Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Batik Craft Yogyakarta (Indonesia)


Batik is a unique work of art. A combination of artistic expression with technical skills that exist only in Indonesia. By using wax and dye materials dyed, batik is made on a piece of cloth. As well as the other predicate, Yogyakarta is also known as the city of batik.


Based on the technique used, divided into Ketegori batik: batik, batik print and a combination of both. Working with batik tool called "canting" made of brass or copper with varying motives, whereas the combination of batik is batik canting resulting from the combination and mold. Batik quality is determined by the level of difficulty motives, techniques and materials manufacturing base fabrics. At first the colors and motifs were very influential in nature, especially flowers and plants such as jasmine, mythical animals such as bird Garuda. The dominant colors used are blue or black, is a symbol of water and air. The colors are then to be two basic elements. Symbolically, the two colors into the background of traditional batik designs in Yogyakarta and Surakarta.

Location: Province of DIY

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