This document discusses different types of batik fabric design from various Southeast Asian countries. It outlines the two main categories of batik design as geometric motifs and free form designs. It describes the differences between hand-painted batik which uses a canting tool versus block printed batik which uses metal blocks. The document then provides details on the traditional batik styles of Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, and Brunei including common motifs and techniques used in each country. It also notes the four main methods for creating batik prints.
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2. WHAT ARE THE TWO
CATEGORIES OF BATIK
DESIGN?
Geometric Motifs
Free Form Designs
3. WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN HAND-PAINTED
BATIK TO BLOCK PRINTED
BATIK?
Hand painted - the artist uses the canting, a
small copper container with one or more
different-sized pipes
Block printed - done by welding together strips
of metal to form a metal block. The metal block
is then dipped into molten wax and pressed
against the fabric in order to make a pattern
7. MALAYSIAN BATIK
Leaves and flowers in Malaysian batiks
are incorporated to avoid the
interpretation of human and animal
images as idolatry, in accordance with
local Islamic doctrine.
famous for its geometrical designs or
spirals
More brush painting is applied to be able
9. SINGAPOREAN BATIK
recorded since the 12th century
but has receded its popularity
through the years.
featured in as the uniform of flight
attendants
10. BRUNEI TRADITIONAL
TEXTILE
also called batik but it is uniquely
different from Indonesia, Malaysia and
Singapore.
designs have their national flower
simpur, sumboi-sumboi (pitcher plant)
and Brunei's traditional design of air
muleh.
11. BATIK CAN BE DONE BY
FOUR DIFFERENT WAYS:
1.hand-drawn
2.using metal blocks
3.screen printing
4.digital printing
22. WHAT CAN YOU SAY
ABOUT THE
SOUTHEAST ASIAN
FABRIC DESIGN?
23. HOW INDIGENOUS PEOPLE
ESTABLISHED SMALL
BUSINESS ENTERPRISES
AND PRODUCED
TRADITIONAL PRODUCTS
TO GENERATE
SUPPLEMENTARY INCOME
TO SUPPORT THEIR
LIVELIHOOD?