Type According to the Technique of Batik

Type of batik techniques from:

• batik cloth is furnished with texture and style batik by hand. Batik making this type takes approximately 2-3 months.
• Batik cap is decorated with fabric textures and patterns created with batik cap (usually made of copper). Batik-making process of this type takes approximately 2-3 days.
  

Batik is the process of making batik painting by painting directly on fabric putihPakmun (talk)

How to Batik
Batik Crafts

Batik Crafts

Batik is one way of making fabric. Besides batik can refer to two things. The first is the technique of coloring cloth using the night to prevent staining in part of the fabric. In the international literature, this technique is known as a wax-resist dyeing. The second notion is the fabric or clothing made with these techniques, including the use of certain motives which have peculiarities. Batik Indonesia, as the overall engineering, technology, and development-related motives and culture, UNESCO has been designated as a Cultural Heritage for Humanity Oral and Nonbendawi (Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity) since October 2, 2009.

How to Batik
Types of Batik

How to Batik?

Originally batik made on material with white color made of cotton cloth called mori. Today the batik is also made on other materials such as silk, polyester, rayon and other synthetic materials. Batik motif formed by the liquid wax by using a tool called a canting for subtle motifs, or brush to a large motif, so that the liquid wax to seep into the fabric fibers. Fabrics that have been painted with wax and then dyed with the desired color, usually starting from a young colors. Immersion then taken to another motif with color or black older. After some time the coloring process, which has dibatik cloth dipped in chemicals to dissolve the wax.

Batik Crafts
Types of Batik

Batik Jacket Adidas

Adidas jacket batik design examples

Canting Batik: Traditional tool for Batik from Indonesia

Canting Batik is Indonesian traditional tool used to apply wax in fine dots and lines on the fabric. Regardless of where wax is applied, the fabric holding the next dye bath is placed in ... leaving white dots / line (or another color if the fabric is dyed).

Though the size of most canting are similar .. the difference is in the "tip" that allows the wax to flow from the "bowl". Bigger holes in the tip allow wider lines and bigger dots.

Looking down on the top of the "bowl" where the wax is held prior to application to the cloth.

This closeup shows the various sizes of opening holes in the tips.

Each wax dot is applied one by one by the canting.

The canting points to the curvy lines which it created in this finished piece of batik.


The canting points to the small dots it created in this finished piece. [Via]

Auction Batik Motif Wedhus Gembel

Eruption of Mount Merapi have inspired craftsmen to create works of batik batik-patterned Merapi disaster. One of them is a batik-patterned 'wedus trash' and Mount Merapi.
Batik-patterned 3 Mount Merapi and 'wedus Gembel' was auctioned in Central Java Batik Exhibition at the Ministry of Industry Plaza, Jl Gatot Subroto, Jakarta.
Batik-patterned specifically the total sold for Rp 103 million.
In this exhibition also featured 52 booths batik from Central Java. Batik Merapi and wedus trash is the work of Komar batik artisans from West Java. [Via]

Batik Dress

Brown batik dress