Cianjur, natural beauty and Batik

not exaggeration to say there is a saying in West Java created, with a smile, that phrase to describe the incredible natural beauty. But other than that wonderfulnatural, West Java also has a culture that is so exotis, one of which is the culture of batik. Cianjur, is one of the counties in western Java, batik producers. Hayampelung batik motif, maenpo, beasan and "Kacapi flute" is the motif of Cianjur West Java.

Did You Know What Equipment and Materials in Use in Making Batik Painting

Many tools and materials used in batik painting. But sometimes the materials in use in some areas will be different from other regions. especially in terms of making natural color. Usually the material for natural dyeing batik painting takendarai plants. Here are some frequently used tool in the process of making batik painting:

Palembang and Painting Batik Creations

The city of Palembang is a city that is very important in the era of Srivijayakingdom. Therefore Palembang at that time made ​​in the capital, the seat of government and economic center. Trade so rapidly in this city of all goods andother basic needs are many and out of the city. Including batik fabric.

Batik Motifs Mojokerto

Mojokerto batik batik is a culture whose history is evolving with the heyday of Majapahit Kingdom. Mojokerto batik uniqueness is in the names of coraknya a very foreign and strange in the ears of some. For example, "gedeg collapsed", the sun, mrico perforated, pring sedapur, grinsing, or solar majapait. Batik Mojokertonow has six motifs that have been patented, the pring sedapur, mrico holes, scalesgringsing, koro joint, cartilage and sun index.

Step by Step in Making Batik Painting

We may be surprised why Batik painting is expensive and difficult in the search.This would have made sense if you know the manufacturing process. In making Batik will go through several stages of the process:

Batik and Business Opportunities

Batik began to be viewed as a cultural heritage around the year 1970, at which time the government announced, Batik as a national clothes. Since then batik began in large-scale production. The peak at UNESCO determined that batik is a world cultural heritage of Indonesia.

Differences in Batik Painting and Printing

                                                       

characteristics of batik painting
1) even though all are made with the same motif, but the result is there will never be the same.
2) Having been made by hand, no one had the perfect motive. It is precisely these imperfections that make batik is very humane.
3) Back and forth, the same color and motive. This is because, after the front "dicanting", the other side must then "dicanting" again.
4) It has an unusual size for example, 2 x 1.25 square meters.
5) If the ancient batik, there is usually a handwritten initials at the end of the name of batik cloth.

Indonesian Batik Motif

One important distinction between Indonesian batik with other countries is the number of batik motif is generated even in the Inventory could hardly by so much. This is why UNESCO included batik Indonesia became the world heritage.

Various Kinds of Batik in the Review of the Manufacturing Process

there is only one ancient batik, batik painting. but along with the number of user requests and batik cloth, then changed and developed new paradigms of batik.

At this present moment in the batik into 3 categories:
 

Batik-producing areas in Indonesia

Indonesia is an archipelago of more than 17 thousand islands and is divided into several provinces, hundreds of counties, and thousands of villages. But for the art of batik, all areas of culture and art have this one. And we will try to discuss the art of batik from every region in Indonesia.

History of Batik

Indonesia has a long civilization in a wide variety of cultural and social. Although not all the countries India, China, Egypt and Persia. Civilization that still can be seen and we feel we can even learn it. Civilization is the art of batik.