Batik Solo : The Spirit Of Java

BATIK SOLO

The Spirit Of Java

Solo Batik

Solo is a city in Central Java who still very attached to Javanese culture. With the slogan : “The Spirit of Java, .Solo determined to continue to maintain and preserve Javanese culture.

 Solo City is indeed one of the famous batik fabric shopping tour in Indonesia. Here there are lots of centers of batik cloth, including the famous villages and regions “Kampung Batik Laweyan” and “Kampung Batik Kauman”,  is one of the products of the city and has become a solo city icons. Solo is known throughout Indonesia and became a mainstay product export.

Batik Solo is famous for its style and traditional batik patterns in the process and in the batik stamp he wrote. The materials used for staining still remains a lot of use of domestic materials such as Java Soga had known since the first. The pattern remained among others, famous for "Sidomukti" and "Sidoluruh".

Kampung Batik Laweyan

Laweyen is one of the central Batik in Solo. Surely this village there is a lot of history left in this Village and became Batik Solo icons

Batik is a traditional art works that many people occupied Laweyan. Since the 19th century the village was known as the village of batik. That is why the village was once known as the hometown Laweyan skipper batik reach success in the era of the 70s. According to Alpha is also the manager Batik Crown,

Batik Of Indonesia: The Types, Motives, Variations And Cultural Diversity

BATIK OF INDONESIA

The Types, Motives, Variations And Cultural Diversity

Indonesia has a diversity of types of batik spread across the archipelago. various types of batik that has been generated to make Indonesia as the batik producing countries in the world.
Here are the types of batik Indonesia:

Batik Yogyakarta

batik Solo

batik Pekalongan

batik Mojokerto

batik Jambi

batik Ponorogo

batik Tulungagung

batik Banyumas

batik Kebumen

batik Tegal

batik Garut

Jakarta batik

batik Riau

batik Bengkulu

batik Cirebon

batik Ciamis

batik Tasikmalaya

batik Pontianak

batik Bali

batik Papua

batik Purworejo

batik Padang

batik Toraja

batik Lampung

batik flores

batik Ambon

What is Batik

What is Batik

Batik word (or word batik) derived from the javanese "amba", meaning to write and "nitik". Batik is the art of painting done on cloth using wax or night as a protection for ornamentation on the cloth.

The characteristics of traditional batik:

• Decorative motif snake, barong, geometric, pagoda.
• Motif has a symbolic meaning.
• Colors tend to be dark (white - black - brown color).
• Motive characteristic of the area of ​​origin.

The characteristics of modern batik:

• Free decorative animals, plants, wreaths, etc..
• The style does not have a certain symbolic significance.
• The use of free color such as blue, red, purple and so on.
• Motive does not have the typical area of ​​origin.

Variety of motives batik

Motive batik is batik framework that embodies the image as a whole.

According batik element is divided into 2 (two), namely:

1. The main motive ornaments
2. Isen motive charger (point - point, line, points and lines, etc.)

Meru Batik

Madura Batik

Madura Batik

Combination gradation Bati

Pletuk Batik

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Source : Yogyakarta Online Batik Shop