Rodia Syamwil, Eko Sugiarto, Tjetjep Rohendi Rohidi, Siti Nurrohmah
Batik is a cultural heritage textile that becomes creative economy based on local advantage in Indonesia. The purpose of this study is to develop batik motives by using weeds as a source of ideas derived from the ecological wealth of Indonesia. The development of weed motive is done in the form of repeated and free pattern. Data were analyzed descriptively. The results showed that weeds can be used as a source of ideas for batik motives. The diversity of weed species makes the choice of a very rich motive. Weeds can be the main ornament or companion (isen-isen). The results of this study broke the World Record of the Indonesian Record Museum (MURI) as The Proponent of Making Batik with the Staining of the Most Common Weeds on March 1, 2016, through mordan-assisted weed extracts. © 2019 Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava. All rights reserved.
Universitas Negeri Semarang, Engineering Faculty, Textile Engineering Department, Semarang, Indonesia; Universitas Negeri Semarang, Arts and Language Faculty, Visual Art Department, Semarang, Indonesia
