Monday, September 22, 2008

Batik Course

When you visit Yogyakarta, you can not just buy and enjoy the wonderful work of art batik, but you have the opportunity to learn the art of production. Batik patterns of learning can make hand-made batik, printed batik painting and batik. Each site typically has its special master to teach batik. Of course, one day, which is usually divided into two sessions, you will learn all the processes of batik which generally consist of models, colors of cloth, wax and drying of dying.



The process is followed by color the fabric. The pattern of fabric with which it crosses in a bucket full of colorful agent. This process seems simple, but it is actually difficult, on the other hand, if batik color should be more than doubled. Batik Many artisans still use natural colors of some natural materials, but there are many players who use synthetic dyes.

After color depth, the process is followed by the death of the wax, or the removal of the wax linked to the canvas. Initially, prepare the boiling water mixed with soda ash, and finally crossing the cloth is to remove all the wax. If there is still connected wax, should be cleaned after the death process.

The last step is washing. When using the natural coloring agent, washing can not be done through the use of detergent can harm the color. After being washed, the cloth is dried in the sun indirect avoid discoloration. After this drying process, you can see the difference in color with batik natural coloring agent, the color tends to be less bright.

Yogyakarta batik courses in professional instructors to provide you competent, though with only a short course. Some places also have instructors speaking foreign languages, especially English, to help understand the lesson.

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