2056 Vintage Batik Tulis about Creating a Batik Artwork

Narrative Batik "Stages of Making Batik"

Cirebonese Wayang Art on a 'self-portrait' type of artwork. 

There are roughly 4 vertical panels each of which have about 12 stages of batik crafting. Drawing, heating the wax, dyeing, drying and stamping can be seen. Note that even though the 'stamping' process is shown in four panels, each of the batik creations has a unique pattern. Even though each stage is shown multiple times in the textile, there is some variation - either in the clothes worn or in the batik textile being crafted. 

And also the detailed filler flowers.

As this cloth was meant as a sarong, it is meant to be stitched at the edges to form a tube. This is why we see discontinuity at the edges. 

The clouds are a marker of Cirebonese batik art.

This is a Batik Tulis artwork - completely hand-drawn

54 figures present. (including a few partial ones) 

I have been told that this is made by Late Pak Tomik

From the 1980s

Size 228cm x 103cm

This has indigo motifs on a very mild-blue base. Note that the base is not pure white - it is a very light shade of blue. (see last photo) 

Has minor stains. 
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This item has spent a lifetime being used for the purpose of its creation with the original artist/user. Signs of this life lived heartily may be present on the piece in the form of stains, thread loss, loose threads, holes, tears, color run and other imperfections. Therefore the condition must be assumed to be “not” perfect. More photos of such imperfections will be provided on request.

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