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- during a second visit in the early 70's a handful of galleries had sprung up; many of the cheaper paintings were being done by quite young children (8-12ish) who were knocking them out at a very fast rate
- during this visit saw no very young children at work; except for 1 establishment where 8 women doing jarik work in a small corridor adjoining the house, all the batik makers seen were young persons, boys and girls in the 17-30 age category
technology: 2 types of dyes are used, napthal (2 stage) dyes and inco (sun-developing) dyes; the waxes used for jarik are also used for the paintings, but pure white paraffin is often used alone to give crackle in certain ages
backgrounds are put on with a broad kuas (brush) while detail work done with cantings
dye tubs are small for paintings

(unlike those for jarik, where wish to avoid crackle)
all dyes, waxes etc. from a store near the corner of Ngasem and Polowijan
preference for German dyes which give stronger colors and last better than the Japanese
other tools are small kerosene burners (kompor) and small wajans (woks) for melting the wax; to remove wax the batiks are boiled in water to which soda ash has been added
in addition to paintings, which all 40 establishment carry, some establishments od still sell jariks and some sell batik clothing (mens, women's and childrens) and T-shirts
the jariks are not all of traditional Japanese style, as they once were, but designs have been copied from Pekalongan, [[?]] and "modern" batiks
where the shops are small and sell only paintings, all items sold are made within the household itself and using