English for Design II
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UNIT VI
BATIK
http://discover-indo.tierranet.com/batikpag.htm
Batik is generally thought of as the most quintessentially Indonesian textile.
Motifs of flowers, twinning plants, leaves buds, flowers, birds, butterflies, fish,
insects and geometric forms are rich in symbolic association and variety;
there are about three thousand recorded batik patterns.
The patterns to be dyed into the cloth are drawn with a canting, a wooden
'pen' fitted with a reservoir for hot, liquid wax. In batik workshops, circles of
women sit working at clothes draped over frames, and periodically replenish
their supply of wax by dipping their canting into a central vat. Some draw
directly on the the cloth from memory; others wax over faint charcoal lines.
This method of drawing patterns in wax on fine machine-woven cotton was
practiced as a form of meditation by the female courtiers of Central Java;
traditionally, batik tulis (tulis means 'write' in Indonesian) is produced by
women.
The ladies making the ‘batik tulis’ using canting
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Different types of batik for different occacions
If we are still not far from the heart of Java, the samples which are
introduced in this page are no more called Batik of Central Java, they are
usually
defined
as
Batik
from
the
North
Coast
of
Java.
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They are easily recognized by the more vivid colors and the design. They are
originated in cities like Cirebon, Pekalongan, Tegal or Semarang. As they are
all either harbors or cities close to the sea, the design has being influenced
by the Arabic and Chinese merchants and more recently by the Dutchs.
The Chinese contribution to batik design may be seen in the flower and bird
motifs, border patterns, and in use of pink, yellow and blue.
The Arab population has generally favoured patterns based on patola designs
from India. They also prefer designs featuring green, a sacred color in the
muslim world. Group of Dutch and Eurasian women favoured European floral
bouquets, complete with birds, butterflies and bees on their batik designs.
The northern approach to batik has been more commercial. Where the
Central Javanese design remained traditional in both motifs and techniques,
the North has been geared to the varying tastes of potential customers. In
addition to the large local market, they have been exported to Malaysia,
Thailand and Philippines where bright colors and floral motifs have generally
greater appeal than the somber Central Javanese batik.
The Designs
The designs are either geometric or freehand, sometime a combination of
both could be found.
In the geometric patterns there are the Ceplokan, repetive designs, the
Kawung, circular designs, the Nitik or weaving designs, the Garis Miring,
parallel diagonal designs and the Tumpal, triangular designs.
One of the oldest
and popular ceplokan
designs is the kawung
which consists of parallel
rows of ellipses. Inside
the ellipse appear crosses
and ornaments such as
lines or dots.
Here are two examples of
kawung . The first is a
kawung sari and the
second a kawung picis
(coin of 10 cent).
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The most famous Garis
Miring (diagonal design)
is the Parang. Here are
two examples . The
parang motif is also found
in wood carving
and in gamelan
instruments decoration.
40 patterns of Parang are
recorded, the parang
rusak is the most
famous .
This woman is going by bicycle to the
market to sell jamu, a traditional
javanese medecine made with herbs.
She is wearing a sarong (long skirt)
with a parang rusak pattern.
The parang are among the most
visualy striking of all batik patterns.
They are considered as fortunate
patterns and they produce slimmimng
effect on the woman or man who is
wearing it.
At the origin, it was traditionally
reserved to the sultan's family.
A. Reading & Understanding
B. Please do a small research. Find more information about
Batik from different area.
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C. Discussion
Students may work in group of 5 ( five ), please do the brain storming :
1. What is the element design which is use in Batik Design.
2. Why ?
D. Structure : Verbs + Preposition
1. These verbs and
prepositions (to/of/at
usually go together :
1)
2)
3)
4)
5)
listen to …….
talk to …….
talk about …….
belong to ……
happen to
/on/for/about)
6) wait for ……..
7) ask (somebody) for ………
8) thank (somebody) for ……..
9) depend on
10) look at …….
11) look after …..
Complete the sentences with a preposition (to/for/about) .
1. Thank you very much ………. your help.
2. This is not my bicycle. It belongs …….. a friend of mine.
3. Hello, can I speak …….. Mr. Davis, please?
4. What happened ……… Mary last night?
5. Jack is thinking about going to Australia next year.
6. I looked …….. the newspaper but I didn’t read it carefully.
7. Goodbye! Have a nice holiday and look ………. Yourselves.
8. Barry is looking …. A job.
9. Thank you …….. calling me. Goodbye!
10.We asked the waiter …… coffee, but he brought us tea.
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F. Finding Information by Internet Browsing
Please find many motif of Batiks from different part of Indonesia and other
Indonesian traditional fabrics ( ‘tenun’ ); Compare it and make the report.
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