Towards a Cross Cultural Design by Integrating Batik Motifs into the Persian Carpet Design

MANSOUREH RAJABI TANHA, IZMER AMAD

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ABSTRACT: This paper investigates the potentials of integrating Batik motifs into the design structure of the Persian carpet. The Persian carpet is an essential part of the spectrum considered as ‘oriental carpets’, which are hand-woven textiles made not only for the purpose of covering a floor, but also for ornamenting doorways, tables, chairs, and windows. Likewise, Batik has a very special place in the world of ‘oriental textiles’, which is primarily a cloth decorated by drawing lines in wax to protect parts of the undyed cloth from coloring in the dye bath. With the employment of crosscultural design methodology, this paper aims to conceptualize a design that integrates batik motifs into the Persian carpet structure. Comparative analyses will be used to examine both traditions, to identify their specific histories and significance in order to produce a meaningful cross-cultural carpet design.

Key words: batik motifs, Persian carpets, hand-woven textiles

 

ABSTRAK Kertas ini mengkaji potensi untuk menggabungkan motif Batik terhadap struktur reka bentuk permaidani Parsi. Permaidani Parsi adalah sebahagian dari susur-galur “Permaidani Oriental”, iaitu satu tradisi tekstil anyaman tangan yang dihasilkan bukan sahaja untuk melitupi lantai, tetapi juga untuk menghiasi laluan pintu, meja, kerusi dan tingkap. Sementara Batik adalah satu tradisi utama di alam ‘Tekstil Oriental’. Tradisi Batik merujuk kepada kain yang dilukis di atasnya garisan-garisan menggunakan lilin untuk melindungi bahagian kain yang tidak diwarnakan semasa proses celupan warna. Dengan menggunakan metode reka bentuk rentas-budaya, kajian ini bertujuan untuk membina satu konsep reka bentuk yang menggabungkan motif-motif batik di dalam struktur reka bentuk permaidani Parsi. Analisis bandingan dibuat untuk mendalami dua tradisi ini, mengenal pasti sejarah dan kepentingan mereka sebagai satu titik-tolak untuk menghasilkan reka bentuk permaidani yang merentas budaya yang bermakna dan bermutu.

Kata kunci: motif batik, permaidani Parsi, tekstil anyaman tangan


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