How to Make batik in Indonesia, batik is one of the ancestral heritage of Indonesia. And batik is very well known in nearly all the world, but the process of making their own batik from Indonesia might still many who have not been so clear and understood. Because of Indonesian batik was originally created in traditional and very contained a very high artistic value.
In a variety of exhibitions throughout the world of
Indonesian batik is very well known, even in Indonesia itself already batik is
one icon that symbolizes the image of Indonesian art.
So you need to better understand how the process of making
batik itself valuable and so graceful each person who wears it.
Here is how the process of making traditional batik and even
the old terms are still commonly used today.
Here we will introduce the process and terms used batik from
Indonesia.
~ How To Make Batik With “NGEMPLONG”
It is the earliest stage (preliminary) IE, by washing the
cloth in order to remove the starch. Which is then followed by PENGELOYORAN IE,
inserting cloth into castor oil or peanut oil that is already in the straw ash.
With the intention that the fabric becomes weak, so that the absorption of the
dye is higher.
After going through the above process, then given a fabric
stash and after it in the sun. PENGEMPLONGAN then performed, IE in the hammer
cloth to smooth fabric lining for easy to batik.
~ How To Make Batik With “ MOLA”
Is, the process of copying or making a pattern on top of the
cloth with a pattern imitating the existing motif (ngeblat). The pattern is
usually done on parchment paper first, and then fit the new pattern traced on
the cloth.
This stage actually, can be done as well as directly make
patterns on cloth or trace them using a pencil or “canting”.
In order for the coloring process can work well and good or
not broken, it is necessary to repeat the batik on the side of the fabric
behind it. This process is called ALGAE.
~How To Make “mBATHIK”
The next stage is, in a way incised candles to batik cloth that starts from Nglowong
(drawing lines outside the pattern-2) and “ Isen”, “ Isen” (fill patterns with
various shapes). In the process of Isen, Isen there NYECEK term, which makes
the stuffing in a pattern that was made by way of giving the points (nitik). And
there is also the term NRUNTUM, which is almost the same as Isen, Isen however,
is more complicated.
Then later, followed by “nembok”, namely block that is not
part of a pattern to be colored or be colored however, with other colors.
~ How To Make Batik With “ Nembok”
Nembok is, the process by which covers parts that should not
be subject to the basic colors of course, by using the night (candles). Part of
the fabric that should not be subject to the basic color in this case is the
OLD BLUE color, covered with a layer of night (candles) are thick as if a
retaining wall. Once the process is completed, the brick, followed by the next
stage, namely, the first immersion of the base color.
~ How To Make Batik With “MEDEL”
Is, the process of dyeing cloth into the liquid already in
batik colors repeatedly so, get something like the desired color.
~ How To Make Batik With “Ngerok and mBIRAH”
In this process is carried out, candle on the cloth
carefully scraped off using a metal plate and then, rinsed with clean water,
and then aerated.
~ How To Make Batik With “mBIRONI”
For example, covering blue and Isen, Isen “cecek” a pattern
or points using candles.
There was also the “nGRINING” process, IE the process of
filling in the yet tinged with a certain motive. Typically, “ngrining” done
after the dyeing process is done.
~ How To Make Batik With “MENYOGA”
Derived from the word SOGA, a type of wood that is used to
get the color brown. As for how, by dipping the cloth into the mixture brown.
After, immersion in the “soga” then continued with the
process of color and throw the candles entirely (nglorod). Once, the wax
removed entirely, then looks up with a batik fabric colors blend with the dark
blue base color soga, interrupted with white ivory.
~ How To Make Batik With “nGLOROD”
Is the final stage in the process of making batik cloth or
Batik Cap that uses the color barrier (candles).
In this stage, namely, release the entire of candles by inserting cloth is old enough color in the
boiling water and then, rinsed with clean water and after it in the air the
wind.
So, why cannot doubt batik cloth WRITE can achieve the highest
prices. Because, if we see the start of the beginning of the process, until the
end of the process sometimes involves several stages in the completion of a
process that also takes a little longer.
