Cultural Environment and Natural Environment as Inspiration for Making Batik Motifs
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Submitted: 2023-12-11
Published: 2023-12-11
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Demak was the former capital of the first Islamic Kingdom in Java in the 16th century. Nevertheless, the development of Demak Batik is very
dark, because Demak is not a city of batik producers for trade. The last information related to Demak Batik was found at the end of the 20th century in Wedung Village. Demak Batik experienced suspended animation and only reappeared around the beginning of the 21st
century. At this time several batik artisans emerged who made batik products based on the motifs of the cultural environment and the natural environment. The motifs applied to batik products that use cultural and
natural motifs show that the craftsmen have concern for the cultural and natural conditions of Demak. Users of these natural and cultural motifs symbolically show the craftsman's concern for the preservation of the land, sea, and cultural environment found in Demak
dark, because Demak is not a city of batik producers for trade. The last information related to Demak Batik was found at the end of the 20th century in Wedung Village. Demak Batik experienced suspended animation and only reappeared around the beginning of the 21st
century. At this time several batik artisans emerged who made batik products based on the motifs of the cultural environment and the natural environment. The motifs applied to batik products that use cultural and
natural motifs show that the craftsmen have concern for the cultural and natural conditions of Demak. Users of these natural and cultural motifs symbolically show the craftsman's concern for the preservation of the land, sea, and cultural environment found in Demak