History of Batik

According to the history of batik in the first tradition is a hereditary, so sometimes Batik is derived from the historical era ancestors known since 17 century painted and written on palm leaves. When the batik motifs or patterns is still dominated by the form of animals and plants. However, in the history of its development, batik development, the patterns of paintings of animals and plants slowly move in the abstract motifs that resemble clouds, relief of the temple, wayang beber and so forth. Furthermore, through merger painting style with the art of decorating clothing, handmade batik art appear as we now know this.

The type and style of traditional batik is quite a lot, but the pattern and variations in accordance with the philosophy and culture of each region are very diverse. Culture of Indonesia so that the rich have encouraged the birth of various types of batik patterns and tradisioanal with speciality own characteristics.

Batik is the art image on the cloth for clothing, which became one of the family culture kings Indonesia first period. Batik originally done only in the kingdom only limited results for clothing and the king and the family and their followers. Because many of the followers of the king who live outside the kingdom, the art of batik is brought by their exit from the kingdom and do in each place.

In its development, batik art is slowly being adopted by the people nearest and further into the work of women in the household to fill leisure time. Next, batik, which was only the clothes the family palace, and became a popular clothing people, both women and men.

White cloth materials used at that time are the results of homespun. Are coloring materials used consist of plants native Indonesia made from, among others: the tree mengkudu, soga, indigo, and soda made from soda ash, salt and mud made from the land.

So this craft batik in Indonesia has been known since the days of the Majapahit and growing up to the next kingdom. The expansion began batik art is public property and especially the tribe of Java after the end of the century or early18-19 century. Batik is produced all handmade batik to the early 20-century and printed batik known after a new world war, after One or around 1920. Now batik has become part of traditional Indonesian clothing.