Pelestarian Budaya Batik Tulis Melalui Penggalian Potensi Kriya Batik Pewarna Alami Bagi Penggerak Deswita Wonolopo

Abstract

The Wonolopo tourist village was designated by the mayor of Semarang as one of the
leading tourist villages in the city of Semarang, which is located in Mijen sub-district, West
Semarang, Central Java. Wonolopo tourist village has a lot of local potential with natural wealth
and uniqueness that can be proud of as one of the cultural and educational tour packages for
tourists. With the uniqueness of Kampoeng Jamunya which can be juxtaposed with the
exploration of natural dyed batik, it becomes the main attraction to be presented for tourists who
want to see the uniqueness of the Wonolopo tourist village area.
Most of those who are driving tourist villages and tourism awareness groups (pokdarwis)
do not understand the process of writing batik, let alone the use of natural dyes that can be
obtained from around. One of the efforts to optimize the existing potential needs to be carried
out on an ongoing basis, training and technical guidance mainly for the community that drives
the Tourism village in the form of written batik / stamp using the natural dye Blue Indigo. The training was given in stages starting from handling the fabric with mordanting, blazing the motif
onto a piece of white cloth, painting according to the pattern drawn, the next process dyeing the
fabric with natural Indigo blue dye, and finally slapping it off to remove the wax from the stick.
The last process, the cloth is rinsed until it is clean from the lime that is present with the Indigo
paste