IMPLEMENTATION OF BATIK COLOURING USING JENGKOL SKIN EXTRACT AT RANG MINANG BATIK HOUSE IN PADANGPANJANG CITY

Abstract

Batik, as one of Indonesia's world-recognised cultural heritages, has undergone various changes in its techniques and colouring. Currently, many batik colourings use synthetic dyes because they are more practical and efficient compared to natural dyes. However, the use of synthetic dyes can have a negative impact on health and the environment. This research aims to explore how to make natural colour extracts from jengkol skin, natural dyeing techniques with jengkol skin and its implementation in batik dyeing using natural dyes from jengkol skin extract at Rumah Batik Rang Minang. This research uses a descriptive qualitative approach with primary and secondary data collected through documentation, interviews, and observations. The results showed that the process of making jengkol skin extract through boiling techniques produced a distinctive and durable dye extract. The batik cloth colouring technique uses jengkol skin extract by dyeing. 1) Making Jengkol Skin Extract, namely preparing tools and materials, washing and mashing the jengkol skin until it is crushed, then boiling for 1-2 hours until the cooking water shrinks ½ of the initial boiling, after which the stew is left to stand overnight, then the extract is filtered to separate the jengkol skin and the extract after filtering the extract is ready for use. 2) Implementation of Batik Colouring Using Jengkol Skin Extract at Rumah Batik Rang Minang with the following steps: a) Prepare the filtered jengkol skin extract. b) The cloth that has been soaked with TRO (Turkish Redd Oil) and soda ash is then given a motif by stamping or writing (mencanting). c) then the cloth is coloured by mencolet using synthetic dyes on the fabric motif. d) the cloth is dried in the sun to dry and continued by removing the wax on the cloth. e) the cloth is dried in the sun and then dipped in natural extracts for 1 hour. f) dry the cloth to dry and repeat the dyeing 3-5 times. g) the batik cloth that has dried is then fixed using tui hill lime and arbor for 2-3 times dyeing.

Keywords: natural colouring, jengkol skin, extracts.