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How to Create Batik clothing and Category of Product Produced

By Dedy Indrawan Subscribe to RSS | December 9th 2011 | Views:
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As you know that batik has been admitted by UNESCO as the world’s heritage. It means batik is included into the cultural things that need to be kept from extinction. Batik is originally from Indonesia. For the specific location, batik comes from Central Java, especially Yogyakarta, Solo, and Pekalongan. The tradition of batik has been in Java Island for several centuries. The history documents verification that batik clothing has been invented since seventeen century. The folks in Java, especially in Yogyakarta, Solo, and Pekalongan, have made batik for a very long time and they used traditional way to do it. The batik clothing making process takes a very long time to finish.

The first thing that needs to be prepared is a white cloth. The white cloth usually made from the perfect cotton woven fabric. The material used is 2m x 1m in size. The next thing that needs to be prepared is the canting. The canting is the instrument to paint on the white cloth. The canting is same to a pen with a small container. You can imagine a little teapot if you want the precise form of the canting. The next thing is wajan. Wajan is a frying pan but in making the batik clothing, iron frying pan is used. The wajan is used to melt wax. So, wax is also needed, The wax is used to paint the white cloth with batik pattern before the cloth is dyed into big a place full of warm water.

The process of the batik painting is started by putting the white cloth into a hanger or flat place. The batik artist sits with a canting in the hand and wajan near her. The batik painter takes the wax from the wajan using the canting and then starts painting on the white cloth. The motifs that the batik artist paints are varied. Generally they draw animals, decorative flowers, insect, geometrical shapes. The artist creates the design very carefully and with patience. The skills in painting the batik clothing motif is very needed to guarantee top quality design. After the painting process is over, the dying process is in progress. After the dying, the painted fabric is boiled. The boiling process is intended to wash the cloth from the wax.

After the process is complete, the batik clothing is ready to be sold. The batik clothing usually sold in pieces and sometimes people sell it as pakaian batik, kaos batik, tas batik, kebaya, etc. The use of batik clothing to make t-shirt make the t-shirt is more trendy. The bags made from the batik will also raise the price. Batik is very exclusive because it uses traditional technique in the making process. You can choose several motifs type of batik and purchase it as gift or you can use it for making batik.

Dedy Indrawan - About Author:
Dedy Indrawan is the owner of a website that sells a variety of pakaian batik, especially batik yogyakarta, solo and Pekalongan - Indonesia. If you are looking for a variety of typical Indonesian kaos batik then you can visit us at batik

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