MY ASSIGNMENT-BATIK BUSINESS IN KOREA.
Introduction
On The Company Chosen.
Fine Batik Workshop is franchise business and a company specializes in a
wide spectrum of batik products ranging from batik paintings, batik
accessories, soft furnishing to batik apparel, We are both a producer and
wholesaler and have probably the largest stock of batik products in this part
of the world.Fine Batik’s resident artists produce majority of the batik
paintings and batik accessories products.The remainder is produced by
contract arrangement with independent artists, or purchases from open market
especially those painting works from master artists. As for the batik soft
furnishing and batik apparel, they are designed and produced mainly in our
factory. As Fine Batik buys the
materials for batik making such as wax, jcanting, brush, cloth, and dye in
bulk, we are able to bring the most competitive price in the market to our
customers.Fine Batik Workshop want to
explored Asia country such as Korean. This is because Korean people love to be fashionable and always like to try new styles.
Batik
Making Process
Batik is a traditional process
that uses wax-resist technique in its making. Wax resist methods prevents the
dye from spreading to the entire cloth, ultimately creating beautiful batik
designs and patterns. The cloth used for Batik can either be cotton or silk as
it can quickly absorb the wax used in dye resisting procedure. The fabric must
be densely woven and should be of high quality so that the intricate patterns
are reflected in the Batik quality designs.The cloth used for Batik is
initially washed and boiled in plain water for a number of times before the wax
is applied. It is done so to remove all the traces of starch, lime, chalk or
other chemicals are completed washed away from the cloth.
The traditional method of creating Batik was
that the cloth was crushed with wooden mallet or ironed so that it becomes
smooth and flexible and this helped to make best designs and Batik patterns.
But now, the machine made cloth is smooth and supple enough to omit the
pounding or the ironing process. Generally this system was adopted in the Batik
making process.The best quality of cloth used to make Batik designs include
Primissima and Prima, and the quality of the cloth is also mentioned on the
edge of the pattern. Blaco is often used for Batik which is a lesser quality
cloth.
Design equipments Though Batik
designs and patterns may be intricate, but the Batik design tools are quite
simple. Canting, the wax pen is a pure Javanese invention, is a thin walled
small copper container with a spout having a short handle made of bamboo. Its
length is about 11 cm and is filled with melted wax and with the help of
canting artisans creates beautiful designs on the cloth. The spouts are of
various sizes which help to create different design effects. For a fine and
detailed art, a spout with diameter 1mm is used and to fill in the larger
designs wider spouts are used.
A canting with 9 spouts is used to
draw dots or parallel lines. A clump of cotton is tied over the mouth of the
canting or may attach it to a stick and this acts as a brush to fill up very
large sections.Once a pattern or a design is drawn on the cloth, it is ready to
be waxed. To maintain the original color (white or cream) of the cloth, the
artisans apply wax with the help of the canting. The fabric is wrapped over
bamboo frames for the wax to cool which later on becomes hard.
The wax is melted to attain the desired
consistency in the wajan in which the artisan dip the chanting and fill it with
melted wax. For a well defined batik, wax is applied on both sides of the
fabric.After the application of the wax, the fabric needs to be dyed for the
first time. Initially, earthenware tubs were used for dying but now large
concrete vats are used. The fabric is draped on the ropes with pulleys and
immersed in a dye tub. For a darker color the cloth must remain in the dye for
a longer period after which it is put in cold water to make the wax harder.
After the cloth is dyed properly for the first time, the artisans apply wax to
the areas where the first dye color is to be maintained.
Now the area that was waxed
initially needs to be cleaned by removing the wax with a small knife, dabbed
with hot water and then resized, so that it can be dyed in similar manner with
a subsequent dye tub. You can even give a marble effect by cracking the wax so
that the dye enters into the cracks before it is put for dye bath.Lastly, you
need to wash the traditionally dyed Batiks with soap and water or lerak fruit
which is available in traditional markets. Always dry the Batiks in shade and
not under direct sunlight.
Products
of company
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