BATIK ART

Batik (or word Batik) comes from Javanese language "AMBA" which means to write and "NITIK". The word batik itself meruju the pattern-making techniques - using a canting or cap - and dyeing cloth using the color barrier material pattern "night" (wax) is applied over the fabric, so stop the entry of dye. In English, this technique is known as wax-resist dyeing. So is the batik cloth with decoration or pattern created by canting and cap by using the night as the color barrier material. This technique can be applied only on the material made from natural fibers such as cotton, silk, wool and can not be applied on the cloth with man-made fibers (polyester). Cloth-making style and coloring are not using this technique known as batik patterned cloth - usually made in industrial-scale printing technique (print) - not a batik cloth.

Chairman of Yayasan Sekar Jagad, Suliantoro Sulaiman, said that Indonesia would gain recognition from the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization or Organization Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) which decides Indonesian batik as world heritage. "It is processed and decided that the batik of Indonesia as a world heritage, which will be announced on October 2 next," he said.

Sekar Jagad Foundation is one organization batik lovers who come to prepare the minutes of data and provide a statement about the existence of batik to UNESCO. Other parties involved filed and signed over ownership of Indonesian batik is the government through the Office of Trade of Indonesia and the king of Yogyakarta Palace is also governor of Yogyakarta, Sri Sultan Hamengkubuwono, as the owner of the Museum Batik Indonesia, and various parties who have been concerned with Indonesian batik.

Batik is the ancestral heritage of Indonesia (Java) that until now still exist. Batik is also first introduced to the world by President Suharto, who was then wearing a batik at the UN Conference.

UNESCO pointed Indonesian batik on October 2, 2009 has gained recognition from the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization or Organization Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) as a masterpiece of human cultural heritage.

To make a batik, the equipment required is: cloth (can be made from silk, cotton or polyester fabric mix), pencil for making batik designs, canting made of bamboo, copper and bercerat head or mouth, this canting function like a pen. Canting used to ladle the hot liquid wax, which is used as a cover or protector of pigments. gawangan (where to put a cloth), candles, pots and a small stove for heating.

Step - steps are as follows:

1. The first step we make batik designs on cloth with pencil or commonly called molani. In determining the motive, usually each person has different tastes. Some prefer to make their own motives, but others prefer to follow the general motives that have been there.


2. The second step is to use a canting which already contain a liquid wax to coat the desired pattern. The aim is to ensure that the immersion into a solution of coloring materials, parts that were not exposed layer of wax. After the wax is dry, dip a cloth into the dye solution.


3. The last process is nglorot, where the cloth has changed color boiled with hot water. The goal is to remove the wax layer, so the motive which had drawn previously apparent. You do not need to worry, this dye will not make a pattern that has been affected by the color of your image, because the top of the fabric is still shrouded in a thin layer (wax does not completely fade).


The result is known batik cloth with batik cloth. The naming was given, because in addition to batik, there are also printed batik, batik printing, batik painting and silk screening.