Craft
Materials and craft
Four materials, as the site’s product pages describe them.
Craft
Three families of techniques
The workshop names three families: ecoprint, batik and weaving. The online catalogue currently shows a fourth one, shibori.
Ecoprint
« Ecoprint adalah seni memotif kain dengan menggunakan daun dan bunga serta pewarna yang digunakan adalah pewarna alami. »
Ecoprint is the art of patterning cloth with leaves and flowers, using natural dyes alone.
265 pieces in the shop, out of 297 catalogue entries
Batik
« Batik tulis dibuat dengan canting biasanya menghabiskan waktu sekitar 2-3 bulan pembuatan. »
Hand-drawn batik, made with the canting, usually takes two to three months to complete.
19 pieces in the shop, out of 27 catalogue entries
Weaving / Tenun
Family announced by the workshop. It is still marginal in the online catalogue: 8 pieces mention it, none carries it in its name. More pieces to come.
7 pieces in the shop, out of 8 catalogue entries
Shibori
« Shibori adalah teknik pewarnaan kain tradisional Jepang yang menggunakan simpul dan ikat untuk menghasilkan pola yang unik. »
Shibori is a traditional Japanese dyeing technique that uses knots and bindings to produce a pattern found nowhere else.
Technique not named by the workshop in its September 2026 update, although it appears on real pieces — question asked.
2 pieces in the shop, out of 10 catalogue entries
Cotton
katun primisima · katun paris · katun twill
167 pieces in the catalogue
« Bahan: Katun primisima — Size: 115 cm x 200 cm — Pewarna: indigofera »
Material: primisima cotton — Size: 115 cm × 200 cm — Dye: indigofera.
Silk
sutra · sutra sifon
19 pieces in the catalogue
« jejak daun sangat jelas karena bahan sutra mempunyai daya serap terhadap warna dan tanin bangat baik. »
The leaf mark is very clear, because silk takes up colour and tannin exceptionally well.
Leather
kulit domba · kulit sapi
137 pieces in the catalogue
« Sepatu boot ecoprint ini terbuat dari kulit domba yang dimotif dengan teknik ecoprint. »
These ecoprint boots are made of lambskin, patterned with the ecoprint technique.
Dyes
indigofera · secang · daun jati · kulit mahoni
« Bahan pewarna alami yang dipakai sangat bersahabat dengan lingkungan, diambil dari tanaman indigofera sebagai penghasil warna biru. »
The natural dyes we use are very kind to the environment; the blue comes from the indigofera plant.
Origin Jombang
All materials found in the catalogue
Materials found in the catalogue descriptions (336 products).
| Bahan (texte original) | Material | Products |
|---|---|---|
| katun | Cotton (katun) | 80 |
| kulit domba | Leather (kulit) | 72 |
| katun combed | Cotton (katun) | 28 |
| katun paris | Cotton (katun) | 25 |
| kulit ecoprint | Leather (kulit) | 16 |
| katun primisima | Cotton (katun) | 13 |
| kulit domba ecoprint | Leather (kulit) | 13 |
| denim | Denim | 7 |
| sutra | Silk (sutra) | 7 |
| kulit ecoprrint | Leather (kulit) | 7 |
| kanvas | Canvas (kanvas) | 5 |
| cotton | Cotton (katun) | 5 |
| sutra sifon | Silk (sutra) | 4 |
| kulit domba mix kulit sapi | Leather (kulit) | 4 |
| kulit sapi | Leather (kulit) | 3 |
| kulit ecoprint | Leather (kulit) | 3 |
| katun twill | Cotton (katun) | 3 |
| kulit domba dan enceng gondok | Leather (kulit) | 2 |
| kulit domba mix kulit sapi | Leather (kulit) | 2 |
| kulit ecoprint dan kulit sapi | Leather (kulit) | 2 |
| kulit domba kombinasi kulit sapi | Leather (kulit) | 2 |
| kulit domba kombinasi kulit sapi | Leather (kulit) | 2 |
| katun kombinasi kulit sapi | Leather (kulit) | 2 |
Notes on the techniques
SABDA International offers “Natural Textile and Leather”: natural textiles and leathers, 100% natural dyes, handmade and limited-edition pieces (source: current site). This page only lists the materials and techniques named in the catalogue and site pages.
Techniques
- Ecoprint
- Technique named by the site: “Pemberian motif dan warna bahan ini ramah lingkungan” — motif and colour are given to the material in an environmentally friendly way. The site explains that every ecoprint piece is unique and cannot be repeated, as the plants used are never identical. Product pages mention teak leaf prints (daun jati) and “leaves of Jombang's signature crops” (daun komoditi Jombang).
- Batik
- Technique named by the site. The journal recalls that batik was inscribed by UNESCO as intangible cultural heritage in 2009.
- Shibori
- Technique named by the site (several “shibori” products in the catalogue).
Dyes
“100% Natural Dye” according to the site. Dye named on product pages: indigofera (pewarna indigofera).
Materials found in the catalogue
Materials found in the catalogue descriptions (336 products).
| Bahan (texte original) | Material | Products |
|---|---|---|
| katun | Cotton (katun) | 80 |
| kulit domba | Leather (kulit) | 72 |
| katun combed | Cotton (katun) | 28 |
| katun paris | Cotton (katun) | 25 |
| kulit ecoprint | Leather (kulit) | 16 |
| katun primisima | Cotton (katun) | 13 |
| kulit domba ecoprint | Leather (kulit) | 13 |
| denim | Denim | 7 |
| sutra | Silk (sutra) | 7 |
| kulit ecoprrint | Leather (kulit) | 7 |
| kanvas | Canvas (kanvas) | 5 |
| cotton | Cotton (katun) | 5 |
| sutra sifon | Silk (sutra) | 4 |
| kulit domba mix kulit sapi | Leather (kulit) | 4 |
| kulit sapi | Leather (kulit) | 3 |
| kulit ecoprint | Leather (kulit) | 3 |
| katun twill | Cotton (katun) | 3 |
| kulit domba dan enceng gondok | Leather (kulit) | 2 |
| kulit domba mix kulit sapi | Leather (kulit) | 2 |
| kulit ecoprint dan kulit sapi | Leather (kulit) | 2 |
| kulit domba kombinasi kulit sapi | Leather (kulit) | 2 |
| kulit domba kombinasi kulit sapi | Leather (kulit) | 2 |
| katun kombinasi kulit sapi | Leather (kulit) | 2 |
Origin and cultural validation
This information must be validated by the designer before publication (brief §3).