Batik

Batik ( javan. " mbatik " = write with wax) is originally derived from Indonesia textile dyeing, recorded in the pattern and ornaments crafted with liquid wax with a putative Tjanting tool on the fabric ( cotton, linen, silk, etc. ) and thus be covered, and therefore are not flushed in the subsequent dyeing of the fabric in the dye bath and thus retain their original color.

Indonesian Batik

Indonesian batik is characterized by a variety of traditionally prescribed and often religious or cultural connotations patterns and colors. Traditionally, batik clothes from fabrics or patterns in the strictly regulated Javanese society of the upper classes, especially reserved for the nobility. The Sultan of Yogyakarta was only about 1940, all batik for the use of all walks of life freely. Even today, certain patterns of certain social occasions (such as weddings ) reserved.

" Indonesian Batik " was placed by UNESCO on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity on 30 September 2009.

Traditional pattern of Yogyakarta

Traditional pattern of Yogyakarta

Traditional pattern of Solo ( Surakarta )

Traditional pattern of solo

Batik artist from Indonesia, Dutch Cinema News from 1977

Related Techniques

A technically similar process, namely the prevention of staining is the method of connecting ties applied by cord, cable ties, wire or rubber dar. thin fabric can also be knotted itself. By multiple passages of bindings and different colored dye baths to color transitions can be achieved. This technique is called in Japan Shibori, in Indonesia Plangi in India Bandhani and in the English language tie-dye.

In the second dye bath ...

Finished ... after removing the cable ties