Motief Batik (Batik Designs) Balai Penelitian Batik Design Dan Kerajinan 1974

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Title:
Motief Batik (Batik Designs)
Publisher:
Batik & Handicraft Research Institute, Yogyakarta
Publication Date:
1974
RARE. The OCLC list only 4 locations for the four editions published on the island of Java. In 1977 the Washington Post published an article about the Institute which said; " But the dying itself is just a small part of the batik-making process. What takes longest, and requires the greatest skill, is the waxing. Artist must trace complex designs on the cloth with molten wax. Using an instrument known as a "chanting," a three-inch bamboo handle fitted to a tiny copper funnel and a fine hollow tube the artist trace delicate designs which have been previously applied free-hand or by craftsmen using intricately designed copper blocks. Some 15,000 artist, mainly women, do the waxing for ordinary quality batik in their homes in Jogjakerta, Soerjanto said. They send the waxed cloth to factories for dying. "Only the best quality waxing is done in the factories," she explained." Presumably these 25 sheets of waxed designs were used at the Institute in an instructional capacity. There are lovely.Binding:
Soft cover
Illustrator:
Illustrated
Book Condition:
VG+
Edition:
First Edition