Batik Wijirejo increasingly popular in Bantul

Village Wijirejo Bantul Pandak District is a center of batik industry in DIY. There are a few crafters who wrestle batik batik production efforts, both stamp, write or combinations of hereditary in the Village this Wijirejo

There are various types of batik produced by the center Wijirejo. Batik Products produced include: batik Sogan, spray, tablecloth, batik silk, batik uniforms, natural dye batik, scarves, gloves and cloth Sarimbit. From the product of batik cloth, were also developed to produce other products such as batik bag batik and sandals.

The process of making batik is done traditionally. There are three stages of processing to be done. Initially the process of sticking a candle / night batik on fabric to create the desired motif written by canting, cap and painted with canting kuwas / jegul. The second phase is the process of batik coloring, then finally the removal of wax batik which has been attached to the surface of the fabric by means ngerok or ngerik and workmanship is called nglorod, ngebyok or mbabar.

The raw material for batik is cotton gray cloth and white cloth. For white cloth apart from cotton, can also be rayon, silk artificial silk even original. While the paint material for batik is Naphthols complete with salt or base Naphthols, indigosol, Indanthren and Rapid. While the auxiliary materials used: wax / night, caustic soda, flour aci, hydrosulfit, hard water / HCL, Tro / teepol, Nitrite, Tinopal and other chemical compounds.
Now Wijirejo has been known as batik centers, as well as a pride of its people. Looking ahead is expected to be able to develop into the village Wijirejo batik modern industrial centers. In the hands of the younger generation Wijirejo was the intention and spirit to continue to preserve the national culture of batik as a cultural nation that has been recognized worldwide, rely. Currently perceived constraint is the lack of skilled manpower batik batik to meet growing demand

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