Handicrafts in the home . n principle and effect. Thehand-made Javanese batiks are producedfrom common cotton sheeting, the onlycloth procurable in their country. Four main colors are used in thiswork: indigo, red, a tannin brown, anda rather strong yellow. They are some-times allowed to overlap, which results inthe additional color effects of black,green, and orange. All the dyes are ofhome manufacture, made from native in-gredients. The manufacture of the dyestakes * considerable time also, and whenit is considered that from one to threeweeks is required to complete the appli-cation of each
Handicrafts in the home . n principle and effect. Thehand-made Javanese batiks are producedfrom common cotton sheeting, the onlycloth procurable in their country. Four main colors are used in thiswork: indigo, red, a tannin brown, anda rather strong yellow. They are some-times allowed to overlap, which results inthe additional color effects of black,green, and orange. All the dyes are ofhome manufacture, made from native in-gredients. The manufacture of the dyestakes * considerable time also, and whenit is considered that from one to threeweeks is required to complete the appli-cation of each color of the three ko beemployed, and that each step of the pro-cess has to be repeated on the other side,it is seen what a long, tedious, and ex-pensive process this native method is. It is reported that a more advancedmethod has been tried successfully inHolland, where a similar system of color-ing has been applied to plushes, silks,and velvets. Strangely enough, the na-tives of Java seem unable to improve •?/ -o 2:. z
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