Thursday, June 2, 2011

My First Batik Blouse Product

Many thanks to Mr. Rif'an for our cooperation in this project ( make some beautiful batik blouse)

Batik Pekalongan

Batik Pekalongan

Batik Pekalongan

Batik Pekalongan

Batik Pekalongan

Batik Pekalongan

Batik Pekalongan

Batik Pekalongan

Batik Pekalongan

Batik Pekalongan

These batik blouses made by my order with the same model but different motives. Each shirt stock just 1 only. So just you (the buyer) that have this dress.

Smook waist, with a chest width of 56 cm. Long sleeve, shirt neck with a double ruffle as embellishment in the neck. One button on the back of the neck make more easy in usage.

Dou you like it? Please write text to me on +62817790700. Thank you beforehand.

Thursday, May 26, 2011

Batik Girl

Just like a batik motive, but i like it. I wanna make this batik girl dress for my daughter.

How about this one? Like a pijamas but I think this clothes can use in casual time. Batik Girl with chic design.

Friday, May 20, 2011

Eva Ellia, Pekalongan Batik Blouse



Code: Eva Ellia
it's a Pekalongan Batik Blouse with dobbies materials, from printed batik and satin application.
Only IDR 225.000
Do you like it? Please PM to +62817790700

Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Sunburst: African Batiks Motive

African Batiks Motive
Sunburst African Batiks Motive
This colorful wall hanging uses a traditional West Virginian design. This project utilizes foundation piecing to create the eight points of the star. African batiks have been combined with commercial batik patterns to create this project. The finished piece has been machine quilted.

Saturday, March 6, 2010

Hand Dyed Fabric 108" wide Seamless Cotton Fabric

Hand Dyed Fabric 108  wide Seamless Cotton Fabric

Hand Dyed Fabric 108" wide Seamless Cotton Fabric
  • 108 inches wide Hand Dyed Fabric
  • Seamless cotton hand dyed
  • Perfect for soft seamless quilt backing
  • One of a kind
  • Perfect for Wholecloth applications front back or both
  • Perfect for custom-made cotton sheets and bedding
  • Very high-quality thread count cotton fabric
  • Texture: Soft Smooth Cotton fabric hand dyed
  • Sold by the yard.

Friday, March 5, 2010

Batik in China

China has a long history of batik production dating back to the sixth century. Today you can still find batik being done by the ethnic people in Guizhou Province, in the South-West of China. Here the Miao, Bouyei and Gejia people use a dye resist method that is different from the Han Chinese. There are also many different sub groups within the Miao minority. The Miao place great emphasis on their costumes which are made up of decorative fabrics which they achieve by pattern weaving and wax resist. Almost all the Miao decorate hemp and cotton (not silk) by applying hot wax then dipping the cloth in an indigo dye. The cloth is then used for skirts, panels on jackets, aprons and baby carriers.

Indigo is used chiefly for the basic cloth throughout Guizo to give dark blues. A paste is made from the harvested plants which have been soaked in a wooden barrel.

Wax resisted fabric was probably one of the earliest forms of decoration in Guizhou as all the materials were at hand. Beeswax is the main ingredient but other resins or wax are possibly added. The wax resist never exploits crackle, the aim is to produce a clear image and beeswax is both tenacious and flexible. The wax is often heated in a little pot, resting in hot embers.

Once applied the wax appears black on the fabric but at the end of the process the wax is removed from the fabric. The fabric is then rinsed in cool water and air dried. The beeswax can be reused.
The usual tools for applying wax are of copper and brass with bamboo handles. They are made from 2 small triangular pieces of metal, their apexes bound to a bamboo holder by copper wire. It is held like a pen either upright or at a slant to the cloth which is laid flat on a board. This tool lends itself to the drawing of straight or slightly curving lines.
The Miao, Gejia and Bouyei girls are highly skilled at batik. They use very finely drawn circular and double spiral designs representing the horns of the water buffalo, symbolising their ancestor's life and death. Girls start learning to produce batik from the age of 6 and 7 years. The finest work is found on baby carriers, sleeves of their jackets and skirts. The more traditional designs are geometric, where the most skilled wax resist reads as a fine blue line on a white ground. With the influence of the Han Chinese more figurative designs like flowers, birds, fish have been introduced over the centuries.

Sumber: http://www.batikguild.org.uk/historyChina.asp

Batik in Java

There is nowhere in the world where the art of batik has been developed to the highest standards as in the island of Java in Indonesia. All the raw materials for the process are readily available - cotton and beeswax and many plants from which the dyes are made.

It is not known when the batik was first made but the traditional skills were particularly well developed over hundreds of years in Central Java around Yogyakarta and Solo under the patronage of the Sultan and his court. Designs were copies and in some cases the cloths could only be used by certain people or on certain occasions. The royal families had their own proscribed designs. On the coast designs were developed differently, influenced by settlers from China, the Dutch colonists and traders from India and Arabia.

Two methods of applying wax are used.
The cloth is hung over the frame and the design is drawn on with a canting, a small copper cupped spout which is attached to a bamboo or wooden handle. The canting is dipped into a pot of hot wax and then allowed to flow through the spout on to the fabric. On thicker fabrics the waxing is carried out on both sides. This process is carried out by the women.
The cloth is stretched on to long tables and a cap or copper stamping tool is used. This is dipped into a pan of hot wax and pressed on to the fabric. This enables the design to be repeated many times and is usually done on both sides of the fabric by men. This is a much faster method of wax application.
The traditional dyes used are deep indigo blues and soga browns and these are still the characteristic colours for work in central Java. Towards the end of the 19th century chemical dyes were introduced in the coastal regions and as a result of this the colours are usually brilliant and more varied.

The final hand made lengths of cloth, known as Tulis, may take several months to produce and are consequently very expensive. Everywhere in Indonesia people still wear clothing made from batik cloth and the tourist industry has opened up a new market for cheap batik clothing and pictures.

Source: http://www.batikguild.org.uk/historyJava.asp