Sabtu, 03 September 2011

Batik Prints



Batik has its origins in medieval Egypt but have currently seen Asian countries as its key manufacturing centers. Within Indonesia, only members of the royal family utilized Batik art work in the old days since they presumed the styles had distinctive significance for their wearers. Despite the fact that the craft originated form Egypt, it has traveled on to other regions of the globe such as Asia and Africa. This has provided each specific batik piece with a unique and distinctive pattern or design as each region draws heavily on local religion and culture.

Batik - Hand Printing Textile


Most of the fabrics being produced today are produced in China. They are printed on a machine. There is never a mistake, maybe a flaw here and there in the fabric. Hand printed fabric is an art that has almost faded away (probably due to the time it takes to produce). Specifically it is called "Batik" or hand printing fabric with a copper stamp dipped into hot wax. It is time consuming, however unique. If you analyze each application by the artisan onto the fabric it is not the same. Therefore, beautify is created moment by moment.

Indonesia, the country where batik fabric began, continues to create beautiful hand printed textiles. For the small cottage clothing businesses this is affordable and produces exceedingly nice women's tops, pants and separates. Furthermore, textile production orders keep the traditions and artisans secure for the next generation.

Kamis, 01 September 2011

Batik - An Identity of Indonesia


Indonesia is a multicultural country which consists of thousand islands and tribes. The differences of demography and geography cause cultural differences, including the outfits worn by each tribe. Batik is one of the outfits that are quite popular, and its popularity has been known worldwide.

If you watch TV and see the President of Indonesia talking in public or in international conferences, you may see him wearing such an ethnic shirt with unique motifs. That is what so called batik, the national clothes of Indonesia citizens.

Batik Fabric Production - The Old Is New Again


Introduction If you are passionate about textiles with exotic color and texture the chances are good you have a special love for batiks. It's easy to be captivated by these stunning color-saturated marvels. While there always seems to be a place in a batik lover's stash for a new "Bali" few of us know much about the fascinating, time-honored processes that are used to make our batik fabrics. In order to discover where the batiks in our local fabric store come from, let's take a virtual trip into an Indonesian batik factory.

Batik making is an ancient art for embellishing cloth through the use of wax, (or other media that creates resist), and dyes. While batik fabric is produced in India, China, Thailand and in several African nations, it is most renowned in Indonesia and Malaysia. In these areas there are two basic processes used to produce batik fabric; Batik Tulis (hand drawn batik) and Batik Cap (stamped batik). This article will focus on the production of stamped batik.