the process of making

23 November 2018   Tips dan Trik

Tapis Fabric Making Process

By Novita Ria, S Si

Tapis cloth, which is a traditional costume of the Lampung tribe, is one type of traditional fabric, where the equipment used in the fabric making process is a simple tool, and the manufacturing process is also very simple, because it is embroidered by craftsmen The initial process in making tapis cloth is "weaving" cloth / basic material. The fabric is woven from cotton yarn using a tool called "mattakh". Now, to weave cloth, it is widely used ATBM (Non-Machine Weaving Tools) Meanwhile, gold / silver threads are used to embroider tapis patterns, "twisted", using simple tools. The yarn produced is called "twisted yarn" As information, not all tapis use twisted threads, because the process of twisting threads is quite time consuming, plus the old filtering style, then sometimes this process is not done. That is why, tapis with the same style, can have a significant price difference. This price difference, apart from the type of thread used (gold / crystal / copper), the embroidery system used (generally "cucuk" abung or krui), the process of twisting yarn also becomes the standard determining factor for the quality of a filter, which is definitely threaded of course the results are better, generally the embroidery looks tighter and tighter The next process is embroidering patterns / ornaments, Lampung people call it the process of "cucuk" the thread. This process also greatly affects the price / value of a tapis. The embroidering process is the longest process. To produce a piece of tapis cloth, the process can take months. In this process, patience, patience, precision, carefulness, and skill are absolutely necessary SO, If anyone asks, why is tapis cloth expensive? I hope the description above can give an idea, that something that is processing will be beautiful in the end, and of course "Expensive"