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Art Is An Act of Expressing Feelings, Thoughts, and Observations
Art Is An Act of Expressing Feelings, Thoughts, and Observations
and observations.
THE ARTS AND CRAFTS
OF SOUTHEAST ASIA
THE ARTS AND CRAFTS OF
SOUTHEAST ASIA
The Southeast Asian countries have
a very rich history of arts and crafts.
A wide variety of religions are found
throughout the region, many
including many Hindu and
influenced practices. The major
religion are Islam and Buddhism,
followed by Christianity.
THE ARTS AND CRAFTS OF
SOUTHEAST ASIA
Some of Southeast Asia’s arts and literature
are quite influenced by Hinduism brought to
the centuries ago. Southeast Asia manifest
significant inheritances particularly in visual
arts from Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos,
Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, Singapore,
Brunie and Myanmar.
FABRIC AND DESIGN OF
INDONESIA
Southeast Asia recognized for its legendary
aesthetic in traditional woven textiles.
Clothing forms worn in Thailand, Laos,
Myanmar, And Cambodia are quite similar.
Influences from India and China, carried
through trade and religious teachings, are
evident in clothing styles.
BATIK
Ikat refers to fabrics that are woven, generally using hand and hip looms.
What’s so cool about ikat is that the patterns aren’t just created by choosing
individually-colored threads across each row– the threads themselves are dyed
into patterns, which are then woven into the larger pattern of the final fabric.
That means a black and white pattern may not be created from black threads
and white threads, but from threads that are dyed both black and white.
Different areas of Indonesia use different weaving and knotting techniques, but
Kalimantan and Nusa Tenggara Timur seem to use similar techniques. Ikat
is most commonly found in Kalimantan, Nusa Tenggara Barat, and Nusa
Tenggara Timur. Like batik, different areas and regions have different
techniques, motifs, colors, and patterns that make them distinguishable from
one another.
KERAWONG
Kerawong or karawo is fabric that is embroidered with
hand-woven designs. Unlike batik and ikat, the designs
created by kerawong tend to be smaller, but are no
less impressive and time-intensive to create. Some
would argue the process is more complicated, as all of
the designs must first be drawn and blocked before
they are sewn. Kerawong is most famous in Gorontalo,
a province in northern Sulawesi.
Selection and Preparation of the Cloth for Batik
The cloth that is used for batik is washed and boiled in
water many times prior to the application of wax so that
all traces of starches, lime, chalk and other sizing
materials are removed. Prior to the implementation of
modern-day techniques, the cloth would have been
pounded with a wooden mallet or ironed to make it
smooth and supple so it could best receive the wax
design. With the finer machine-made cotton available
today, the pounding or ironing processes can be omitted.
Normally men did this step in the batik process.
KAWUNG
KAWUNG MOTIF
CELPOK MOTIF