Development of batik jig for heritage preservation

Nik Ahmad Khan, Nik Ahmad Nazran (2023) Development of batik jig for heritage preservation. Project Report. Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Melaka, Malaysia. (Submitted)

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Abstract

Batik is a handicraft art produced through various types of detailed techniques. In Malaysia, batik is a national cultural heritage inherited by our ancestors and has invaluable value. To this day, the batik printing industry is still concentrated in the East Coast states such as Kelantan and Terengganu. However, the country's batik industry looks increasingly gloomy due to various internal and external factors. This study is to identify the problems faced by batik entrepreneurs in Malaysia and then find solutions to overcome these obstacles. Through the survey obtained, it was found that among the problems faced by batik entrepreneurs in Malaysia is due to lack of manpower and not using the latest innovations in the process of producing batik. The batik entrepreneurs still maintain the traditional method of producing batik which is manually and a lot of manpower. This has had a negative impact on the country's batik market. Therefore, the injection of technology and innovation in the batik industry is very necessary in line with the development of technology today. Flexo printing technology plays a huge role as well as bringing evolutionary changes to the world of printing. This study will focus on the batik industry by producing a prototype of flexo printing technology to be used as a new batik printing tool while maintaining the traditional characteristics of batik. Among the reasons for choosing this technology is because it is suitable to be used to print various types of motifs and can reduce the time period of batik production and then produce batik products on a large scale. This study will perform a printing test on batik fabric through a prototype created. This is because, until today the status of the use of flexo printing technology on fabrics is still at the development and experimental stage. Therefore, it is hoped that this study can help batik entrepreneurs in Malaysia to maintain the batik industry so that it is not lost to the currents of modernization.

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