The Characteristic and Types of Batik

Batik cloth is one of the cultural heritage of our ancestors and must be preserved. This craft was first known internationally when President Suharto wore it at the UN conference. Finally, until now the use of Batik cloth has become a trend in itself and has never subsided by the transition of time.

The Characteristics of Batik

Batik cloth has unique characteristics and is not shared by other types of fabric. The following are the characteristics of batik in general:

Traditional Batik

• It has symbolic meaning style
• There are variations of ornamental motifs of snakes, pagodas, geometric, and barongs.
• The colors of batik tend to be dark (blackish brown, black) and white.
• Generally, batik motifs have the characteristics of the area of origin.

Modern Batik

• The style does not contain any special meaning.
• Batik patterns are usually in the form of plants, flower arrangements, and others.
• Batik colors tend to be free (blue, red, purple, etc.).

The Types of Batik

Handwritten Batik

As the name implies, written Batik is a type of batik that is made manually by hand with the help of a canting tool to shed the night on batik patterns. In making this type of batik Requires patience and high patience because every point in the motif affects the results.

In addition, because it is made by hand, so, the resulting motif also cannot be exactly the same between one motif with another. So it is not surprising if the price of batik is very expensive.

Stamp Batik

Stamp batik is batik made with a kind of batik motif stamp. The stamp or stamp is made of copper whose function is to replace the canting so that it can shorten the time of making batik.

This printed batik is produced through the process of dying a kind of tool that has been shaped in such a way on the fabric. But the printed batik motif is considered to lack art because of the exact same motif. So the price of printed batik is very cheap because of its mass production.

Combination of Stamp and Write

There is also a type of Batik which is a combination of written batik and printed batik. This type of batik is made in order to reduce the weaknesses in stamped batik products.

In the process of making this combination batik, it requires complicated preparation especially from the merging of the motifs written and the motifs of the paint. But for the artistic value of the product is equated with batik.

Batik Printing

It is called printing batik because in the process of making this type of batik is more similar to printing. In making batik printing using offset or screen printing.

In terms of the process is very easy and time-effective. The price of batik is also quite affordable as is the price of printed batik.

Based on the explanations, will you wear and save Batik?