Joining Batik Class in Bali

When you are having a holiday in Bali, you have to join Bali batik class as one of your activities. You could create and design batik as you want. Besides that, you could also learn a lot of things regarding batik especially batik Bali. In Bali there are some places that offer batik class. You could go in to one of them and start to learn how to make a great batik Bali. 

What You Get from Batik Class 

Balinese batik class is available in both groups and individuals. One of the places that offer Balinese batik class is in Ubud. Through this batik class you will be able to make a simple and elegant batik. Moreover, you could also learn all of the basic techniques of making Balinese batik that hopefully will lead you to be more confident about them and discover the traditional fashion. 

What is Batik?

Before you join the batik class, you should know what actually batik is. Batik is pictographic fabric that is made specifically by painting or imprinting the cloth, then treating it in distinctive way that is eccentric. Not only is art batik also a craft. In western countries batik is popular as an astonishingly creative mode. For centuries, this technique where clothes are decorated this way with wax and dye is already been practiced.  

Kinds of Batik 

Through this batik class you will learn about kinds of batik such as written batik, stamped batik, color written batik and printed. Written batik is batik that made using method where the motif is painted manually with the stroke of very great art. Furthermore, the wax that is applied for this batik is in a way similar to writing. When writing we are using pen, but for this batik we are using a tool called “canting”. Stamped batik is a method where batik is made by stamping the cloth with a tool that is called “canting cap”. This kind of batik is firstly introduced when the demand of the batik is increasing. Therefore, the producers start to producers a large amount of batik in short times. Thus, the batik stamped is ensues. Next is color written batik, it is a method where the color wax is applied directly to the cloth through a canting. Last but not least is printed batik, the motif for this batik is painted by machine. 

All in all, through batik class you could make your very own batik based on your creativity. Furthermore, it also allows you to learn more about batik such as how it is made and what kind of batik that exist in Indonesia.