All About Batik

Wednesday, December 22, 2010

2010 Batik Fashion Show - Spring / Summer Collection

Batik is starting famous in international worldwide. In addition to the interference of the United Nations agency UNESCO to establish that Batik was the nation's Indonesian cultural heritage. Which has a characteristic or distinctive and original motif of Indonesia.

Soubrette for the heads up said "You can say that I do not know women's fashion. But if it's something suitable and interesting, it can be said it is a great fashion, it is pretty enough to evaluate women's clothing."

Sping / Summer collection by Dries van Noten has caught my attention. Not only, president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said on 2 October as the Day of Batik, which is recognized by the UN (United Nations) as Indonesian Culture heritage.
"It sounds very funny when we need confirmation from the UN to an already legendary for hundreds of years in this race. ("Approval" from the UN to celebrate a legacy we have for Hundreds of years.)
Now the hype continues, Batik art form which has been adopted by Belgium born designer, Dries van Noten in recitals ballet SS 2010 collection."

"From the photos, he seems to take advantage of Parang Batik motif is displayed in a skirt and blouse. In this collection she uses various types of traditional fabrics of various kinds of cultures and countries, to inject a lot of color and energy for collection of Spring / Summer. "

2010 Batik Fashion Show

Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Simple but Fascinating DIY Sasirangan crafts - How to Make

Sasirangan is very unique, from conception to the finished, completely unpredictable.

Either because I have not an expert or indeed This is the uniqueness of Sasirangan. Concept that was originally titled grunge, but it's a different one hundred eighty degrees.

The new title could be: patches of smallpox. Discouraged by the way: drawing with pencil-tie-sewing stitch together closely so I decided to move halauan a way to make fabric-tie-wrap rubber bands made of raffia, the result is TOTALLY surprising and sometimes abstract, but fascinating.
Here are some simple but fascinating tips to make DIY Sasirangan crafts.

Tools and Materials:

tool

    1. scissors
    2. pencil
    3. yarn jeans
    4. marbles
     5. Rafia
     6. rubber band
     needle
     etc (beads, seeds, fruit, etc.)
     7. 3 buckets
     8. Rubber gloves

material

     1. cloth primisima
     2. Dye batik / dye Naphtol

The techniques you can do by yourself at home:

The first technique:

     prepare equipment and materials
     sketching a desired pattern on the fabric primisima
     Sewing baste the motif is
     leaving a long thread at the beginning and end of the suture
     closely tie the two threads are sewn when the motif has been completed
     prepare a bucket and dyes
     the first bucket and pour hot water mixed with a color amplifier (caustic soda + salt)
     in the second pail and pour hot water mixed with dye batik
     pour water on the third bucket to rinse the fabric
     primisima dip the cloth in the first bucket (the submerged part is the part you want diwarna)
     then dipped in a bucket squeeze dye
     wring out, dip in the third bucket to rinse the fabric
     Sasirangan winds result in the shade (no direct sunlight)

The second technique:

     prepare equipment and materials
     pack of marbles / beads / coins in the fabric (depending on desired size)
     belt with a rubber / Raffia
     continue with steps 6-13

And here we go.....

Friday, May 7, 2010

Batik Pekalongan Designing for Men and Women

"Batik Pekalongan" is One of INDONESIAN BATIK which is rich in color, naturalist batik. "Batik Pekalongan" has many differences with the other because of "Batik Pekalongan" is full of art, especially art that will be affected by the descendants of Dutch and Chinese immigrants. "Batik Pekalongan" is free in coloring and extremely interesting our eyes sight.

Short Sleeve Batik Pekalongan for Men

Short Sleeve Batik Pekalongan for Women

Short Sleeve Batik Pekalongan for Men

Short Sleeve Batik Pekalongan for Men

Short Sleeve Batik Pekalongan for Girls and Women

Short Sleeve Batik Pekalongan for Men

Wednesday, April 7, 2010

Sasirangan Applications - It's Simple to be applied for Interior Design Elements

Sasirangan applications in the modern era has been diverse, ranging from fashion (shoes, bags, dresses, shirts), elements of interior (wallpaper, pillows, sheets), and others.

