Selasa, 08 Mei 2012

BATIK


Batik is traditional cloth have immeasurable pattern that be made with appliance so-called canting or thechop by using paraffin as a main material to form of pattern. Term of batik come from Javanese is "amba" interpreted as a write or dot. Technique that commonly use for process make batik using chop or canting with materials to make colour that forming pattern from paraffin, then this paraffin be written down above clothwith aim as a arrest colourant come into cloth fiber, this technique so-calledas a wax resist dying. The process of making batik can only be applied above cloths certain such as cotton, wool and silk, with precise reason because clothhave to have natural fibre and cannot be done at artificial fiber or polyester.

The art of making batik has been done by the majority of Java women’s in the past. Batik can be classified as a handicraft that owning high art value, process of making batik require level of high patience, therefore generally batik work be done by woman than man. Woman have level of patience and diligence better than the man so that batik that beyielded have value high sale. Except batik with motif "Mega Mendung"generally be done by the man because have pattern coherent and be impressed masculine. Until be found technique using chop so-called "Batik Cap",enable man for doing process of making batik.

Batik was initially as a clothing that often be put at empire environment, so that style and colors be used becomes very limited. But, after influence from foreignculture hence batik begin to open self for modify pattern, this matter veryvisible at pattern of batik from seaboard. Pattern of batik that existing beinfluenced by the Sino traders and then peep out pattern pictorial of bird like phoenix. European nations influencing batik with pattern of flower, building, transportation appliance, and also bolder colour. Batik has been developedsince thousands of years ago, and batik can be found in Asia like IndonesiaMalaysia,ThailandIndia, Srilanka and Iran. Batik is cultural heritage ofthe world original from Indonesian and centering in Java area, such as those which have been specified by UNESCO.

Kinds of batik based on process of making batik:
  1. Batik Write : batik be painted using canting.
  2. Batik Chop : batik with pattern be formed with mal or chop that made of copper.

Process of making batik :
White cloth as a basic material to make batik bepainted using appliance so-called canting as a the pen and paraffin as a ink,can also use a brush if area that will be painted relatively wide. Waiting tillparaffin absorbed and run dry. Then be dyed into liquid of color and finally bedyed into chemical solution for paraffin solvent.

Batik in Indonesia has different motif according to region of origin. Indonesian Batik that famousgenerally come from the region of Yogyakarta, Solo and some areas in West Java, but in fact batik have spread in all indonesian.

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