| What is batik? I can safely make this
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| | yellow flower. Finally, he paints the
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| statement that while many people know or
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| | blue background.
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| have heard about this word, especially so
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| | And of course, the artist will later have
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| here in Malaysia, Singapore and
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| | to wash the wax off the cloth, hence
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| Indonesia, but many people do not, or
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| | leaving that part which was originally
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| rather, have got a wrong misconception of
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| | covered with wax back to its original
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| batik itself.
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| | white fabric colour. Hence, the white
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| In my discussions with friends and
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| | outline for the motif. And that is all it
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| general public, many people have mistaken
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| | is to the meaning of batik.
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| batik with batik design/ batik designs or
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| | However as mentioned earlier, a lot of
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| even batik fabric.
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| | people mistake batik with batik design/
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| History has it that batik is an old craft
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| | batik designs especially if they see a
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| that dates centuries back. Batik is
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| | traditional or floral type motif, or
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| actually a hand-drawn and hand-painted
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| | patterns on a cloth that have white
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| technique, which uses wax.
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| | outlines. These may or may not necessary
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| The wax is a form of 'resist' method, and
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| | come from the 'batik' technique, as it
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| the purpose of this method is so that
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| | could come from modern day print.
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| when colour is put on a certain spot on
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| | In addition, just because these prints
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| the fabric, it does not run to the other
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| | have the more traditional motifs/
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| part. Let's take an example - an artist
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| | patterns, don't mistake them to come from
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| is is going to draw a floral motif and he
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| | the art form of batik.
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| wants the background blue eg. the motif
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| | In fact, there are modern designs, which
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| of a flower (a yellow flower with a green
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| | actually are made from the batik
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| stalk).
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| | technique as well. But people do not know
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| Now, imagine that the artist will be
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| | it is so because it does not have the
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| drawing on a white piece of cloth. The
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| | traditional look and feel to it.
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| artist will first draw the outline of the
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| | So my suggestion to you that if you
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| motif (ie. the flower & stalk) with wax.
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| | appreciate art, and batik in particular,
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| And later, he will start to paint,
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| | first be aware whether the fabric you buy
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| starting with the yellow colour of the
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| | really comes from the batik art. And
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| flower. What the wax does is to hold the
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| | secondly to be open minded to embrace the
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| yellow in place, so that it will not run
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| | change in modern times that batik need
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| to the green stalk. And when he paints
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| | not necessary relate just to old motif/
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| with green next, the same thing applies,
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| | patterns.
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| that is the green will not flow to the
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