Batik Day!

[seishirou99]

Today batik is officially World Heritage from Indonesia. Yay!

I don't know much about batik but am aware of different patterns of batik from different parts of Indonesia. Javanese people especially have certain motives to be worn (or forbidden to be worn) at certain occasions. Aside from motives, the color schemes differ too. For example, batik from

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[mekyu_nya]

YES!!
I was so worried it would get claimed by other countries /cough :/

I want to do batik painting~~~~

[seishirou99]

Yay! I have so many batik tops now there's so many styles around. *is happy*
They should claim our natural disasters instead...:|

Do that! It'd be fun! And show it to me! :D

[mekyu_nya]

lol yeah. D8
haha cool~ O: I don't have a single one lololol

yuppyupp!!! it's pretty hard to get all the needed materials here though, so I'm thinking maybe can sign up in those places which have the course...
my friend is doing a huge batik painting for her art exam btw, will see if I can take picture of it and show it to you~~~ ;D

[seishirou99]

Haha, most of my net friends don't have one either. But in Surabaya it's kinda booming since...last year or so. I also went to Solo and got a bit carried away at Pasar Klewer. XD;
Simple printed batik tops come cheap nowadays. :P

They have courses for that in S'pore? Cool!
Wow, wow, sounds like a great idea for art exam. Is it like doing it with melted malam in canting like proper batik tulis?

[mekyu_nya]

Ooh~ no wonder haha.
Kapan ya terakhir kali ke Surabaya sama Solo... waktu kecil kayaqnya XDDDDD

Yupp, there was one time where they have the booth at Esplanade showcasing batik painting and have the drawings (small size of course) ready so that people can try painting on them. I got the name card of one of the artist who was there,so... :D

Haha. Actually the students are allowed to choose from normal painting, fashion design, batik painting, digital media, sculpture etc for the exam. I used to take the subject, and chose painting+mixed media, but then it was too time consuming so I dropped it :/
umm, if I'm not wrong it was melted wax?? XD;;

[seishirou99]

Sekarang modelnya lucu-lucuuuu! Apalagi buat orang yang badannya kecil2 ramping gitu. *iri*

Try it if you have time! There used to be short courses at batik events that enables us to make the paintings and bring home a handkerchief we made ourselves. But I haven't tried either. ^^;

Uh huh, sounds really time consuming. And with batik you have to make the same patterns over and over and be precise with the design so...I guess I won't be any good in it. XP
Yes, the wax is called malam. :D

[mekyu_nya]

yaaah~ then I'm too fat for it D8

ooh~ you should too!!! I tried, it's handkerchief-sized and framed XD (but I can't remember where I put it...)
go! go! go!

Yupp, have to present everything from the photo study and sketches, further studies of the objects and manipulating them, colour scheme and final work draft , and then the huge-ass final work OTL
I doubt I can do it too~ I'm not patient even when doing painting XDDD

O: I learnt something new everyday :D;;;

[seishirou99]

.......I don't know where to try! *fails*

So...sounds hard. ^^;;;
Haven't draw in a long tiiiime. Want to draaaaw. :o

Don't we always? :D/