the Making of BATIK (bhatique)

Batik, (also u can say 'bhatique') is Indonesia Traditional Textille.
all the process are so natural.

start with manual design :)
for example like this

after, the disign ready, we've got to draw in manual on the white cotton fabric or silk.  Ussualy lenght of the fabric are 2 meters.
next process is layering the pen draw with "malam" .. simillar with candle material.
and using pen called 'canting

 

Canting and Malam

  the drawing process

 The layering pen sketch with Malam, also can do with mold iron, or combine that 2 kind of process.

Layering Process using mold iron

the combine process

After the layering process done, the fabric need to put in some water to remove the layer and to coloring it.

the process of washing and draw need to do in several time, depend of how many color in 1 fabric.

washing and coloring process

end off process, dried the Batik

my design and production using Batik