Canting – tools for batik
Canting is a tool for small and consists of stem / stalk of bamboo, nyamplungan / canting body (a place for liquid wax) and Carat / beak (place candles out of time to make) made of copper. Canting this pattern is used to write Batik with wax liquid (malam). According to its function have canting reng-rengan (to make first reng – rengan batikan with or without patterns) and the canting isen (to fill the field). According to the front line of a small front line is small, medium and large. According to many front line have canting cecekan / one bill, canting loron / two front line, canting telon / beak three, canting Prapatan / four front line, canting liman / five front line, canting byok / seven front line or more and canting renteng / galaran (have even front line and arranged from top to bottom).
Along with the development of middle age now developed innovative new form of electronic canting. Canting electronic consists of three main parts, namely container vessel batik wax or night, rod holders, and temperature controls that work to control the temperature canting. One of the advantages others, part-canting can be removed and replaced according to the desired size. All types of part-canting, namely ceceg, klowong, tembogan, ceceg doubles, and doubles klowong be installed in the body canting. While the traditional canting, five types of this fragmentary.






