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How to Make Batik Tulis

source : gambarbatiktulis.com

source : gambarbatiktulis.com

Things you need        :

1.      Fabric

2.      Paint (naphtol or indigosol)

3.      Design / pattren

4.      Pencil

5.      Wax

6.      Canting

7.      Wooden Frame ( gawangan)

8.      Sodium carbonate

9.      Caustic soda

10.  Pan and Stove ( to heat the wax)

Steps                           :

1.      First, prepare the main material ( the design / pattren and the fabric)

2.      Wash the fabric to remove any dirty

3.      Then, apply the pattern. You can draw with pencil directly on the material or copy paper patterns. Another way is to cut the pattern out from the paper and sprinkle the edges with charcoal or powdered graphite from the pencils.

4.      The next step is applying the hot wax along the drawn lines and ornaments uses canting. Apply the wax to the line or ornaments that you won’t be collored. This step is really time consuming. This technique also requires precision and incredible patience. So, you must be patient.

5.      When the wax in applied and dry, the fabric can be dyed. First, immerse the fabric in a solution of sodium carbonate in order to enhance absorption of color that we will do it in the next step.

6.       After that, the fabric is immersed in the actual paint (napthol or indigosol), rinse in cold water.

7.      The next step is remove the wax. To do this, we immerse batik for few moments in boiling water. Mix a caustic soda with the water to help  remove the wax.

8.      The last step is dry the batik cloth and  the process of making batik is finished.

Note :

The process of waxing on the cloth can be repeated in accordance with the many colors that will be applied on the fabric.

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There are some additional picture related to the process of  making Batik Tulis =

Apply the hot wax on fabric

Make the pattren 

colored the batik 

remove the wax

There are some tools and materials that we need to make Batik =

Fabric

Canting, wax, stove and pan