Batik - The Making Processed

Batik Lasem Art, Selling batik tulis Lasem : Historically, batik originated from the days of our ancestors, known since the 17th century, written and painted on palm leaves. At times, the motif is the famous batik motif ornamental plants and animals.

The Canting or Canthing

According to the manufacturing process, the technique of batik can be divided into written batik, batik printing, and batik stamp.

The tools were required:

Canting - was a tool for painting batik. Usually made of copper that resembles a bird's beak tip

The Gawangan

Gawangan - was the place to put the fabric to be painted as batik. Gawangan can be made of wood or bamboo

Pan - a small skillet to melt the wax. These pans can be made of copper or clay

Anglo / small stove - was used to heat the pan

Malam -batik wax is made from a mixture of

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Batik with Nature Coloring - How to Best Care

Sample 1 Fabric with Nature Coloring

Sample 2 Fabric with Nature Coloring

Batik Lasem Art, Selling batik tulis Lasem : Batik is dyed using natural dyes were fading faster than using chemical dyes, nature dyes for batik with no experience the process of fixation (locking the color) of the maximum. Batik cloth with a natural coloration requires special handling than usual batik cloth. To take care batik cloth with natural dyes, the way include:

Wash your batik cloth by using hair shampoo. Previously, dissolving shampoo first until no more part of jelling. After the new batik cloth dipped. You can also use

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Chinese New Year Water Snake, Dragon Motif Batik Many requests

Batik Lasem Art, Selling batik tulis Lasem : On New Year's celebration china this year, the batik craftsmen in Lasem flooded with orders from the order. Orders received most wanted motif china nuances of the New Year, such as the dragon and dragon fruit. So, batik motifs created by the craftsmen generally about dragons and dragon fruit.
Since early January, much to the message to be made of batik cloth with dragon motif, those messages came from tionghoa lineage is in Lasem, batik will be used during the celebration of the new year china later, as well as other activities that are nuanced new year china . For the motif is indeed the pick was made ​​motif buyer would like. However, due to Chinese New Year moments, many are asking for a dragon, and the lanterns.
The motive is then combined with a pattern showing characteristic Lasem, such as mountain ringgit and other existing motif but do not leave the hallmark of batik Lasem. As per the new year china feel for the dominant color is red and black,
All batik is made by hand, so it takes a long time and the applicant must

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Record for the longest batik cloth on December 2012

Batik Lasem Art, Selling batik tulis Lasem : On Friday the 28th of December 2012, the longest batik fabric stretched in Makassar South Sulawesi, Indonesia. Fabric that has a long record of 3046.9 feet broke the longest batik cloth were recorded by the Indonesian Record Museum (MURI, local record-Indonesia).
Expansions longest batik cloth is made ​​in the event the Port of Makassar Year End Gathering 2012, in street archipelago, Makassar initiated by PT. Indonesia Ports (PELINDO) IV as a sense of concern for the local culture that has become world heritage by UNESCO (Masterpiece of Oral anda Intangible Heritage).
Batik cloth was made with

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