WELCOME TO TUBAN ART
"Batik tuban to a style of handspun cotton batik produced
in the Tuban distriet of east java.Batik production in java is robust howeverelse will you find handdrawn batik on-
handspunfield.This is the only area where you wiil textiles
produced on a traditional backstaploom and the one place
in java where women still spin thread.Two variaties of cotton are still grown for use in these unique textile.
The white cotton dominates whit a small a mount of natural brown cotton is used for specific types of textiles.Natural indigo dye is widely used and to a lesser
extent sogan,a yellow brown dye produced from the bark of tree that is no longer abundant in the neighborhood.
This batik tuban from the hand woven villages has a handspun cotton field with hand painted motif "gaji"and
"manukan" natural indigo dye.The natural indigo blue is this textile is very deep,requiring some where between
30 to 40 dippings and rinsings to achieve this lever of dark blue back. |
