A BATIK MOMENTUM – ENTIN GARTINI BECOMES THE BEST DESIGNER AT THE 2021 OTTAWA AWARD

Designer from Indonesia, Entin Gartini, was recently named The Best Designer at the Ottawa Award 2021. This award is given to workers in the creative industries in the City of Ottawa, Canada. The Ottawa Award is held annually by Faces Magazine Ottawa.

Entin beat 20 finalists. The work that she entered in the competition was the wave batik combined with the Truntum batik motif. The works received 100 People’s Choice by Voting For The Best Designer.

The wave batik was originally made in the form of a sketch, then applied in a written batik pattern. Entin collaborated with batik from Yogyakarta. The idea of ​​making batik waves was inspired by the natural beauty of the beaches and seas of Indonesia, especially the beaches of Bali and Lombok. So, in addition to batik, she also popularized the beauty of Indonesian beach destinations to the Canadian public.

“The sketch of the waves narrates the beauty of the beach, which I processed with a combination of bright colors, to a modern abstract batik pattern. I hope that my wave motif can be known to the world,” said Entin in an e-mail.

Wave batik is the hallmark of Entin’s work. Three years ago, this designer from Semarang caught the attention of the Canadian public when she works with a similar theme that appeared at Indonesian Fashion in Ottawa 2018. The batik was also popularized by a well-known American celebrity with the ‘panthere instyle’ account. In one of her posts, Entin’s batik waves were matched with Louboutin shoes and a Chanel bag.

Entin started her career as a designer by participating in various fashion shows, starting from small events in Ottawa City to big events in Ottawa and Montreal in 2017. Canada and work.

“By reading a lot and learning to draw from online courses from several websites and YouTube, I finally started posting design drawings to social media and got the first two customers. At that time, I was just drawing, I didn’t know how to turn the image into clothes,” she said.

At that time she was drawing puppets and Papuan batik motifs. But because they are too unique and artistic, the pictures are difficult to become real works. From there, she began to think about how her works could be turned into masterpieces.

According to her, the response from Canadians for her work has been extraordinary. She often gets mentions on Instagram after fashion shows.
Although she has often held shows in Canada, Entin admitted that she had never participated in a fashion event in Indonesia.

“Later, when the time is right, I can take a long vacation with my husband and children, maybe I can do a fashion show in Indonesia,” she quoted.
Entin’s next dream is to introduce her works to countries in North America, Europe, and Asia for a wider market. She also wants to share her knowledge with start-up fashion designers in Indonesia.
“I want to encourage talented people who don’t have the opportunity to go to fashion design school but can still exist in the world-class fashion world,” said the designer.