Printed Batik (Batik Cap) Equipment

These days, we can found any kind of Batik. One of them is Printing Batik (Batik Cap). Printing Batik is a Batik that is made using printing tool. It is different from the Traditional Batik because Traditional Batik uses canting. The equipments for making printing Batik are:

a. Mattress (Bantalan
It is made from cotton that is wrapped with cloth, functions as mori cloth layer that will be printed.

b. Table cloth (Taplak)
It is made from cotton cloth function as mattress layer.

c. Stove (Kompor)
Made from iron by using wick, function as the fire when melting malam candle.

d. Big Anglo
It is made from earthenware, function as a fire place in which in the middle, stove is put to protect fire from the wind so that fire can burn still.

e. Table
It is made from wood, function to put mattress.

f.Loyang
It is made from iron and forms as a frying pan with flat base and has a diameter 40 cm, functions as a candle place when being heated.

g. Angsang
It is made from copper with the surface of plaited line which is put on loyang. The function is a basic layer on loyang surface.

h. Rough Serak and Soft Serak
They are made from cotton cloth with the form like gauze, function as layer on angsang to put the print when taking

i. Londo
Like small container containing water and ash, function to wet the mattress in order to be wet when it will be used to put mori to be printed.

j. Printing Tool
It is made from copper with iron combination with a surface of batik motive. This tool is to put malam candle with batik motive on mori surface.