Category: About Batik

What is Batik? Batik is one way of traditionally made using a handmade wax-resist dyeing technique Cloth The term batik, it self, comes from titik in indonesia. It means a little point or drop. Based on Java term, it comes from “ambatik”. Amba refers to write and the suffix “tik” refers to little point or drop as well as making point. Thus, the term batik has a meaning as writing or painting a point. On the other word, it refers to a process in which making color withstand technique by using a wax, done repeatedly on the material. The wax ... Read more

History mentions, Lampung textile art already know since the 18th century. Range of the textile art among other Lampung fabricfilters (woven ikat), pawns, sebage, selekap, teppal, cindai, peleppai (patterned fabric of the ship), and the tray. But most people know of tapis Lampung. tapis fabric ( ikat weaving from lampung is tapis) is a type of traditional handicrafts in Lampung society harmonizing his life good for the environment as well as the creator of the universe. Tapis fabric used as tribal women’s clothing fabric Holster-shaped Float made of woven cotton yarn with motif or decoration materials sugi, threads of silver ... Read more

Batik is one of the genuine wealth of Indonesia that is not owned by any other country. UNESCO has also even batik fabrics as one of world cultural heritage of Indonesia origin. In Indonesia alone, there are so many motifs that are scattered in various areas in the country. And each has a different motif. Of course the types of batik familiar in the ears of society is derived from Pekalongan batik, Solo, Yogyakarta, Banyumas and Cirebon. Most societies assume only areas on the island of Java alone that has the characteristic batik. It turns out not so, many other ... Read more

batik nitik karawitan Wisdom became the core of the philosophy of nitik motif batik karawitan. Thus, the wearer will hopefully be wise. That is why elderly people in its surroundings many use this motif batik.

Batik Garuda Batik Motif gurda also did not escape the past belief. Garuda is a mount of Lord Vishnu is known as the Sun God. Garuda became a mount of Lord Vishnu and serve as a symbol of the Sun. By Javanese, garuda as symbols of life as well as a symbol of virility. Batik Motif Meru The word is derived from the mountain meruMahameru. The mountain is considered to be the place of residence or the throne for the Tri Murti, namely Sang Hyang Vishnu, Brahma, and Sang Hyang Sang Hyang Shiva. Tri Murti is denoted as the source ... Read more

When you come back to see how the existence of the batik of bali, then in fact there have been changes and begins since the era of the 1970s. However with the industry, batik is still makin squirm in. 1997. However, in fact, batik fabric himself has also enliven the excitement related noise. This is mainly a matter of bali as a location described as paradise of the world due to the exotic nature having as well as tempting people to visit the place. Moreover, with the appearance of batik design, it had its own uniqueness among all facets of ... Read more

Batik of ELIZA VAN ZUYLEN Eliza van Zuylen is is one of maestro batik in Indonesia, a Netherlands citizen who lived between 1863-1947. Here is one picture of Eliza van Zuylen batik work. Batik works of Eliza van Zuylen are mostly patterned floral bouquet, which was later widely known as Van Zuylen Bouquet.Batik Netherlands began to develop between the years 1840-1940, in general the batik cloths Netherlands holsters that are just made for The Netherlands Netherlands descendants &. There are many types of Batik fabric in coastal areas, for example in the area of Pekalongan. Most of the patterns in ... Read more

Carolina Josephine van Franquemont is Netherlands women were touted as the first Netherlands citizens established a batik factory in Indonesia. In the hands of Caroline-lah, stands a batik factory in Surabaya in 1840 that would later become part of the history of the development of batik in Indonesia, particularly the coastal batik. Caroline, who eventually migrated from Surabaya to Semarang, bringing the influence of bright batik patterns, dynamic, and more life into the batik pattern. The pattern of coastal batik is very different compared to the style of the Kraton Jogjakarta and Solo batik. Coastal Batik is considered more “recalcitrant” ... Read more

History of Oey Soe Tjoen begins in Pekalongan in 1925. Oey young. With Jade Nio Tjoen Kwee, his wife, he pioneered the batik. His house in Jalan Raya Kedungwuni, Pekalongan, as place of business. According to the third generation of Widianti Oey Soe Tjoen “production process can be up to one and a half years,” he said. “Price is equal to the price of one.” With the long process of making batik production, Oey Soe Tjoen hard was encouraged. Moreover, the number of workers was not as much as it used to be. Now they can make at most two ... Read more

How to process? There are three kinds of batik : handwritten/tulis batik, stamp / block batik and hand screen printing.  Hand-written batik   Compared to others, it is more exclusive/luxurious and expensive. It is because of need of skill, experience, carefulness, patient, and much time in its process. A batik maker takes a month to process it (the fastest time) in condition like: a good weather, common pattern and not too sophisticated. For making more complex batik, it needs 3-6 months. Here are the phases in processing: It is “ngrengsi”making pattern and design on material. It is drawn using a ... Read more