This picture shows a modern Batik piece.
Modern and Traditional Batik
In modern batik,
colours could be use freely as chemical dyes are able to make any colour they want.
But it still utilizes canting and cap to create intricate designs.
While in traditional batik, they are only able to use indigo, dark brown and white which actually represents the three major Hindu gods, Brahmā, Visnu, and Śiva.
Yellow was not a common colour in both traditional and modern batik.
Yellow can only be wore by the royal family.
In traditional batik, people could differentiate their royalty and ranking just looking at their clothing.
Certain patterns are reserved to be wore only by royalty from the Sultan's palace.
But now, in modern batik, any designs could be wore by everyone.
There were only batik designs on clothing.
But in modern batik, batik designs could almost be found everywhere in your household!
There are batik designs on tablecloths, furnishing fabrics, wall hangings and even household accessories.
Traditionally, batik is only done on natural materials, like cotton and silk.
Wheras now, in modern batik, any type of material can also be used as long as it could withstand the heat of the melted liquid wax.
Some of the modern clothing:
