Description
SKU #: 3338887039
2.5″ H x 4″ W
Size Approximate
Pule wood
About the Artist: Handaru Baskoro
“My name is Handaru Baskoro. I live in Yogyakarta, where batik has strong roots in the culture. I started the Karya Dusun Community in 1998. We create beautiful wooden batik with Indonesian batik ornaments, but we focus more into Yogya and Solo classic batik motifs. The color we use is ‘sogan,’ or brown, the style of Yogya-Solo classic batik motifs. All of our products have the name of the motifs – they are Parang family, Kawung family, Ceplok family, Semen family, Nitik family and Banji family. Each of the motifs is divided into submotifs. For example, Parang family is divided into Parang Jenggot, Parang Barong, Parang Klitik, Parang Rusak, Parang Kirono and many others. Beside each of the motif has their own meaning. Such as Parang Kirono is only used by the high caste, Grompol motif, one of the Kawung family means thing that can bring the prosperity, and Sido Mukti motif symbolizing the high caste in the society.
“The process in making wooden batik is the same as the process in making textile batik. They use the small ‘canting’ for waxing to make very fine lines in the works and dip technique coloring so the color can stay strongly. The next step is ‘ngelorot,’ it is the process of boiling the wooden batik so the wax can come off easily. The last step is to put the wooden batik in the oven for 24 hours and than leave it in the open air for one or two hours to avoid of being destroyed by the insects.”
