batik Inderapura, will function cantingan tangan (hand-drawn) and block-printed batik utilizing crepe, silk and linen materials.
At a preview session of the collection on the National Handicraft Institute (IKN) just lately, IKN senior director Abdul Halim Ali mentioned the distinctiveness of the collection was in its design patterns and batik methods, which had been produced experimentally and spontaneously by Her Majesty via the canting course of.
He mentioned the collection has varied batik block, drawing and colouring methods utilized by Tunku Hajah Azizah primarily based on her expertise, together with a number of new methods which could possibly be adopted because the id of Pahang batik.
‘With this experimental and spontaneous mixture of various batik methods, Tunku Hajah Azizah produced a batik id which is exclusive to Pahang, or what is named Batik Inderapura,’ mentioned Abdul Halim. Photo: Bernama
“Among them is the strategy of portray colors in layers with chequered and striped patterns as discovered on the Royal Pahang woven cloth, aside from the multi-layered colouring method whereby varied colors are painted vertically, horizontally and diagonally to produce completely different coloration tone results.
“With this experimental and spontaneous mixture of various batik methods, Tunku Hajah Azizah produced a batik id which is exclusive to Pahang, or what is named Batik Inderapura,” mentioned Abdul Halim.
He mentioned the exhibition will embody 14 batik pairs produced for males’s and ladies’s clothes, three for males’s shirts and 7 pairs of cloth for ladies, in addition to 10 scarf materials which had been drawn by the Queen when she was in London.
He mentioned a video of Tunku Hajah Azizah producing the batik shall be made obtainable for public viewing.
A gallery assistant from Institut Kraf Negara (IKN) stretching out among the batik displays. Photo: Bernama
Meanwhile, batik entrepreneur Yus Faizal Rahim, who acted as Tunku Hajah Azizah’s assistant when she was producing the batik, mentioned the Queen was very meticulous and diligent in producing the collection, spending the entire day on the IKN batik workshop to full her works.
Yus Faizal, who’s a graduate of IKN, mentioned Her Majesty accomplished each phase of her works by herself with none help, together with deciding on and mixing colors and designing the batik.
“Tunku (Hajah Azizah) ready the batik cloth and layered the colors one after the other till she was happy with the consequence. While ready for the items of batik to dry, Her Majesty would work on different materials.
“Her Majesty additionally ensured that no colouring was wasted, ensuring each bit was used,” he mentioned.
The National Craft Day 2022 is open from 10 am to 10 pm every day and admission is free.
Besides the exhibition, there shall be varied different actions together with a seminar and sale of merchandise by handicraft makers and entrepreneurs. – Bernama
