MORI CLOTH

MORI CLOTH
Mori is the main material of batik from cotton. The qualities of mori are various, and the kinds will determine the result of batik painting. Because the need of mori from some cloth is not the same, the following information might be useful :
The size of mori
Mori which is needed is related to the length of cloth wanted. There is also a certain need like udheng or head cover. Udheng’s size can be more or less than the need ; therefore it cannot be used suitable with the common use. But cloth’s size is not certain. If short, it will influence the perfection of its usage ; if it’s longer, it will add the perfection in the usage. The way to measure is only to hold both corners of mori on the wide side and attach one of the corner to the length side across the width of mori. If you will take some kacu , so hold the corner of mori by using right and left hand by turns, attach the same length side by folding the mori.
The need of mori
Dodot cloth (batik wraparound worn by courtiers and bridegrooms) needs 7 kacu of mori. Dodot cloth is usually used by the Royal family or the classic dancers. But because the price is expensive, so the function of dodot cloth is replaced with the common and long cloth. The side cloth needs 2 or 2,5 kacu, according to the desire or the size of the user. Udheng needs one kacu of mori. There are two kinds of udheng; “udheng lembaran” ( head cover cloth in sheet form) and “udheng jadi” ( finished head cover). The finished head cover (udheng jadi) is already formed, so the person uses it directly. Actually it just needs a half kacu of cloth, and cuts it diagonally.