Batik Yogya & Solo: Techniques, Motifs & Pattern

Batik Yogya and Solo Techniques, Motifs & Pattern is a 'one of a kind' batik book. While the majority of batik books showcase finished batik cloth, this book depicts original patterns of traditional batik from the Javanese cultural centres of Yogyakarta and Solo. The book's writer, Ir. Sri Soedewi Samsi, had been collecting these traditional patterns from villages around the two cities for more than 30 years. During her time as a researcher, and later, the head of the Department of Research and Development of the Batik and Craft Industry of Yogyakarta Province in the 70's, she travelled from village to village collecting indigenous batik patterns from each one. Most of her discoveries, needless to say, were in the form of batik cloths or shawls. Under her intensive supervision and guidance, a professional batik artist was commissioned to redraw them into a ready-to- use patterns. Consisting of nearly 600 pages, the book has two sections. In the first section, Ibu Dewi describes the technical aspects of batik and the batik making process, from the equipment, drawing methods, tips and solutions, to wax making processes and dyeing procedures. There is also a brief history of batik. The second section, which forms the main body of the book, depicts nearly 400 traditional batik patterns found around Yogyakarta and Solo. Ibu Dewi has carefully selected them and grouped them into two main categories: geometric and non-geometric patterns. All patterns are drawn to actual size so that batik artists can apply them directly to a white fabric to start making batik.

Hardcover with slipcase

Book condition: Near Fine. Soft crease to page 507. Very light dust stain to right edge of page-block. Internally very clean

Dust Jacket condition: Very Good. Dust jacket has trifle crease to rear

Slipcase condition: Very Good. Light general wear to slipcase plus a very few bumps and an abrasion to inside

Author: Sri Soedewi Samsi

Dimensions: 23 x 30 cm

Print length: 563 pages

Language: English

Publication date: 2009

Publisher: Titian Foundation

ISBN: ‎ 9786029847314