Tjanting

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Women doing batik work; in the foreground are Tjantings

A tjanting (different spelling: canting) is a tool from Indonesia to use liquid wax to paint on fabric using the batik technique.

On a stem there is a small metal vessel made of copper or brass, from which a spout leads. This jug is filled with hot liquid wax, which then flows or drips continuously through the spout. As with a fountain pen, you can write or draw on the fabric with the nozzle. The wax applied in this way covers areas that do not take on any color in the subsequent dyeing process. This technique is more complex than some other batik dyeing techniques.

A few artists produce their own tjantings by hand. Today there are also electrically operated tjantings that work on the same principle and keep the wax at a constant temperature.

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Individual evidence

  1. Batik Art. In: Hellmut Urban. Accessed August 30, 2019 (German).