Don't Buy The Wrong One, These Are The Characteristics Of The Writing Batik That Are Manually Made

Writing batik illustration (Photo: Masbebet/Pixabay)

YOGYAKARTA Batik is considered to have a higher artistic value than other types of batik. This is because the process of making batik is done manually so that it requires skills, and patience. Well, for those of you who love this type of batik, you must know the characteristics of batik write so that you don't get the wrong choice of batik for clothes, or those that have been sewn.

According to Anindito Prasetyo in the Batik Karya Agung, World Cultural Heritage (2010), batik tulis is batik that is done using canting.

Sagnating itself is a tool that is formed to accommodate nights (batik twists) with the tip in the form of a small channel or pipe for the release of the night in shaping the initial picture on the fabric surface.

Batik tulis has a more varied motif than batik caps and batik printing. In addition, this batik pattern also has different characteristics from every batik artist who makes it.

Summarized from various sources, Sunday, March 12, 2023, here are the characteristics of batik write that you need to know:

The first characteristic of batik write is that it has a distinctive odor. This batik smell is similar to the smell of wax or night, the smell of coloring, and the smell of cloth that is dried in direct sunlight.

This smell can only be recognized if you buy a written batik cloth or material that has not been sewn into a shirt or pants.

Batik tulis yang melewati proses penuntingan atau pencapan menggunakan kulin, akan masuk ke kana bagian bagian belakang. Untuk mengidentitakannya, Anda perlu melihat dari dua sisi kain (ballak-balik).

In contrast to batik caps, the wax cannot penetrate the back of the cloth entirely due to the process that is too fast and the lack of pressure from the stamps.

The motifs of writing batik tend not to be monotonous, because batik can create its own patterns such as drawing freely. Batik artists can create flower patterns, animals, natural views, seas, and so on. In contrast to batik caps that can only be made according to the available pattern of stamps.

Batik printing or print also has similarities with the characteristics of batik writing, which is to have a non-monotonic motif. But there is no writing batik pattern that is 100 percent the same in each cloth. The reason is, the batik pattern is written only for one cloth.

Other characteristics, batik write has a thicker line or point at the end of the pattern. This thickening is caused by canting. When canting is lifted from the fabric, the wax that comes out becomes more. So that the closed part of the night becomes thicker than the other lines.

Batik is sold at a very expensive price. In fact, the price is much different from batik caps and batik printing.

The reason is that batik tulis is considered to have a higher artistic value than the other two types of batik. That's because all writing batik manufacturing processes are done manually so that they require skills, skills, and patience.

In addition, the process of making batik is also quite long. One sheet of cloth can be completed within one month.

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