Batik

Batik is a dye fabric with specific Indonesia patterns (including Yogyakarta patterns) sing lilin batik (a kind of hot wax) as medium. In National Standard Design of Batik Indonesia, those known as Batik are. BATIK TULIS is a hand made Batik using Canting batik as a tool for sticking the wax in to the fabric. BATIK CAP is a printed Batik using printed pattern as a tool for sticking the wax in to the fabric. BATIK KOMBINASI is a mixed of hand made and printed pattern Batik. Based on existing pattern varieties, Batik groups in two kind of patterns. Geometric where the patterns assembled repeatedly in same form. They groups of Geometric are Ceplok pattern, and Lerek pattern. They are specified, like Ceplok Gurdo, Kawung, Parang Rusak, Udan Liris, Tambal and Rujak Shente. Then, it's Non Geometric for examples there are Semen, Lung-lungan and Pinggiran. In Yogyakarta there are types of Batik pattern for kind of design/motive. Batik Pura Pakualaman there are similarity of the pattern with Yogyakartas at the beginning, but then after Sri Pakualaman VII taking Surakartas royal princess to be his wife, this Batik pattern changed, it has combination between Kraton Yogyakartas pattern with Surakartas. Some in Yogyakartas pattern but it has yellowish color like Surakartas. Batik Saudagaran it means Batik made by the large-scale merchants to trade and they have developed patterns of Batik Yogyakarta. For example there are Batik that made by Haji Bilal. Batik Pedesaan, it means Batik made by farmers in a same time Batik Saudagaran were made. This Batik made by showing their local flora and fauna. Batik Mangiran, Sanden made Batik Galaran, Batik Cacah Gori. Then, Batik Imogiri. To make a batik we need equipments such as : white cloth (can silken, cloth mixture or cotton of polyester), pencil to write batik's desain, canting which made as bamboo, leading copper andalso have nozzle or trap, this canting function's like a pen. Canting is used to transfer with a spoon hot liquid wax, which is used to protect or cover the colour, gate (place to put to the sun cloth), wax, small stove and a little pan to heat. First step of us to make batik's desain above white cloth with pencil usually called molani. In determination of pattern, usually every body have own appetite. Second step is to use canting which have contained liquid wax to arrange in layers wanted motif. After running dry, plunging cloth into colourant condensation. Last process is nglorot, which cloth have turned colour to be braised with hot water. For the result is recognized batik cloth with cloth of batik tulis. That name is given, because beside batik tulis (hand drawn), there is also batik cap (stamped batik), batik printing, batik painting and sablon. The classic Batik of Yogyakarta still exist as the supreme yet high value piece of art, but today ome Batik has improvised as a contemporary Batik created by craftsman or artist. Like for example Batik Apip made by Apips from Yogyakarta. The development of Batik here also means combination of classical Batik Yogyakarta, colored and improvised with todays fashion caused by global markets demands.