The process of making batik

Making Batik

In the development of batik art gradually imitated by the people nearest and subsequently expanded into the work of women in the household to fill his spare time. Furthermore, batik clothes that used only the royal family, then became a popular folk clothes, both women and men.


White fabric that is used when it is the result of homespun. Medium coloring materials used consist of plants native to Indonesia who made ​​himself among others of: noni tree, tall, Soga, indigo, and materials made ​​from soda ash soda, as well as salts made ​​from mud.

So this batik in Indonesia has been known since the time of Majapahit kingdom and continued to grow until the next kingdom. The start spreading this batik art belongs to the people of Indonesia and Java in particular tribe is after the end of the eighteenth century or early nineteenth century. Produced batik batik is all until the early twentieth century and printed batik is known only after the world war was over unity or around 1920. Now, batik has become part of traditional Indonesian clothing.