The art of Textile
Contemporary Motif Tasikmalaya, Lampung and Batik in fashion
industry
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| Tasikmalaya Style |
Tasikmalaya Style is another famous
contemporary style; taking forms of animals and plants around as well as
adopting bright colors that are the hallmark style of Batik Tasikmalaya. Batik
Tasikmalaya, has prepared with fine detail and meticulous. Tasikmalaya city is
the center of batik in West Java province.
e. Lampung Style
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| Lampung Style |
Lampung Batik Style has unique characteristics
that are very different from the motives of other regions in Indonesia,
historically Lampung began to recognize the
art of textile since the 18th century coincided with the influence of Indian
culture that began to enter the waters of Sumatra, so the influence of Buddhist
motifs are very viscous at it. The most famous motive and became collectors
standard is the boat motif and "tree of life” motif.
Utilization of batik on now days
fashion industries.
Batik is a kind of art of textile, majority of the product is the raw material for next garment industry; as a raw
material of garment and apparel industry Batik can be utilized like another kind of
textiles. Batik can be used as raw materials for clothing, curtains, bed linen and
others merchandize. Now in Indonesia, batik has become part of the apparel industry in various grade of industrial from home- scale industry, small industry, up to the large-scale industry. Small industries and
home producers scattered throughout Indonesia especially in every batik center
zone. Some of batik centers have been successfully utilize batik into modern
fashion industry, here is some of them; Lampung, Tasikmalaya, Pekalongan, Solo,
Yogyakarta, and Bali.
Below are some contemporary models of clothes
made of batik:
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| Batik in today fashion photo taken from www.bajubatik.org |
a. Batik Tulis (Handmade Batik)
Batik Tulis is a highest caste of Batik, this kind of Batik come from 100 % handmade processing,
beginning from designing of patterns, and so on, until the process of staining
and washing. This is an old traditional technique, but still going on until
now. Batik Tulis technique require
patience and precision to make it, a professional maker will need about 2 to 3
months to finish 100cm x 200cm batik. This could be the reason why Batik Tulis is relatively
more expensive.
b. Batik Cap (Stamped Batik)
This kind of batik can also named as a mass production batik, a fastest batik process. Using batik stamp (ussually and the best is made of cooper) to make patterns and motifs. As a comparison; if need 2 to 3 month to finish a Batik using handmade process (Batik Tulis), by stamping technique will only need 2 up to 3 days to finish the job.
c. Batik Lukis (Painted Batik)
A direct paint made on the fabric by a batik artist. This method is the newest, need a professional to do this kind of technique. The time required will depend on the art painting style and the artis.
If you visit Indonesia and want to collect
batik, then I suggest you come to Jogjakarta, because you can easily find
complete collection of batik from all over Indonesia.
