Indonesia has a lot of beautiful things which are admitted by international world. One of many Indonesian's heritage that's also admitted as the world's heritage is Batik. Batik has been mentioned as the world's heritage by the UNESCO. It is originally from Indonesia, especially Central Java. Batik clothing is widely available in Yogyakarta, Solo, Pekalongan, Cirebon, and many others regions. It is very attractive because mostly, made by skillful batik maker manually. It can be described as painting arts on a part of cotton woven cloth. Batik is painted on a piece of cloth with dimension of 2m x 1m. The batik clothing has many motifs and usually the makers sketch decorative flowers, birds, butterflies, geometric forms and many others. According to old Javanese documents, batik has a few motifs which are only used by royal families, like Sultan and the family. The motifs that are usually used by the royal families are such as Sido Mukti, Sido Mulyo, Parang, and many more. It is made using very traditional tool known as canting. Canting is a tool looks like a tiny teapot. The canting is used to take melted wax and brush it to the white cloth to create the batik motif.
The canting is so small that the maker needs many times to adopt the wax from the melting pot. The wax has been mixed with several natural dyes to create beautiful colors such as blue, brown, dark brown and dark red. To make batik, a maker needs several hours because the batik is made manually using hand and the motif is made one by one carefully and with patience. It makes the traditional batik has costlier price because it reflects the patience of the makers. There are many kinds of batik and because of the high demand of batik; people are now making batik using Cap or a copper stamp. The copper stamp is made based in the motif. The stamp is made sufficiently small to create easier to operate it.
The use of copper stamp make the production of batik will become earlier and batik is able to be complete into other handy craft such as kaos batik. Batik t-shirt and bag are the newest transformations of batik because previously, batik only used by wealthy family and also the royal families. To purchase pakaian batik, you can visit Yogyakarta or Solo in Indonesia. You can also try to get the batik from online store from the internet. But, if you want to be sure that you purchase the original handmade batik or baju batik, you must visit Indonesia, and visit its traditional maker. You can also visit many beautiful places in Java such as the Keraton (Royal Palace) too.
The canting is so small that the maker needs many times to adopt the wax from the melting pot. The wax has been mixed with several natural dyes to create beautiful colors such as blue, brown, dark brown and dark red. To make batik, a maker needs several hours because the batik is made manually using hand and the motif is made one by one carefully and with patience. It makes the traditional batik has costlier price because it reflects the patience of the makers. There are many kinds of batik and because of the high demand of batik; people are now making batik using Cap or a copper stamp. The copper stamp is made based in the motif. The stamp is made sufficiently small to create easier to operate it.
The use of copper stamp make the production of batik will become earlier and batik is able to be complete into other handy craft such as kaos batik. Batik t-shirt and bag are the newest transformations of batik because previously, batik only used by wealthy family and also the royal families. To purchase pakaian batik, you can visit Yogyakarta or Solo in Indonesia. You can also try to get the batik from online store from the internet. But, if you want to be sure that you purchase the original handmade batik or baju batik, you must visit Indonesia, and visit its traditional maker. You can also visit many beautiful places in Java such as the Keraton (Royal Palace) too.
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