Tag: introduction of batik

Although the art form of batik is very intricate, the tools that are used are still very simple. The canting, believed to be a purely Javanese invention, is a small thin wall spouted copper container (sometimes called a wax pen) that is connected to a short bamboo handle. Normally it is approximately 11 cm. in length. The copper container is filled with melted wax and the artisan then uses the canting to draw the design on the cloth. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet... [frame src=”https://batiksfabric.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/cantingdetail.jpg” link=”” target=”_self” title=”Canting” alt=”Canting” align=”none” prettyphoto=”false”]Canting have different sizes of spouts (numbered to correspond to ... Read more