The Tjap method is used to produce most of the fabric batiked today. The mechanical and technical revolutions and the realities of the twentieth century have greatly affected the human perception of arts and crafts. Our technology has the ability to mimic original art and to produce mass quantities of cheap, marketable art. There is little value placed on the individual. This is true especially of the artist, and batik is one craft that does not recognize the individual.
Women are traditionally the sex that links humans to fabric.
In some cultures a woman is expected to be able to weave before she can be married. Batik is traditionally a female art. Women have been producing unbelievably detailed pieces of art for centuries. It is astounding that women are not publicly recognized for these beautiful crafts. Crafts are still not always considered to fit the definition of art.