Batik is one of the Indonesian national identity. One of them whose name is legendary Solo batik lovers among ethnic works.
For the people of Solo, batik is part of daily life have contributed to the backbone. Batik exist everywhere. And faithfully with the king’s reign is over. Batik is not just about the fabric of different patterns on it, because the various philosophies embedded in it.
Solo batik is unique compared to batik-batik from other areas that make it contain historical value beyond the obvious aesthetic force presented. According to some sources, batik and manufacturing techniques are not fully discovered by the Indonesian people, but here’s where batik solo evolve and find its place in culture of the nation’s long journey.
Batik has been known since ancient kingdom of Majapahit, and even batik techniques supposedly introduced himself as culture of India and China entered the archipelago, because the coloring technique by using the night had been used in the Bamboo Curtain country since the Tang Dynasty.
Batik originated from the word “ambatik”, meaning a cloth with little dots. “Tik” itself means a point and batik fabrics shed given a motive for the night on it.
In the past, batik is only used by the royal, because of manufacturing techniques and motifs contained in it. A historical record that even the King of Mataram Sultan Agung as the most famous, use batik as oversized clothing.
Batik is usually performed on the two materials, namely cotton and silk. Both materials have absorption level of the best nights that will greatly help in the coloring process.
Such materials should be through the laundering of up to several times to remove all the dirt before being processed further. After that, the outline motifs are placed using a charcoal or pencil, before it overwritten by night.
There are three techniques of batik making, ie tubs, a stamp, and printing. However, just write and stamp techniques that are used in batik solo. Batik is a more complicated process than batik cap. Maker balls have skills in using a canting, a kind of pen for drawing motifs with night or wax.
Canting itself said to be the original creation of the Javanese. Staining technique using the night may come from a foreign culture, but this little tool is a work worthy of the nation proud.
Over time, batik is no longer only used by royal families and residents, but to be publicly owned and used by all walks of life. Meet increasing demand, batik-making techniques have evolved, ie with a stamp made of copper.
Various motives easily applied to the label material. The key, the label must be made very carefully and cautiously due between one and another to be completely equal.
Made using the technique of batik stamp, write, or merging both easily you can find at various clothing stores and traditional markets in Solo. Prices may vary depending on manufacturing techniques and materials used. Batik made with the technique and has written a variety of colors cost more because of considerations of time, effort, and aesthetic value in it.
Related posts: