Editing Canting (section)

== History ==
[[File:COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM De man links gebruikt en cap om was aan te brengen. De vrouw rechts hanteert een canting. Het cappen wordt gewoonlijk door mannen gedaan vrouwen hanteren uitsluiten de canting. Java TMnr 60037917.jpg|right|thumb|Daily [[batik]] industry life in [[Java]] {{circa}} 1900]]
''Canting'' is originated in [[Java]] and invented by the [[Javanese people|Javanese]],<ref>{{cite journal |last=Ratna |first=Roostika |date=2019 |title=TERRITORIAL MARKETING AND COLLECTIVE BRANDING TO SUPPORT REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT: A STUDY OF SMEs BATIK INDUSTRY |url=https://cyberleninka.ru/article/n/territorial-marketing-and-collective-branding-to-support-regional-development-a-study-of-smes-batik-industry |journal= Russian Journal of Agricultural and Socio-Economic Sciences|volume=90 |issue=6 |pages= 97–106|doi=10.18551/rjoas.2019-06.14 |access-date= 4 February 2021|doi-access=free }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Akhir |first1= Noor Haslina Mohamad |last2=Ismail|first2=Normaz Wana|last3=Said|first3=Rusmawati|last4=Ranjanee|first4=Shivee|last5=Kaliappan|first5=P|date=2015 |title=Traditional Craftsmanship:The Origin, Culture, and Challenges of Batik Industry in Malaysia|url=https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-981-287-429-0_22 |journal=Islamic Perspectives Relating to Business, Arts, Culture and Communication |volume= |issue= |pages= 229–237|doi=10.1007/978-981-287-429-0_22 |isbn= 978-981-287-428-3 |access-date= 4 February 2021|url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last=Lee |first=Thienny |date=2016 |title=Defining the Aesthetics of the Nyonyas' Batik Sarongs in the Straits Settlements, Late Nineteenth to Early Twentieth Century |url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10357823.2016.1162137 |journal=Asian Studies Review |volume= 40|issue=2 |pages= 173–191|doi=10.1080/10357823.2016.1162137|s2cid=147124182 |access-date=4 February 2021|url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Baasanjargal |first1=Tsolmonchimeg |last2=Soon-Joo |first2=Ahn|last3=Mi-Jeong|first3= Kwon|date=2019 |title=인도네시아 바틱전통 패턴의 비교 분석 : 자바섬의 족자카르타와 페칼롱간의 패턴을 중심으로 [Comparative Analysis of Indonesian Batik Traditional Patterns: Focused on Patterns of Yogyakarta and Pekalongan in Java Island] |url=https://www.dbpia.co.kr/Journal/articleDetail?nodeId=NODE09220284 |journal=한복문화 |volume=22 |issue= 3|doi= 10.16885/jktc.2019.09.22.3.75 |pages=75–91|s2cid=210612600 |access-date=4 February 2021|url-access=subscription }}</ref> it is believed to be invented since {{circa}} 12th century.<ref>{{cite book |last1= Tirta|first1=Iwan|last2= Steen|first2=Gareth L. |last3= Urso|first3=Deborah M. |last4=Alisjahbana|first4=Mario |date=1996 |title=Batik: A Play of Lights and Shades|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=MZAiSAAACAAJ |location= |publisher=Gaya Favorit Press |volume=1 |isbn=978-979-515-313-9}}</ref>
G. P. Rouffaer reported that the ''gringsing'' [[batik]] pattern was already known by the 12th century in [[Kediri Kingdom|Kediri]], [[East Java]]. He concluded that this delicate pattern could only be created by the ''canting'', an etching tool that holds a small reservoir of hot wax.<ref>{{cite book |last1= Tirta|first1=Iwan|last2= Steen|first2=Gareth L. |last3= Urso|first3=Deborah M. |last4=Alisjahbana|first4=Mario |date=1996 |title=Batik: A Play of Lights and Shades|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=MZAiSAAACAAJ |location= |publisher=Gaya Favorit Press |volume=1 |isbn=978-979-515-313-9}}</ref>

[[File:COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Studioportret van twee Javaanse batiksters TMnr 60027241.jpg|right|thumb|[[Javanese people|Javanese]] woman in the middle of [[batik]]-making process in [[Java]] {{circa}} 1870, wax applied using the ''canting'']]
[[File:Batik Tulis.jpg|right|thumb|A woman applying ''malam'' (liquid wax) following pattern on fabric using ''canting'' in arts and craft center at Mirota, [[Yogyakarta]], [[Indonesia]] in 2007]]