An Eco Friendly Formula for Batik Textiles

Batik is one of the world's oldest living crafts and art forms. It has survived so long, adapting and evolving along the way, and still is made in many parts of the world by both traditional and contemporary means suggests it has some wisdom to yield about sustainability. Batik as an everyday i...

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Main Authors: Nazlina, Shaari, Khairul Aidil Azlin, A. Rahman
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
Published: Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, (UNIMAS) 2014
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Online Access:http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/2691/
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description Batik is one of the world's oldest living crafts and art forms. It has survived so long, adapting and evolving along the way, and still is made in many parts of the world by both traditional and contemporary means suggests it has some wisdom to yield about sustainability. Batik as an everyday item and marker of identity were highly reflecting the Malay culture in the world. Batik represents it multiplicity in use, commodity and gift as well as dominant product of identity. On the other hand, batik usages are the main element for social business. It is also recognized as an art and manners that are favored by each social group that involved with the element sharing of knowledge and values by the society. This knowledge will enhance the development of culture values in representing sustainable identity within the society. It is widely realized that technology has a wide spectrum impact that imposed traditional batik towards modernity. As far as batik represents our culture, sustainability in batik production leads better futures for the batik industries. This paper will discuss on sustainable batik design through environmental concern and its presentation. A wide spectrum impact of batik has shifted form traditional values to modern one comprising eco-friendly formula in batik making process. It is expected that this will create significant impact to the future of batik business.
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spelling unimas-26912020-08-25T03:03:06Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/2691/ An Eco Friendly Formula for Batik Textiles Nazlina, Shaari Khairul Aidil Azlin, A. Rahman NC Drawing Design Illustration NX Arts in general Batik is one of the world's oldest living crafts and art forms. It has survived so long, adapting and evolving along the way, and still is made in many parts of the world by both traditional and contemporary means suggests it has some wisdom to yield about sustainability. Batik as an everyday item and marker of identity were highly reflecting the Malay culture in the world. Batik represents it multiplicity in use, commodity and gift as well as dominant product of identity. On the other hand, batik usages are the main element for social business. It is also recognized as an art and manners that are favored by each social group that involved with the element sharing of knowledge and values by the society. This knowledge will enhance the development of culture values in representing sustainable identity within the society. It is widely realized that technology has a wide spectrum impact that imposed traditional batik towards modernity. As far as batik represents our culture, sustainability in batik production leads better futures for the batik industries. This paper will discuss on sustainable batik design through environmental concern and its presentation. A wide spectrum impact of batik has shifted form traditional values to modern one comprising eco-friendly formula in batik making process. It is expected that this will create significant impact to the future of batik business. Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, (UNIMAS) 2014-05-19 Working Paper NonPeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/2691/1/An%20Eco%20Friendly%20Formula%20for%20Batik%20Textiles.pdf Nazlina, Shaari and Khairul Aidil Azlin, A. Rahman (2014) An Eco Friendly Formula for Batik Textiles. [Working Paper] (Submitted)
spellingShingle NC Drawing Design Illustration
NX Arts in general
Nazlina, Shaari
Khairul Aidil Azlin, A. Rahman
An Eco Friendly Formula for Batik Textiles
title An Eco Friendly Formula for Batik Textiles
title_full An Eco Friendly Formula for Batik Textiles
title_fullStr An Eco Friendly Formula for Batik Textiles
title_full_unstemmed An Eco Friendly Formula for Batik Textiles
title_short An Eco Friendly Formula for Batik Textiles
title_sort eco friendly formula for batik textiles
topic NC Drawing Design Illustration
NX Arts in general
url http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/2691/
http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/2691/1/An%20Eco%20Friendly%20Formula%20for%20Batik%20Textiles.pdf