International Batik Design

Showcasing some international designs of batik around the world

Batik is a culture that has long been developed and known by the people of Indonesia. The word batik has some sense. According to Hamzuri in his book entitled Batik Klasik, batik understanding is a way to give decoration on the cloth by covering certain parts by using barrier.

The barrier that is often used is wax or night. The cloth that has been drawn using the night is then colored by dipping. After that night is removed by boiling the cloth. Finally produced a cloth called batik in the form of various motifs that have special properties.

Etymologically the word batik comes from the Javanese language, which is "tick" meaning point / matik (verb, make a point) which later developed into the term "batik" (Indonesian Indah "batik", 1997, 14). In addition it has a sense associated with making a dot or drip night on the fabric of mori. According to KRT.DR. HC. Kalinggo Hanggopuro (2002, 1-2) in the book of Bathik as the Dress of Order and Guidance writes that, the earlier writers used the term batik which was not actually written with the word "Batik" but supposedly "Bathik".

This refers to the Javanese letters "tha" not "ta" and the act of celibacy as the sequence of points is less precise or said wrong. Based on the etymology is actually identical batik is associated with a technique (process) from the start of the motive picture to pelorodan. One of the characteristic of batik is the way of drawing motif on the fabric is through the process of mengoreskan experience of wax fluid placed on a container named canting and stamp.

Kind of Type batik

1. Batik Tulis

Understanding Batik Tulis is the batik is considered the best and the traditional, the process of making it through the stages of preparation, pemolaan, pembatikan, coloring, pelorodan and perfection. In batik is very difficult to find a rework pattern that is done exactly the same, there must be a glimpse of difference, for example: curve line or a number of dots. This deficiency is the advantage of handwork. In the batik process often occurs spontaneous movement, without calculated or taken into account in more detail. Batik is made massively with the same standard of determination of the human hand factor.

2. Modern Batik

Modern Batik is divided into Batik Cap, Batik Kombinasi and Tekstil Motif Batik.

Understanding Batik Cap is a batik that the process of making through the stages of preparation, greeting, coloring, pelorodan and refinement. Implementation of making batik cap easier and faster. Weakness in batik cap is a motif that can be made limited and can not make great motives. In addition to the stamped batik there is no graffiti art and subtlety motifs that are considered to determine the motif of batik.

Definition of Batik Kombinasi (tulis and Cap) is a batik made in order to reduce the weaknesses found in batik cap products, such as large motifs and graffiti art that can not be produced with tanga. In the process of making batik this combination requires complicated preparations, especially on combining motifs written and motif capnya, so the efficiency is low (almost the same as batik tulis) and the value of art of the product is equated with batik cap. The process of making it through the preparation stage, pemolaan (for large motives), batik (motive that can not be labeled), hermes, coloring, pelorodan and perfection.

Textile batik motif is grown in order to meet the needs of batik is large and can not be met by the usual batik industry. Textile batik motif is produced by the textile industry by using batik motif as testilnya design. The production process is done by printing system, so the product is known as batik printing and can be produced on a large scale. However, the characteristics that support traditional batik identity is not available in batik printing, but the price is relatively cheap so that it can be reached all levels of society that need it.