The Beauty of Pekalongan | Page 5

• Buketan ornament, which usually has a color scheme of rose family, relatives verte and so forth.

• Ornament which is the symbol of Chinese culture with motifs such as hong birds (happiness), dragon (preparedness), RDC (eternal life), kilin (power), butterflies and a few more.

• Variety of ornamental patterned paintings, such as Chinese wedding procession some are patterned inspired by the stories / fables for example Batik Sam Pek Eng Tay.

Encim Batik

Dutch Batik

Pekalongan batik cloth has the style and nuances of Netherlands, among others are batik skipper named E. van Zuylen, Metz, Yans and some others.

Most Dutch-style batik Is generally a sarong. This can be seen in batik group decorative buketan which usually consists of flora that grows in Holland such as chrysanthemums, grapes, and a series of European interest. Known also decorative bridge card is a card game among immigrants from the west. There is also a variety of Hais be a symbol for European society antaralain Cupido (symbol of love), hooves and klavderblad (good luck) and ornamentation derived from the story / fairy tale princess eg snow, Cinderella and others.

Dutch Batik

Native Batik

Besides Chinese and the Dutch-style batik, there is also natives batik. Native-style batik is generally very bright and festive in its hues. Quite often on a piece of batik cloth found 8 colors that are very bold, but very amazing and very interesting overall. The decoration was very free, although here a lot of looks ornament traditional court batik from Solo-Yogya as decorative lar, machetes, Meru and others who have experienced little change in style. Ornamentation developed by the natives among others Merak kesimpir, Patch, Jlamprang which has some similarities with the decoration of the Solo-Yogyakarta, decorative light of the moon, and batik with decorative woven palekat. Some people involved in developing batik Pekalongan in the era before independence was Ny. Barun Mohammad, Ny.Sastromuljono, and Ny.Fatima Sugeng.

Pekalongan batik characteristic differences can also be seen from the way or staining technique. When other areas are still using immersion techniques (dipping technique) in terms of coloring, then in addition to these techniques, painting techniques (natural brushing technique) has also been used by the craftsmen. This coloring technique began to be used since the dye into the batik industry in Pekalongan. This paint system easier to achieve the desired color at the same time, so that every detail of decoration can be painted and stained with fast and perfectly match the original. Staining technique using a brush is not new because the technique is closely related to the effect of staining technique of silk and porcelain of the Chinese nation.

Jlamprang Batik