Who could have thought any wooden parts of the coconut (or called glugu) can bring up thousands of dots motif. He is, M Amin, who may chance to see it and make it as a motif. "I every day see that my board sides, inspired from there, my goal (see time around the board), how fashion can be a motive," said M Amin, owner of Batik Glugu Abadi, to Kompas.com, on the sidelines -interrupted fashion show organized by the Bank BRI, Jakarta, late last June.
Glugu his batik motif is somewhat unique. Owing to the general. Who guessed the new batik business legitimately established May 14, 2010, has achieved a turnover of Rp 1.5 billion as of December 2010.
This motif is in fact he had observed since the start of the furniture business in 1999. However, efforts have been for a dozen years they do this for a while left to run the batik business. "A log of wood can be 10 motifs. Depending on what we are dimpled like," he said.
Until now, Amin has a collection of about 3,500 motifs. Because of the many motives, batik uniforms were ordered as many offices and schools in the region Boyolali to the Yogyakarta area.
Batiknya also now has a patent, he gets dated February 7, 2010, and copyrights (February 4, 2010).
Prior success selling batik as now, Amin who claimed not to have this batik skills, test for ten years. "I picture wood pattern, I photocopy. Then, I asked for the number of places to buatin shirt with a motif that I carry. No one can," he says.
Finally, he tried his own with the help of CorelDraw application usage, which is used to "play" motifs obtained from these parts of coconut wood. After that, during the six months before the batik business legal standing, he did a test that is by producing clothing with a number of motives which he created as many as 20 scores. "It's so happy. Pantes Want to see what is not used," he related the reason why use so many clothes.
Because they do not have a stock of expertise batik, she was wearing was an expert workforce, which now consists of 18 permanent staff person. "Right now I'm still learning batik," he said.
He admitted, his batik glugu can adapt to local batik-batik motifs. "Kan, batik meaning the point. If we had a point, then fine batik name," he said, where the motif glugu tend to be a point, and smaller lines, like scratches in the wood parts of the coconut.
When asked about the initial capital to make batik, Amin was reluctant to mention it. "I assess the achievements of the struggle that's needed. So the funds that I have when it is sucked into this business," he related to the initial capital.
One thing is for sure, he had never borrowed money to banks. "My philosophy, man and nature, if put together it is not limited to power," he said.
Batik glugu were marketed at prices quite affordable. Cotton is valued around Rp 70,000 per two feet. With the same size, silk materials valued around Rp 300,000. "Happiness us that the work of people liked, so do not need expensive," he said, taking her home as a place of manufacture and sales.
One thing she expected is when people look at parts of the motif of palm wood, then one can immediately judge, "That's batik glugu," he said briefly.
