Hamparan murbei garden, small caterpillars that grate, as well as yarn talc craftsmen are routine views that will welcome when visiting a building in Ciapus Village, Eurih Sand Village, Bogor Regency, precisely in residence belonging to Tatang Gozali Gandasasmita retirement of PT Perkebunan Nusantara VIII. Mr. 75 years old named the building "House Sutera" that has been established since 2003 ago.
At Rumah Sutera’s visitors can find out all the differences about the silk. Sutera itself is a natural protein fiber that can be woven into textiles, the most common type of silk is silky from the cocoa produced by larvae worm silk murbei (Bombyx mori) that is ternated. To produce good silk required caterpillars that eat murbei leaves.
The early stage of the captivation starts from the hatch which then becomes the larvae, after which it turns into the caterpillar until it becomes the pill. Continuing to the process of cocoa spinning into threads until finally the stage of fabric weaving. The resulting product of this Silk House is the "Thrown Silk" thread with a variety of weaving types, ranging from motive weaving to silky batik.
Workers care for murbei leaves in Sutera House, Bogor, West Java.
The work of feeding the pillars of the Silk House, Bogor, West Java.
For those who are looking for educational tours for children, Rumah Sutera can be an interesting option. All the process here, from eggs then so young caterpillars, adult caterpillars, concons or ompongs, up to perfect piping. Ready-to-pinned concons and woven to so ready-made fabrics.
Visitors who come to Rumah Sutera will be invited to see all the processes ranging from murbei plant plantations which are caterpillar food, to weaving process. After viewing the catering process to become fabric, visitors will be invited to visit gallery to see the finished results, ranging from fabrics, hoods, scarves, scarves, to ready-made clothes.
Photo and Text: Yulius Satria Wijaya
Comcons or ompongs after the spinning process at Sutera House, Bogor, West Java.
The process of the formation of concons or ompongs in the Silk House, Bogor, West Java.
A worker shows the prohibition of the prohibited manure, Bogor, West Java.
The work of conducting a spinning process at Rumah Sutera, Bogor, West Java.
The worker conducts the process of forming thread strands from the material of the pillars under the house of Sutera, Bogor, West Java.
A worker conducts the process of forming thread strands of the slattic slatted material of the house Sutera, Bogor, West Java.
A number of students see the process of weaving a silk fabric at Rumah Sutera, Bogor, West Java.
A number of students see the process of processing of silkworms at Rumah Sutera, Bogor, West Java.
Perajin completed crafts based on silkworm cocoa at Sutera House, Bogor, West Java.
The visitor holds silk fabric in the workshop room of Rumah Sutera, Bogor, West Java.
