Roro Jonggrang Batik house @ Yogyakarta

That morning, we rode the bus from the hotel towards one of the Batik producer in the edge of the city. I was enjoying the view and it was only took couple of minutes before the guide told us to step out from the bus. All of us step down from the bus and looking at a house like store.

 

The batik store is located infront of the place while the wide side door leading us to the workshop where the batiks were produced.

 

I was fascinated by the simplicity of the place with so many beautiful batik products in return.

 

 

The wide workshop divided into two areas, one is for producing printed batik and the other is for handmade batik or known as batik tulis.

 

The area for ‘printed batik’ completed with lined wood cupboard with so many batik block-prints. Each of the batik block-print has their own unique design, used based on the customer request. The old man with the green t-shirt explained and allowed me to touch some of the block-prints to fulfill my curiosity. The bottom side is using to print the design while the upper side consisted from square rooms (which remind me of the blood count plate in the laboratory) with small cut off material as malam filter, completed with the block-print handle. As you know, malam is the raw material for making batik, and it also meaning a ‘night’ in Indonesian.

 

To use this block print, the malam must be melted on a wide pan burned above the stove. Spread the material sheet on the table. When the preparation is ready dipped the block-print into the hot pan with liquid malam, then put it on the sheet slowly. There! You got the beautiful batik print. For some design, the person who does the printing must be able to recognize and measure the space between the designs and must be an accurate person since the prints were on both sides.

 

Meanwhile for batik tulis, the production is only a few square metres, lined with wood stick so it would be easier for us tourists to watch the worker doing their job. On the first corner, I saw a girl drawing a batik design on a piece of paper using pencil then on the table next to her, there was a man also drawing the design into another paper. The other lady on the next table, were transferring the design from the paper onto the sheet.

 

After the drawing was complete, the process continued using canting and malam. The process need patience since every detail is must be re-drawing using hot liquid malam and canting. The malam itself melted in a small hot pot next to the batik ladies. Took some pictures of the batik ladies working their job.

 

Enjoy the view ya ^^

 

 

‘Ayoo, Lets visit Indonesia!!!!!’