Balinese Ikat fabrics
Authentic Balinese Ikat Sarongs
are from a centuries old tradition.
What makes Ikat unique is the dyeing process. The weft is dyed by hand in a very complicated and lengthy process where it is tied and re-tied in pre-determined patterns and dyed several times before being woven.
Most of the resulting patterns are influenced by dreams and spiritual connections with the gods and have been passed down through generations. Almost wiped out by batik and cheap mass-produced fabrics, Ikat has recently been rediscovered by the Balinese people as their cultural heritage and rescued from oblivion.
Authentic Balinese Ikat Sarongs
are from a centuries old tradition.
What makes Ikat unique is the dyeing process. The weft is dyed by hand in a very complicated and lengthy process where it is tied and re-tied in pre-determined patterns and dyed several times before being woven.
Most of the resulting patterns are influenced by dreams and spiritual connections with the gods and have been passed down through generations. Almost wiped out by batik and cheap mass-produced fabrics, Ikat has recently been rediscovered by the Balinese people as their cultural heritage and rescued from oblivion.
Balinese Ikats
have very special, sensual and mysterious colours: warm turmeric yellow, sparkling Pacific green, vibrant butterfly blue, muted papaya red and more …
The myriad of colours reflect the incredible visual richness of Bali with its exotic flowers and fruits, tropical spices, green terraced rice fields, wild vegetation and, of course, the mysterious ocean that laps the shores of the island.
Balinese Ikats
have very special, sensual and mysterious colours: warm turmeric yellow, sparkling Pacific green, vibrant butterfly blue, muted papaya red and more …
The myriad of colours reflect the incredible visual richness of Bali with its exotic flowers and fruits, tropical spices, green terraced rice fields, wild vegetation and, of course, the mysterious ocean that laps the shores of the island.
The finest Ikat fabrics
come from the Sidemen region, in the south-east of the island. The Ikat sarongs selected for YPNOSIA are produced without child labour in small, family-run weaving mills where the traditional division of labour still exists: only men are allowed to dye the yarn and only women weave the fabric. It often takes several days, if not weeks, to produce a single sarong.
Small imperfections and irregularities are not quality defects, but evidence that the fabric has been dyed and woven by hand, not by machine.
The finest Ikat fabrics
come from the Sidemen region, in the south-east of the island. The Ikat sarongs selected for YPNOSIA are produced without child labour in small, family-run weaving mills where the traditional division of labour still exists: only men are allowed to dye the yarn and only women weave the fabric. It often takes several days, if not weeks, to produce a single sarong.
Small imperfections and irregularities are not quality defects, but evidence that the fabric has been dyed and woven by hand, not by machine.