It's early, the clock has not yet pointed to a number nine. About thirty people sitting in a circle of women in some groups turned to each other with each other, each facing sheet of white cloth that has not been filled with motifs. Turning occasionally dipping their canting into a pan of the night (for the batik wax) of liquid placed on a small stove in their midst. Small talk every now and then color the atmosphere flowing in long huts on the edge of the road to the royal tombs in Pajimatan, Village Girirejo, Imogiri subdistrict, Bantul District, Yogyakarta Special Region.
All of the batik in that place were women and most are middle-aged. Only saw three young men who participated batik. They recently graduated high school. It's generally young children in the region Imogiri, DI Yogyakarta batik business has been reluctant to proceed as it had been carried out by their families for generations. Although widely known Imogiri batik to foreign countries, but conditions in the home of batik was made quite alarming.
"It is in schools from elementary to high school there was a lesson in Imogiri batik, but yes it's just the basics," said Mother Sumarman (53), a worker who claimed to have used batik batik since he sat on the bench first class elementary school. "But yes just to just know it, after that not many young kids who are serious about making batik", he added. Most of them prefer to work in
The process of making batik is a very long and require little capital that does not make a lot of people who could not pursue this business. Most residents in Imogiri Girirejo Wukirsari and even just being a batik workers. They took the cloth of batik (batik) and did the process of batik in their homes. The process that they do only nyerat (batik pattern with night). After that they sold it to businessman batik cloth for an average of USD 75 000 selembarnya, depending on the complexity of motives that dibatik. Batik businessman who was later to continue the next process, namely immersion to be a ready-made batik cloth. One sheet of fabric dye costs an average of Rp 100,000 and up to now Imogiri batik entrepreneurs can not do it alone. They should take him to places in the city of Yogyakarta batik dyeing. Fair if the price of a piece of batik cloth for an average of hundreds of thousands of rupiah.
"The process of batik making was not just short. One sheet of batik cloth measuring about 1 meter x 2.5 meter can only be completed between two weeks to two months, depending on the complexity of motives, "continued Mrs. Sumarman," with a long time and income that was not how it makes less and less people are attracted to batik crafters. "Meanwhile, employers memburuhkan batik cloth dibatik empty for crafters and sell it after so were faced with obstacles that are not less complicated. In addition to big capital, is also necessary diligence. Currently there are only two employers in Imogiri batik, which is the business managed by mother and mother Sumarman Sarjuni.
