Make Your Own Batik

Batik is a "wax resist" process for making designs on fabric. Hot wax is applied to portions of the fabric and penetrates the cloth. After the  wax dries, dye is applied to the fabric, by painting it on or by immersing the fabric into a vat of dye. The wax prevents the dye from spreading to those areas of the fabric that have been waxed. Designs may involve one color or many colors depending upon the number of times the hot wax is applied and the cloth is dipped into different colored dye baths. Do you want it? Make your own batik now!

Spirit Cloth Megamendung Batik

History of the emergence of motifs adopted by the community Megamendung Cirebon taken from various books and literary history always lead to the arrival of China who came to the region of Cirebon. Clearly recorded in history that Sunan Gunungjati married Queen Ong Tien from China. Some art objects brought from China, such as ceramics, dishes, fabric Decorated with clouds form. An shape symbolizes the world in a variety of cultures over ideology when taken from Taoism. Cloud forms a broad picture of the world, free and has a meaning transidental (Divinity). The concept of this cloud was also influential in the artistic world of Islam in the 16th century used by the Sufis for the expression of major world or nature.

Batik Truly From Indonesia

It would be impossible to visit or live in Indonesia and not be exposed to one of the country's most highly developed art forms, batik. On your first visit to a batik store or factory you will undoubtedly experience an overwhelming stimulation of the senses - due to the many colors, patterns and the actual smell of batik. Only through repeated visits and a bit of study will the types of designs and their origins become apparent.
The word batik is thought to be derived from the word 'ambatik' which translated means 'a cloth with little dots'. The suffix 'tik' means little dot, drop, point or to make dots. Batik may also originate from the Javanese word 'tritik' which describes a resist process for dying where the patterns are reserved on the textiles by tying and sewing areas prior to dying, similar to tie dye techniques. Another Javanese phase for the mystical experience of making batik is “mbatik manah” which means “drawing a batik design on the heart”.

Batik Days

From the cradle to the grave, batik is part of Indonesian life. Today the nation celebrates as batik is officially added to the Unesco list of the world's intangible cultural heritage.

It is something of a human failing - not appreciating what we have until it has almost slipped through our fingers, especially those things that are intangible by nature.

For centuries, Indonesians have been blessed with a rich ethnic diversity and a wealth of cultural heritage, but in the drive for modernization, it has often been overlooked.

Not until this century have real efforts been made to protect and promote aspects of traditional culture.