Batik origin from Indonesia and immigrants from 19th century. Most of the Asian country has their own pattern design in batik.
There are two type of batik,
Hand-drawn batik is where designs are drawn on fabric with hot liquid wax; using a metal object called canting.
When the wax outlines are done, artists use the brushes to paint the dyes within the outlines. The use of brush allows for the creation of shaded and multi-hued designs.
Hand-drawn batik is usually produced in 4 metre length or 2 metre length. 4 metre length hand-drawn batik is used for women’s wear and 2 metre hand-drawn batik is used for men’s wear. These garments are often used for formal events. Besides dresses, hand-drawn batik is also made into scarves, pareos, craftans and even as framed art.
block-printed batik.
The canting will be replaced by a copper block or sometimes a wooden stamp with artistically patterned bottom.
The block is dipped into wax and printed onto the fabric, which is then dip-dyed. Then the wax will be removed and batik with single color is produced.
To create multi-colors and more complex block-printed batik, waxing with different blocks and de-waxing will be done many times.
Block-printed batik does not have the intricate delicacy of hand-drawn batik and similar shapes or patterns are repeated on a piece of fabric.
The Hand-drawn batik is more expensive than block-printed because each hand-drawn batik have their own special design.
Wow! very nice! Could you explain about Batik more? Is it a painting of the fabric or is it something different? It was so nice! Thanks for amazing pictures of dawn and sunrise.
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There are two type of batik,
Hand-drawn batik is where designs are drawn on fabric with hot liquid wax; using a metal object called canting.
When the wax outlines are done, artists use the brushes to paint the dyes within the outlines. The use of brush allows for the creation of shaded and multi-hued designs.
Hand-drawn batik is usually produced in 4 metre length or 2 metre length. 4 metre length hand-drawn batik is used for women’s wear and 2 metre hand-drawn batik is used for men’s wear. These garments are often used for formal events. Besides dresses, hand-drawn batik is also made into scarves, pareos, craftans and even as framed art.
block-printed batik.
The canting will be replaced by a copper block or sometimes a wooden stamp with artistically patterned bottom.
The block is dipped into wax and printed onto the fabric, which is then dip-dyed. Then the wax will be removed and batik with single color is produced.
To create multi-colors and more complex block-printed batik, waxing with different blocks and de-waxing will be done many times.
Block-printed batik does not have the intricate delicacy of hand-drawn batik and similar shapes or patterns are repeated on a piece of fabric.
The Hand-drawn batik is more expensive than block-printed because each hand-drawn batik have their own special design.
Sources: http://www.jadibatek.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=arti...
Thank you for stopping by.. i will explain about batik later on.. need to create few sentences.. ^_^? and will post it later..
thanks again
but i agree with ( Nafis ) , can you explain it ?
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sara
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Nafis