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The Process of Making Batik

NGANJI
 Before being labeled, usually mori washed first with water until the starch is lost original and clean, then the kanji again. Batik motif should be coated with starch to a certain thickness, if too thick, poor adhesion of later tonight and if too thin then the result tonight will be "mblobor" which will be difficult to remove.
With the highest quality Mori [Primisima] do not need to be starched again, because the thickness kanjinya already qualified.

NGEMPLONG
  Usually just a smooth mori need dikemplong before dibatik. Mori blue batik can usually be done directly without any preparatory work.
The purpose of ngemplong mori is so slippery and loose. For this purpose mori put on sticks and beaten regularly by a wooden bat as well.
Mori, who in kemplong be easier dibatik so the results are better.

NGLOWONG, Sticking night [candles] first.
Nglowong process with stamp
 Nglowong process with canting
Done dikemplong mori is ready to work. Batik fabrication technique consists of the main job, starting from the main job, starting with nglowong is tasted or batik motifs above mori using canting
Nglowong on the side of the cloth is also called ngengreng and after continued with nerusi on the other side.
 
NEMBOK, sticking a second night.
 Before dipped into the dye, the desired white remains to be closed by night. Night is like a wall coating to resist the dye not to leak that closed the night gets.
Therefore, this work is called a brick, if there is seepage due to its less powerful tembokan the part that should be white in color which would look line 2 would reduce the beauty of batik. That's why tonight walls must be strong and resilient, others by night klowong that it should not be too tough to be easily scraped off.

MEDEL, The first immersion in the dye.
Medel goal is to give a dark blue color as the base color fabric. In the past this work takes several days for using indigo dye.
 Dye is very slow to absorb the cloth so it must be repeated, now with modern color material can be done quickly.

NGEROK, Eliminate night klowong.
Parts to be in Soga to brown, is scraped away with Cawuk [such a dull knife is made of zinc] to eliminate its night.
 

MBIRONI, use of night into three.
Adalam mBironi next job, which consists of closing the night portions of cloth are still expected to blue, while the part that will remain open in the Soga. Mbironi job was done on two sides of the fabric.
 

MENYOGA, second Dyeing 
 Menyoga is a time consuming process, because the dye into the Soga. If using natural Soga, not enough to just once or twice only, must be repeated.
Each time dyeing open air must be dried. By using synthetic Soga then this process can be shortened only half an hour. Menyoga The term is derived from the bark of certain trees produce color Soga [brown] when soaked in water.

NGLOROD, Eliminate night 
 After obtaining the desired color, the fabric must undergo a process of working again that night are still behind in mori should be eliminated, how to put into boiling water called Nglorod.

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