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

Batik is The Most Famous Handicraft From Indonesia

What do you want to do? Some people will have shopaholic hobby. They want to go shopping and they want to buy all things. They cannot make themselves stop to buy all things because when they don't buy something they will feel discomfort. If you have shopaholic hobby, you need to be careful because you need to be selective in choosing the best places to buy all things that you need. You need to know what the best for you. When you are shopaholic please make sure that you buy what you need and not what you want. If you use credit card, you must give limitation budget. You should not buy all products with your credit card only. You also need to know that you should pay it on time. You better avoid bad credit. There are so many products that offered to you in the world. You just need to choose the categories of products that you want to buy.

When you are looking for electronic, you need to know the best place to buy it. You should not buy it via online. It is better to buy it directly and check it directly so you will not get your problems. You also need to know the real prices. You can compare from one place to the other places and get your lower price with same quality. It is just the same when you buy for clothes. You need to choose clothes and buy it in store and not in the online store. There are so many reasons why you should not buy clothes in online stores. First you cannot try for your clothes first. It is important because in each product they will have their size too. You should not buy before make sure that it is really fit for your body. You will just lose and waste your money then.

It is just the same when you are travelling and you need to go shopping. You need to know the best place to buy all things. The place must the best pace for tourist. Actually you better know the market that will give you lower price. If you visit to Indonesia and you really want to buy handicraft from there, you just need to buy batik. It is Indonesian handicraft that you will never find it again in other place. There are so many products that you can buy as your gift that you can give it to your family. You can buy baju batik. There are female dress, children, or for male. You can get all products if you visit Bering Harjo market. It is famous traditional market in Yogyakarta. You can also buy pakaian batik with various prices and various qualities.

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

Online Order for Handicraft

We live in modern era. We can order for all things and we can buy for all things in very easy way. What are you looking for? Are you collector? There are so many people who really like with something and then they try to look in all places and collect it. Some people will really like to collect bottle. As we know there are lots of bottles in this world. People usually will like to collect wine bottle. There are so many reasons why people like to collect wine bottles. First wine bottle usually will have good material. Second it has beautiful and unique design so you can use it as decoration for your home too. Other people will collect stamps from various countries. It is classic but it still exist until now. Where they can get their bottle or stamp? They usually will have lots of sources to get their bottle. They can get all collection when they go travel around the world. When you visit one country to the other country you will not visit new place but you will get new culture and new stuffs for your collection.

If you are looking for your collection you need to know that today there are so many stores that offer you complete products to complete your collection. Some people will try to order there but some other will choose to keep their travelling because they don't only search for collection but they also look for new experiences and moment where they get their collection so they will able to always remember it. If you are looking for handicraft, you will able to buy handicraft. Each country will have special and traditional handicraft. You just need to visit there and buy it. Their handicraft usually will show their culture or it can show how beautiful their country.  When you are very busy with your business and you don't have time to travel around the world you can just order your handicraft via online. It is the result of technology, today you don't need to go to certain country when you want to get special or traditional handicraft.

When you are looking for batik from Indonesia, you don't need to worry again because there are online stores and it is reliable store from Indonesia who offers you this special handicraft. You can order for all products. You will able to buy baju batik (Indonesian) special from Indonesia. You can choose whether hand made or machine made. You will need to pay in different price. You can also buy pakaian batik when you open their online store. It is just the same when you really want to feel the delicious food from certain country. You just need to order get the near restaurants and they usually offer you food from various country.

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