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It is in the core activity of International Batik Week 2009. It includes batik exhibiton, traditional (hand-made) production process visualization, and the outcome products of small enterprises supported by bis ones. The most important thing is it is a media for promotion from the producers to the consumers. They are:

• Local and International Batik Producers
• Small and Medium enterprises and Cooperative
• State Enterprises and Government Institutions
• Banking and Finance Institution
• Private Companies
• Batik Collectors & Designer
• Company Association
• Batik Organizations & Batik Lovers

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Indramayu Batik is included in the type of Batik Pesisir if viewed from the types of patterns that exist, the majority of motifs used in Indramayu batiks present fishing activities in the sea. Batik motives in Indramayu get much influence from the big picture or calligraphy motif from the Arabic, Chinese or area of Central Java / East Java.

A prominent characteristic of Indramayu Batik is ranggam expressed flora and fauna are even, with handcuffs and a lot of curved lines that taper (riritan), white background and dark color and a lot of dots that are made with techniques cocolan needle, and the form of isen-isen (sawut ) a short and rigid. Etong motif, for example, describes the various marine animals which is brought home by the sea after fishing such as fish, shrimp, squid, jellyfish and crabs. Ship aground motives imply that fishing vessels are on the rocks so that the threatened ground. Ganggeng motives, according to the name describes the variety of seaweed found in the North Coast of Java.
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Batik currently was becoming trend. The typical traditional Indonesian Archipelago cloth was present in the increasingly stylish model and could be put on in all the atmospheres. Only did not have an interest taken in him by Indonesians, batik could also attract the heart of the residents of foreign countries.

Saw Bill Gates’s action some time before. When visiting to Indonesia, the Microsoft boss from the Country Paman Sam this put on batik until making President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono that put on the complete coat berdasi changed him with batik clothes. This was success proof of the designers that already the focus in the batik route for years and that just plunged himself through to made booming this inheritance of the nation ancestors. Read the rest of this entry »

Batik is a fascinating craft but one many people hesitate to try because the old process is tedious and time consuming. Batik may be used for pillow tops, wall hangings, place mats or scarves. Big, bold designs in bright colors are most striking.

The word batik (pronounced Bateek) means “wax written” and this is basically what batik is. It is a way of decorating cloth by covering part of it with a coat of wax and then dyeing the cloth. The waxed area keeps its original color and when the wax is removed the contrast between the dyed and undyed area makes the pattern.
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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).
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