How to make batik in Indonesia

• How to make batik in Indonesia

Today's post will be particularly interested in the women's quarters. We will talk to you about the painting on fabric "batik" and see how to make elegant clothes Javanese wizard.

As we move our expedition, we were in Yogyakarta. During the War of Independence, the city was the temporary capital of Indonesia:

In the city you can move around in a conventional manner on the trishaw. By the way, this is a great way to explore the historic part of town. Armed with a telephoto lens, you can very effectively hunt for locals, not much drawing their attention:

In the historical part Dzhogdzhi, or so-called more Jogjakarta, you can find interesting places to visit, and old cars:

We do not settle down travel through the city, we decided to look into the most uncommon shop store where Indonesian masters literally enliven the fabric, causing her the most unusual figures:

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Batik - is stamped or hand painting using redundant fabric compositions such as wax and paraffin. This is one of the most amazing art fabric treatment in the world. From time immemorial, this painting is known among the peoples of Indonesia and India. By the way, in Bali, you can buy products from batik:

To begin with, the master jeweler does the drawing on the fabric:

Under glass desktop lamp is cold light of day:

Here is a tool called - Chanting. A metal container with a handle. With Chanting applied to the fabric or paraffin wax to protect it from staining the desired part fabric:

For clear boundaries at the junction paints, a special hardener, called reserve (reserving composition on aqueous basis on the basis of paraffin, gasoline, - depending on the chosen technique, fabrics and dyes):

Paraffin drown here in this boat, alone:

And this is - batikovye stamps. They are used to simplify the manufacturing process. Each strains is a kind of work of art:

On the stamp is applied to the paint and make the patterns on the fabric:

During the breaks the workers read newspapers and listen to old radio:

Or drink tea:

In these vats color fabric:

It turns out that the coated wax or paraffin wax patterns on the fabric does not absorb paint, and the rest of the fabric is stained:

After drying, sewn already ready for realization:

In banks - paraffin and fixing, as well as natural dyes fabrics:

And here is the finished fabric samples: