PEMETAAN PEWARNA ALAMI PADA BATIK PESISIRAN Studi Kasus: Batik batang dari Kabupaten Batang

Abstract

Trends in design are influenced by various factors such as world events, economic situation, sub-cultural influences, or social change. Trends are also emerged in response to global environmental conditions globally. One of the trends in response to the condition of the natural environment is the emergence of sustainable design movement. In the textile movement it is also found in the form of eco-textile trend, which is initialized with the use of the natural materials and other supporting material like that has minimal impact to the environment. Batik pesisiran is one of the textile traditions in Indonesia that has high aesthetic value. Two of its forming aspects are decorative and colour. The colours on batik today are mostly produced from synthetic dyes, causing negative impacts on the environment and also the humans involved in the process. This research seeks to map and convert the synthetic dyes schemes into natural dyes schemes in order to be utilized by local craftsmen of Batang Regency, which is situated in the north coastal beach, in producing eco-friendly design and batik fabric. A colour equation of batik Batang as a case study was selected from so many batik pesisiran, which is usually dyed with synthetic dyes. The advantage of the research is to make a recommendation of natural dyes that could be utilized by local craftsmen to produce environmentally friendly batik Batang.