Ada, looking all meditative she is, is a young silk weaver and inherites the skill from her familyAt PERMINT SUTERASEMAI SDN BHD, Hand-woven Silk covers 70% of its operation. Terengganu artisans are traditionally famous for their skills in silk weaving and looming. The similar multigenerational method of weaving is still mantained at PERMINT SUTERASEMAI SDN BHD. PERMINT SUTERASEMAI SDN BHD hires the best artisans from all over Terengganu, those who inherit the silk weaving skills that are handed down through generations in their families.
Prior to 1990, PERMINT SUTERASEMAI SDN BHD used to farm silkworms for production of silk at Tersat, Hulu Terengganu. Due to overhead and other costs, PERMINT SUTERASEMAI SDN BHD now sources raw, untreated yarns from China as the alternative. Even so, sourced yarns will undergo quality control processes to ensure it fit perfectly to PERMINT SUTERASEMAI's standard. These raw, untreated yarns will go through several processes and then, processed yarns are ready to be dyed and woven.
Finally, the painstaking and meditative silk weaving begins. At PERMINT SUTERASEMAI SDN BHD, silkweavers would spend days, weeks or even months to complete a piece of Hand-woven Silk. The motifs and techniques of weaving vary: from Plain Hand-woven Silk, Striped Hand-woven Silk, Checked hand-woven Silk to the piece-of-art of Ikat Corak.
Silk is not the only material that being weaved at PERMINT SUTERASEMAI SDN BHD. Responding to demands and to enhance physical properties of fabrics, silk yarns are weaved together with other material: cotton (co-silk), polyester etc.
Prior to 1990, PERMINT SUTERASEMAI SDN BHD used to farm silkworms for production of silk at Tersat, Hulu Terengganu. Due to overhead and other costs, PERMINT SUTERASEMAI SDN BHD now sources raw, untreated yarns from China as the alternative. Even so, sourced yarns will undergo quality control processes to ensure it fit perfectly to PERMINT SUTERASEMAI's standard. These raw, untreated yarns will go through several processes and then, processed yarns are ready to be dyed and woven.
Finally, the painstaking and meditative silk weaving begins. At PERMINT SUTERASEMAI SDN BHD, silkweavers would spend days, weeks or even months to complete a piece of Hand-woven Silk. The motifs and techniques of weaving vary: from Plain Hand-woven Silk, Striped Hand-woven Silk, Checked hand-woven Silk to the piece-of-art of Ikat Corak.
Silk is not the only material that being weaved at PERMINT SUTERASEMAI SDN BHD. Responding to demands and to enhance physical properties of fabrics, silk yarns are weaved together with other material: cotton (co-silk), polyester etc.