Batik is an art of decorating cloth that originated in Java, Indonesia and has been practiced for centuries. It involves applying hot wax to selected areas of cloth to resist dyes, allowing patterns to be created from successive waxing and dyeing. The earliest evidence of batik comes from over 2000 years ago in areas across Asia. In Indonesia, complex batik designs are created by hand drawing patterns with wax or using metal stamps to apply hot wax. The economic and social impact of batik in Indonesia has led to its preservation and spread around the world.

1. BY: HAGEN

2. • Batik is both an art and a craft, which is
becoming more popular and well known in the
West as a wonderfully creative medium. The art
of decorating cloth in this way, using wax and
dye, has been practised for centuries. In Java,
Indonesia, batik is part of an ancient tradition,
and some of the finest batik cloth in the world is
still made there.
• To make a batik, selected areas of the cloth are
blocked out by brushing or drawing hot wax
over them, and the cloth is then dyed. The parts
covered in wax resist the dye and remain the
original colour. This process of waxing and
dyeing can be repeated to create more
elaborate and colourful designs. After the final
dyeing the wax is removed and the cloth is
ready for wear
What is Batik?

3. • Evidence of early examples of batik have been found in
the Far East, Middle East, Central Asia and India from over
2000 years ago. It is conceivable that these areas
developed independently, without the influence from
trade or cultural exchanges. Batik was practised in China
as early as the Sui Dynasty (AD 581-618). These were silk
batiks and these have also been discovered in Nara,
Japan in the form of screens and ascribed to the Nara
period (AD 710-794).. They are decorated with trees,
animals, flute players, etc.
The History of Batik

4. • Batik cap=detailed designs are first
hand drawned with a pencil on
the textile. Then hot liquid wax (mix
of beeswax and paraffin) is
applied with a canting
• Batik tulis=cap means stamp in
Bahasa. The hot wax is applied to
the fabric with a metal stamp
• Batik printing=Batik is a process of
decorating cloth by covering a
part of it with a coat of wax and
then dyeing the cloth. The waxed
areas keep their original color and
when the wax is removed the
contrast between the dyed and
undyed areas gives the pattern
Technology

5. • It is only natural that the Indonesian people feel proud of
their own unique batik. Batik is a highly artistic cultural
heritage.
There is no country in the world apart from Indonesia
where batik is the highest expression of art. In almost every
part of the Indonesian archipelago you can find various
batik. One of the mostly hightly developed traditional batik
originates from the island of Java.
Historically batik has been popular since the Majapahit
kingdom and has been continuing to develop further
during the subsequent kingdoms. Batik drawing using a
special kind of wax that is later processed in a certain way
has expanded and become a treasure of the Indonesian
people since the end of 18th century.
Arts

6. •After Batik become our Indonesian
traditional clothes more shops of batik
is opened because it is our indonesian
traditional clothes we all need to
represent the country and we also
need to use it for our special events.
But after a while batik develop and
make using better technology that is
easy to make batik and money.
Economy

7. •Now after batik has been famous it is
spread around the world and other
country make batik as well using their
own pattern
Social

8. •we use batik pattern for modern
clothes (jacket)
•For decoration like painting but it is
batik pattern
•Make new motive
My best way to preserve is by
making batik for decoration
How to preserve

9. Here is one of my chosen action
(batik for decoration)

10. •I chose this action because it is easy
and have a lot of impact to
Indonesian culture because we
appreciate and try to make more
pattern that can make us more
creative.