Black Batik fabric

Black Batik fabric can be said most dominant in ancient times. Whether it is a fabric used for batik material or motifs depicted in batik. Minimalist motifs or dominating black color make the wearer look so elegant and also authoritative. It seems simple but has a very deep meaning. In fact, batik with black or black fabric motif is still quite attractive until now. Many people who choose to wear this classic motifs for fashion collection.

The birth of black batik is not spared from the lack of coloring process at that time. Unlike today, in ancient times there was no sophisticated coloring technique. Everything is still done manually or traditionally. In ancient times, the coloring process is still using materials from nature or called natural materials. And have not known the name of artificial or synthetic dyes.


Usually these colors are obtained from a number of trees. Can it from the leaves, flowers and even the sap can be used as a mixture for dye. With this blend produce a very attractive color although the color can not vary. Although the science of color is not as sophisticated today, but the traditional people are very familiar with the characteristics of trees and plants that can produce good colors. So they can also mix their own dye materials for batik cloth.


The process of dyeing this batik cloth usually depends on how long the dyeing process is done as well as the materials used. The darker the color desired, the dyeing process is also longer. Suppose to get a dark color like dark blue or black, the cloth should be immersed in a dye that has been prepared for days, between eight to ten days.


In addition, if you want to get brown soga then the materials needed by dyeing process is from the bark of soga tree. By using this dye the resulting color is light yellow to dark brown, this depends on how many times or the length of the immersion process was done. And from a number of experiments conducted at that time found a number of color combinations are quite a lot. Such as green, purple, and a number of colors resulting from a combination of several main colors.

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