How To Buying Batik Via Internet

Batik is one of world’s heritages that have been admitted by UNESCO. The batik is a very beautiful Indonesian textile with traditional motifs and made with the traditional method and color. Batik has been mentioned as the world heritage by UNESCO because of its uniqueness and elegance. The batik has various motifs and mode. However, traditionally batik has a few batik motifs like Kawung, Ceplok, Parang, Sido Mulyo, Sido Dadi and several more. The batik is made on a piece of cloth measuring around 2m x 1m. The fabric used in making the batik is selected from the woven cotton fabrics. The motifs of the batik are made using a conventional tool known as canting. It looks like a small teapot. The canting is used to apply the wax containing dye to create the motif. The batik makers use melted wax and natural dye such as from the trees to make the batik more attractive and seems natural. The wax is melted in a wajan and while the wax is still hot, canting is used to take a small part of the wax and then apply it to the white fabric that has been prepared. The batik makers apply the canting and the wax very carefully to make the perfect batik motifs that are very expensive in the marketplace. According to several documents, there are over three thousand batik patterns. The batik is easily to get, especially if you go to regions in Central Java such as Solo, Yogyakarta, Cirebon, and some other cities.  The batik is admitted to origin from Yogyakarta and solo but you are able to buy the batik from almost all Indonesian online stores and several big international online stores. When choosing batik via internet, you need to be careful because you can't touch and smell the product. The originality of the batik can only be identified from its smells and visual sense. Original batik has special smell that can't be imitated by any chemical materials. So, you need to discover the most reliable store to purchase the batik products. If you have a chance traveling to Indonesia, you’d better go to the batik makers in Yogyakarta or Solo. When buying batik clothing, you will have to choose between several forms of batik. On the market, you will discover that the batik is sold in many forms such as baju batik, cloth piece, dress, and many others. Whatever batik type you buy, it has special smell as the identification of the originality. Another thing that you can used to identify the originality of the batik is the price. Hand-made batik is much more expensive because it needs patience and high skill to make it. If you want to purchase pakaian batik as gift, you can also buy kaos batik. The batiks products are very amazing and choosing batik as gift means you have bought the world’s heritage from Indonesia, and you can show it off to your friends.