Image adapted from Oemah Entik

In making batik art, there is no pen and paper involved. Artisans use cloth instead of paper, and wax instead of ink. When beginning a piece of batik work, one draws a sketch using pencils of the design desired. Then, he uses a wax funnel – a tjanting, filled with hot melted wax, to trace over the patterns on the cloth. This type of batik art is known as batik tulis – which means writing, completely using wax by hand with the tjanting tool. From this method, you can see the changes in the variation in size and shapes of the wax flowing.