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There is the desire of former State Minister for Women Affairs Meutia Hatta that have not been submitted to the late maestro Iwan Tirta batik. Meutia still find out the philosophy Batik Iwan Tirta’s mother. “There’s one thing I have not had time to do, which asked Mr. Sam to write his own philosophy of [...]

Wax resist dyeing technique in fabric is an ancient art form. Discoveries show it already existed in Egypt in the 4th century BCE, where it was used to wrap mummies; linen was soaked in wax, and scratched using a sharp tool. In Asia, the technique was practiced in China during the T’ang dynasty (618-907 CE), [...]

Java Priangan Batik or Sundanese Batik is the term proposed to identify various batik cloths produced in the “Priangan” region, a cultural region in West Java and Northwest Java (Banten).[14] Traditionally this type of batik is produced by Sundanese people in the several district of West Java such as Ciamis, Garut, an Tasikmalaya; however it [...]

JAKARTA — Indonesia’s president is pressing the country’s 234 million people to wear batik clothes to celebrate a triumph over neighbour Malaysia in a poisonous feud over cultural heritage. The UN cultural organisation UNESCO is set this week to add Indonesia’s method of making the cloth — through a laborious process of wax-dipping and dying [...]

You can batik silk, cotton, and rayon with the same easy fiber reactive dye and soda ash recipe that is so popular in other forms of hand dyeing. The advantage of this type of dye is that with it, unlike all purpose dye, you can use cool water (that won’t melt wax!), while unlike naphthol [...]

Blue Bird transport companies will replace their driver’s uniform with batik. During this time, the driver’s uniform group “blue bird” was a blue shirt with the logo of the Blue Bird. With this new uniform, are expected to Blue Bird driver may act as an ambassador of tourism. Thus expressed Vice President of Business Development [...]

Batik found in both countries of Indonesia and Malaysia have a shared tradition, and is much associated traditionally with the island of Java. On the contemporary scene, however, Batik Malaysia is fast attaining its share in the international fashion limelight. While the states of Terengganu and Kelantan are traditionally famous and well-regarded for the production [...]

Batik designs or the creation of batiks, can be divided into the three main types of batik, namely “batik tulis”, “batik cap” and “batik ikat”. Each has variations in techniques and the level of expertise needed, and thus reflect a different kind of design creativity. Batik-designs centres of the past include the cities of Lasem, [...]

Batik ciamisan that appears simple but dignified manner in line with the direction in Ciamis batik tradition to adopt more traditional batik of Yogyakarta. In Batik motifs Ciamis there are two motives rereng eneng for basic materials and motifs rereng Seno clothes commonly used for side or cloth.

Yogyakarta Batik is usually the basic colors of white cloth, fabric motifs dominated dark brown, and black. Motif which is used: as Sido Asih, Keongan, Ciptoning, Keleng alus, Sidomulyo, Mukti, Sidomukti.