Batik is An Interesting Art From Indonesian

People who have ever visited Indonesia will said that one of the most interesting things they found in the country is batik. Yes, batik is an interesting art form that cannot be found in other countries above this planet besides Indonesia. The country has it through centuries of process. Batik patterns found on some sites, including temples and old cultures belong to Indonesia. Some studies found that batik has been recognized by Indonesia since 1500 years ago. Until today, Indonesian still keeps it. After UNESCO has admitted batik as one of the world heritages, the popularity of batik is more extremely increasing. Products with batik designs are easily found, not only in Indonesia but also in other countries. It happens because the products exported to cover the high demands and introduce it to the world.

Batik is something can be learned actually. It uses wax and dye as basic compositions with the help of color and small sharp equipment named "tjanting". This tjanting helps artist put wax on a cloth. They cover the pattern above the cloth, so when it is dyed, the original color will not affected. A batik artist usually spends weeks up to months to finish one cloth. It happens because the design is still done manually without using any advanced machines. However, to cover the demand, some manufacturers also apply stamp. The stamp has been carved with particular designs of batik. Artist who wants to batik just have to give the stamp wax and then put it above cloth and the pattern will be appeared automatically. It usually called as batik printing or "batik cap". The price of "batik cap" is much cheaper than the traditional one. It happens because one designs usually produced in many numbers unlike traditional that only produce some pieces for a patterns.

If interesting to know more about batik while enjoying the magnificent views of Indonesia, we have to go to Solo and Jogjakarta. Those two cities in Java are the central of batik. There are thousand stores of batik available. Most of batik artists are also coming from those regions. If compared with other regions in Indonesia that also have batik, the patterns from Solo and Jogjakarta are different. It happens because the designs are influenced by the courts or palaces and religions.    

There at Jogjakarta and Solo, batik is not only applied for cloth but also for kaos batik or t-shirts and bags. However, we have to say that those products are coming from "batik cap" or printing. There is also baju batik (Indonesian). It uses various materials such as cotton and silk. So, if you want to know more about this art, you have to go to Jogjakarta and Solo.

About the Author

Dedy Indrawan is the owner of a website that sells a variety of batik clothes, especially batik yogyakarta, solo and Pekalongan - Indonesia. If you are looking for a variety of typical Indonesian batik clothing then you can visit us at http://www.jualanbatik.com