Batik Cap Or Chop

The use of Batik is an integral part of Malay culture. Mostly, the Malay women in olden times wear their kebayas with Batik sarungs. Batik is a wax resist dyeing technique used on textiles. Melted wax is applied before the fabric is dipped in dye water.

Pictures below show the sample of Batik cap or chop from my collection, which is made of moulded copper. It shows the motif of flower and leafs. The chop will be dipped in molten wax, and then chopped or printed onto the fabrics to make the resist, before the fabric is dyed. The cloth it produces is called Batik cap. There's another method of making Batik uses hand-drawn techniques instead of cap. This method produces Batik which is called Batik Lukis (Hand-drawn Batik).

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