Canting

Canting  for batik is a small tool  consisting of a handle  / stem made ​​of bamboo,  nyamplungan / body canting (a liquid wax) and the CARAT / beak  (the discharge  time wax batik) are made ​​of copper. This canting batik patterns are used to write with a liquid wax (night).  According to its function  there is a canting-rengan battens  (battens to  make batik-rengan first batikan  fit the pattern or no pattern)  and the canting Isen (for batik contents of the field).  According to the little  big beak beak there is a small, medium and large. According to many there is a canting cecekan beak / bill  one, canting  Loron / cucuk two, canting telon / beak three,  canting prapatan / cucuk four,  canting liman / cucuk five,  canting byok / beak seven  or more and canting joint / galaran  (bercucuk even arranged from top to bottom).

With changing times now developed a new innovation in the form of electronic canting. Electronic canting consists of three main parts, namely wax batik tank or night, stalk holders, and temperature control device which controls the temperature of canting. One other advantage, half of canting can be removed and replaced as desired size. All types of part-canting, ie ceceg, klowong, tembogan, ceceg double, and double klowong canting can be mounted on the body. Whereas in traditional canting, these five species separately.