batik

hi! i've visited indonesia and actually stayed 5 months there at one point. we have a lot of stuff from indonesia including wood carvings, furnitures, clothes, artworks and trinkets. we had bought a lot of batik shirts and cloths. great patterns, if i may say so. i even witnessed one demo of a mother-daughter tandem of hand-made batik in yogyakarta. the ones in jakarta malls have a wide price range. of course the more beautiful ones are really expensive, especially the ones commercially sold in bali. the arts and culture of indonesia is really worth treasuring. i hope it will be preserved for a long time. selamat pagi!

We also have batik clothes here in the philippines, i don't know if this one we have is just like the one you have there in Indonesia, Could you post some pictures of Batik clothes you have there, so that i could see it?...

I LOVE batik! When I was in high school, we had a student teacher who taught us how to do it. Not something I would want to do every day, but it gave me a GREAT admiration for the art form and the fabric. I have some beautiful batik fabric in my "stash" I want to sew with some day.

i wear batik cause now is cheap and i can find it everywhere in mall. and batik is not out of date again, they are stylish and modern now. we used to mix batik with long skirt. but now we can mix and match it with jeans.

yes, you are right indah. Batik is one our ancestral heritage. Batik is well known from Java especially Jogja and Central of Java. In Bali, we have Batik as well. Batik style in Java with in Bali a little different because of cultural differences. In Bali, we have another batik called batik ikat or tenun ikat. We call it with Endek. Endek is used widely in Bali, especially for Hindus prayer cloth. Even, Endek is used for uniform employees and government officials.

Hi, I came form my mother wombs :) and I wear batik in every Friday, and in some occasion like weeding party, and I have had sent some pieces to foreign friend to their home, and believe me the delivery cost is about 10x or higher then batik price :p, and when they have it on their hands, they say like this "wow, so beautiful my, can you send me another motif, my wife like it very much" ha ha... and I replied "why not, but my pocket will dry out my dear" I'm proud of my ancestor inheritances........

I have never worn Batik clothing, but my aunt used to Batik her pillow cases to hide stains. It is very pretty... but I'm not sure it is something I would wear on an article of clothing.

Well I am in the USA and I use batik in many projects. In fact I am using a fiery colored piece as the background of my sister's wedding quilt. It is a large 45" by 50" base for silhouettes of guitars and music notes. I also just finished making matching Easter dresses for my 4 girls from a batik of pale yellows and purples, well almost finished any way I have silver piping to put around the bottom still on the oldest's.

yes, I wear them every Friday, every time I go to work. the cloth is very polpuler in Indonesia and are often used on formal occasions. I love it.

Hi indahfth, I had not heard of the batik brand so I went online and saw they had a website. I have very similar clothing but they are not the same brand. I like the way the beautiful colors go together on some of the designs. Here is the link and let me know if it is the same. Not a referral link: http://batikclothing.com/

Yes, I see clothes with so called batik and know they from Indonesia. But I do not know the meanings behind it.

I love to see those products. I wanted to have some of them. I didn't know it was from India. I see lot of these in Baguio.

My friend used batik in one of their program last year. Batik are really useful to use and I have two of this. I remember we use it also for a dance number during the family day. You can use it as a blanket and coat if you are feeling cold.

I like and I used sometimes, not so colorful as usually is, black and white, but yeah, I like some..

Hi indahfth, I am from Malaysia and I do have 3 batik clothes. Batik is also preserved in Malaysia. But the pattern of Malaysia's batik is different with Indonesia's batik. I always wear batik in formal assemblies.

I am an Indonesian, I am very proud of the batik. I have some batik shirts. But is not that expensive batik. I was only able to buy cheap batik shirts.

I'm Malaysian and there are batik here too. but I do not really like it; since more patterns are too complex. I prefer simpler one.

Hi Indah!. I had it few and made it into formal dress and formal shirt. I love the colorful one but in one tone so its not look to childish. Batik now become a world heritage so every one can preserve and modify it. I hear many world class using batik pastern in their latest design, and off couse the pater will look unique and exclusive .

I absolutely love batik. I had a long dress golden in color that had the batik fabric and everyone commented on how lovely it was. The inside label stated it was from Indonesia. I was very proud of being able to wear something so lovely and created by a loving person.

I am Filipino but I grew up in Brunei and I have worn batik before. I remembered we have this Bahasa Melayu festival at our school and we were told to wear either the batik or the traditional costume. I chose the traditional costume but I had to wear batik the day after that because I attended a special occasion there. My mom has loads of batik clothes too.