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"As to quality, if you’re not sure of your ability to judge and you care about getting the best, visit Murni’s Warung Shop... on Ubud’s main street. You’ll get honest answers, fair fixed prices, and a selection of the best textiles from throughout Indonesia and elsewhere. These are the only stores recommended for geringsing."

Carol Walker
Travel Today Egypt, September/October 2004

Read the full article - Buying Textiles in Bali

"I am frequently asked ‘How is batik made?’ I think that you may be surprised at the time and effort it takes. But, first, what is batik?..."

Ni Wayan Murni
The Times, Lombok
September - October 2007

Read the full article - How to make batik

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Batik is regarded by the Javanese as one of the 5 halus or elite arts, along with wayang kulit (shadow puppets), gamelan music, lakon (the myths dramatized in wayang kulit), tempongs (classical poetry), and joged (classical court dance).

There are many waxings and dyeings and other treatments in order to make a batik. The great centres are in Central Java and North Java.

Central Java has three colours, whereas North Java is multi-coloured.

In Central Java,Yogyakarta batiks are distinguished by their strong dark brown, blue and white designs. Brown symbolizes the earth, blue symbolizes heaven, both placed on the white of the air.

Solo or Surakarta, also in Central Java, has brown, blue and cream. Around 1900 synthetic dyes were imported to Java from Germany. The colours are harsher than vegetable dyes. This is because the colours are equal in strength.

Vegetable dyes show a graduation of colour nuances.

Batik 3



Material: Handspun cotton
Style: Java
Size: Length 300 cm, width 54.6 cm
Order Number: T5

Background: This selendang or shawl is hand-drawn batik, known as batik tulis. Tulis means to write or draw.

The pattern is made by wax, applied by an instrument called a canting. It is a highly skilled job, traditionally carried out by women.

Canting work is time consuming and considered the finest and most desirable. It is therefore more expensive than those printed with batik stamps.

The canting is a Javanese invention. It is a small copper vessel attached to a pen-shaped bamboo stick. The melted wax empties out into its bent nozzle. When the vessel is empty, the line is broken, and the vessel has to be refilled.

For top quality batik, the stops and starts should not be noticeable. A complex batik pattern can take up to 6 months to make.

Hanger 3



Material: Bamboo, wood, paint
Style: Bali
Size: Length 112 cm, width 11 cm
Order Number: T15

Hanger 4



Material: Rosewood, fish, pineapple in the middle
Style: Bali
Size: Length 116 cm, width 7 cm
Order Number: T16

Hanger 7



Material: Tamarind wood
Style: Bali
Size: Length 45 cm, width 4.5 cm
Order Number: T19

Old Batik 6

Material: Cotton
Style: Java
Size: Length 225 cm, width 100 cm
Order Number: T28

The following batiks are from Central Java and are between 50 - 75 years old.

Old Javanese Batik 1

Material: Cotton
Style: Java
Size: Length 244 cm, width 105 cm
Order Number: T28B

Old Javanese Batik 2

Material: Cotton
Style: Java
Size: Length 248 cm, width 104 cm
Order Number: T28C

Old Javanese Batik 3

Material: Cotton
Style: Java
Size: Length 248 cm, width 104 cm
Order Number: T28D

Old Javanese Batik 4

Material: Cotton
Style: Java
Size: Length 262 cm, width 104.5 cm
Order Number: T28E

Old Javanese Batik 5

Material: Cotton
Style: Java
Size: Length 260 cm, width 104 cm
Order Number: T28F

Old Javanese Batik 6

Material: Cotton
Style: Java
Size: Length 248 cm, width 103 cm
Order Number: T28G

Old Javanese Batik 7

Material: Cotton
Style: Java
Size: Length 246 cm, width 104.5 cm
Order Number: T28H

Old Javanese Batik 8

Material: Cotton
Style: Java
Size: Length 244 cm, width 105 cm
Order Number: T28I

Old Javanese Batik 9

Material: Cotton
Style: Java
Size: Length 242 cm, width 102.5 cm
Order Number: T28J

Old Javanese Batik 10

Material: Cotton
Style: Java
Size: Length 244 cm, width 105 cm
Order Number: T28K

Old Javanese Batik 11

Material: Cotton
Style: Java
Size: Length 246 cm, width 102.5 cm
Order Number: T28L

Old Javanese Batik 12

Material: Cotton
Style: Java
Size: Length 236 cm, width 103.5 cm
Order Number: T28M

Old Javanese Batik 14

Material: Cotton
Style: Java
Size: Length 242 cm, width 103 cm
Order Number: T28O

Old Javanese Batik 15

Material: Cotton
Style: Java
Size: Length 246 cm, width 104 cm
Order Number: T28P

Old Javanese Batik 16

Material: Cotton
Style: Java
Size: Length 250 cm, width 106 cm
Order Number: T28Q

Old Javanese Batik 17

Material: Cotton
Style: Java
Size: Length 247 cm, width 106 cm
Order Number: T28R

Old Javanese Batik 18

Material: Cotton
Style: Java
Size: Length 248 cm, width 104 cm
Order Number: T28S

Old Javanese Batik 19

Material: Cotton
Style: Java
Size: Length 247 cm, width 112 cm
Order Number: T28U

Old Javanese Batik 20

Material: Cotton
Style: Java
Size: Length 249 cm, width 104 cm
Order Number: T28V

Old Javanese Batik 22

Material: Cotton
Style: Java
Size: Length 242 cm, width 103 cm
Order Number: T28W

Old Javanese Batik 23

Material: Cotton
Style: Java
Size: Length 242 cm, width 105 cm
Order Number: T28X

Old Javanese Batik 24

Material: Cotton
Style: Java
Size: Length 244 cm, width 104 cm
Order Number: T28Y

Old Javanese Batik 25

Material: Cotton
Style: Java
Size: Length 246 cm, width 105 cm
Order Number: T28Z

Old Javanese Batik 26

Material: Cotton
Style: Java
Size: Length 242 cm, width 104 cm
Order Number: T29A

Old Javanese Batik 28

Material: Cotton
Style: Java
Size: Length 242 cm, width 107 cm
Order Number: T29C

Old Javanese Batik 29

Material: Cotton
Style: Java
Size: Length 246 cm, width 104 cm
Order Number: T29D

Old Javanese Batik 31

Material: Cotton
Style: Java
Size: Length 248 cm, width 105 cm
Order Number: T29F

Old Javanese Batik 32

Material: Cotton
Style: Java
Size: Length 244 cm, width 103 cm
Order Number: T29G

Old Javanese Batik 33

Material: Cotton
Style: Java
Size: Length 242 cm, width 102 cm
Order Number: T29H

Old Javanese Batik 35

Material: Cotton
Style: Java
Size: Length 240 cm, width 106 cm
Order Number: T29J

Old Javanese Batik 37

Material: Cotton
Style: Java
Size: Length 248 cm, width 103 cm
Order Number: T29K

Textiles: 1: Old Javanese Batik

Textiles: 2

Textiles: 3: North Javanese Batik

Textiles: 4: Geringsing Patterns 1

Textiles: 5: Mega Mendung

Textiles: 6

Textiles: 7: Geringsing Patterns 2

Textiles: 8: Old Batik

Textiles: 9: Old Central Javanese Batik

Textiles: 10: Calligraphy Batik

Textiles: 11: Pekalongan Batik