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

Batik Tulis of Pati

Love wave group including Anthurium plant which is currently skyrocketing in recent prominence and the price is incredible. Pati batik batik poured in a beautiful white background. However, unlike the original plants that exorbitant price, the price of one handmade batik is very affordable.

Motif Batik Cloth From Tasikmalaya Adumanis

Tasikmalaya introduce batik in Indonesia. Indeed, Tarlac has a tradition and a strong history of batik. Batik Tasik golden age ranges in 1950-1960's, along with the triumph of Batik Cooperative Partners, founded in 1939. Tasik batik daily activities are also farming, cultivating, and maintaining the pool turned out to affect the batik patterns they produce. motif among fish, spiders, ngibing peacock, butterfly, taro leaves, etc..

Blouse Batik Orange Filling Lurik

The beauty of batik styled in a variety of beautiful underwear model. One of them is a combination of batik with striated in this picture. Bright orange batik and beautiful lines striated, combined with the slick. Sweet creations of Indonesian batik. Batik Indonesia

Starch Motif Batik Flowers Love | Batik Tulis

Batik designs Starch Love Flower Motif - Batik Tulis - Batik fabric

Pati located in the northern regions (North Coast), close to the sea north of the island of Java, it has a cultural richness of batik. One of them is known Batik Offering. In the past, batik has become a symbol priayi offering that many hunted as a symbol of wealth.