Definition of Batik

Definition of Batik. Batik is one of the results of the technical production process of batik motives manufacture directly manually written. Tools to write or so-called canting made of copper with the handle of bamboo. The tip of canting or so-called beak, has a varied hole, so that it can determine the size of the motive. While the canting container vessel called nyamplung. This Nyamplung could contain liquid or dye night, depending on the batik technique that will be used. batik was kind aplenty well as batik, printed batik, Pekalongan batik, batik jumputan, batik solo, batik painting, batik there is also a semi-classical, contemporary batik and modern batik.

Batik Night
is the technique of batik with canting incised through the night fluid daily. The process of making batik night much like batik. The difference is in the motif. If batik motives tend to repeat themselves, then batik motif can be uniquely creative night exactly like drawing freely. Fluids night stay awake temperature conditions at 70 degrees centigrade. Canting write taking liquids through nyamplung night. Then beak canting must be perforated, so it needs to be blown in order to open the liquid membrane. After that a new night fluid applied in accordance patterns have been drawn on cloth with a pencil. The next step is the coloring process as in batik.


Batik Colet (Color)
is the technique of batik with canting incised through hair color directly onto the cloth, so that the contents of nyamplung canting is the desired color. The process of making batik is similar to dab drawing on the canvas. So the result is determined on the creativity and tenacity scratch the hand of batik. The smaller and detail rows of dots that can be made by a batik, the higher the level of difficulty and the value of batik.

The process of making batik is as follows:
  • Prepare cloth stretched
  • Figure sketch motif that will be created using a pencil
  • Pour liquid using a canting night or color hair carefully
  • If the fluid is inscribed night and had completed all of the clothing materials, the next process is the coloring, sagged night, soda rinse, drying, ironing (much like batik)
  • If the dye is etched and already completed all of the ingredients, the next process is klerak which aims to strengthen and polish colors. 
The characteristics of batik Write is:
  • Motif is not repeated
  • The color combination can be more
  • Colors can essentially dark or bright
So my article about Understanding Batik. May be useful         

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