The uniqueness of the motif and dye technique Sasirangan the main attraction. In the field of interior, sasirangan motif can be applied starting from-rustic-traditional ethnic-contemporer - modern (styles).

The attraction of color and motif Sasirangan uniqueness lies in the way of making sasirangan. Folding technique, tie raffia, rubber, marble tie, sewing and other experiments made baste Sasirangan very diverse motives.

Sasirangan dye motif for pillow

Sasirangan motif for pillow and bed room ideas

Sasirangan motif for pillow

Sasirangan motif for bed cloth

Sasirangan motif on wallpaper

Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Sasirangan Fabric - Kalimantan Batik

Here we will introduce about Khas borneo batik cloth His name is cloth "SASIRANGAN"
As well as batik in Java, this is a traditional batik Sasirangan Banjarmasin capable of competing in foreign markets such as in Australia.

Sasirangan recently growing spread to various areas along with the development of the fashion world that often adapting traditional clothes. In fact, sometimes sasirangan has become the official apparel choice of an event. About the price, can be obtained starting from the tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands of dollars, depending on the type of fabric.

Sasirangan is obtained from the fabric coloring process steeplechase to using barrier material such as rope, yarn or the like according to certain motifs. Basically hurdles staining technique resulted in certain places will be blocked or not penetrated by the penetration of dye solution.

The process is often sought in the form of home industry, because it does not need any special equipment, just to hand it to a certain pattern or motif, with hand stitching and bonding techniques.

Sasirangan Fabric - Kalimantan Batik

The raw materials are widely used Sasirangan cloth up until now is the fabric that comes from cotton fiber (cotton). In addition, the manufacture of cloth dyed tie dyeing process is in line with other steeplechase such as batik and traditional textiles.

At present the development of sufficient raw materials increasing, with non-diversification of raw materials such as non-cotton, polyester, rayon, or silk. Design / style derived from the techniques of stitching and bonding that is determined by several factors, apart from the composition of colors and effects that arise, among others, the type of yarn / type of binder.

Tuesday, August 11, 2009

2009 Batik Fashion - Solo Batik Fashion Show

A number of models brought the batik clothing design in batik fashions 2009 Solo Batik Fashion Market page Jenar Ngarsopuro Windu, Solo, Saturday (11/7) evening. 2009 Solo Batik Fashion models featuring hundreds of classic to modern batik, original from Solo on the second day featured a number of works from the Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) from two villages in Solo the famous batik villages and Lawean Kauman batik. This Event is attended by hundreds of foreign tourists who occasionally had come to this spectacular event and enjoy batik especially from Solo for various styles and designs of Batik Solo.

Solo Batik Fashion Show 2009

Saturday, April 11, 2009

Betawi Batik Unique Motif, Design and Ideas

Who would have thought if the heritage Betawi culture is so diverse, from the culinary to heritage of arts and tradition which maintained from generation to generation. Unfortunately, very few children and grandchildren of Betawi people who keep the legacy of their ancestors.

This can be seen from the typical batik Betawi that can only be found in Jakarta Textile Museum. Indeed there are batik artisans who still survive, but they come from outside Jakarta.

This condition is cause for serious concern, why batik Betawi must wander in the village itself. Batik Betawi become isolated in their villages.

Betawi batik batik is unique among other local specialty. The uniqueness that is present in striking colors, as well as the motive.
Motif is more focused on art Betawi culture is influenced by Arab culture, India, Netherlands, and China. Judging from the motive, batik betawi divided into several types, which known as Ondel-ondel, Nusa coconut, Ciliwung, Rasamala, and Salakanegara.
From those names, apparently Betawi batik motif has its own origin. Ondel-ondel striped motif is an example, this motif is made lift-ondel Ondel figure as a puppet who can resist reinforcements.

This motif contains the hope that the wearer gets a better life and a lot of reinforcements. Usually this type of patterned batik Betawi is used in traditional Betawi big event.

While the motive Nusa Kelapa has designed from Ceila maps ideas which made in 1482-1521 when the government of King Siliwangi.

From the map was formerly known Nusa Coconut Jakarta, to be the Sunda Kelapa, Jayakarta, Batavia, and Jakarta. Nusa Kelapa name was taken by the ancestors of the Betawi people at the time, to be Betawi batik motif.