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YEESANG BATIK

PATTERN CONCEPT

The subject matter is Yee sang which is a well-known Chinese cuisine. Yee sang is widely served in Malaysia and Singapore.

The pattern derives from the shape of sliced capsicums because it has the most complex lines in the Yee Sang, produced by the scattered arrangement of the sliced capsicums. I have selected that part as one small section pattern. Next, I used the mirroring technique to produce repetition lines which amazed me because the mirrored pattern contained such unique unknown planes. So, I decided to take it as a part of my batik pattern because it has such motives that make us think about floral and nature which are assembled from the capsicums in the Yee Sang. The pattern educates us to appreciate nature since the source of vegetables (capsicums) in the Yee Sang itself comes from the mother nature that we must protect.

The mirrored pattern is recreated using proper tools after I geometrized those unknown planes to create recognizable shapes. I noticed that there are a lot of overlapping lines and geometrical shapes such as circle, square, rectangle, and triangle.

The principles that I used are transformation and symmetry principles. For the transformation, I have manipulated some shapes to assemble a variety of shapes in my pattern. I also extended some lines to make it connected to each other for the final product. For the symmetry principle, I used a symmetry line to ensure that the pattern is organized and balanced. The combination of those principles created such a solid blending of lines and shapes as a whole pattern. The organization that mainly applied in the pattern is centralized because those shapes are focusing on one point which is the central point. It creates an illusion which makes the audience focus on the central point although there are a lot of overlapping and intersecting lines in the pattern. The purpose is to show that no matter how many shapes and lines embedded in a pattern, we must appreciate it as a whole.

The color scheme applied in the pattern is based on the art movement, taken from my realistic drawing project which is based on the Pointillism Technique by George Seurat. In his art movement, he produced dull and vivid colors mostly from tiny dots. Therefore, I decided to pick the Olive Green color for the thick line and its detailing, Light Grey for the background, and Light Yellow to highlight the intersected lines.

Eventually, this batik design is a new combination of Malay and Chinese heritage that blends in together with our nature which should be inaugurated to the younger generation in our country. The color used is very eye-catching and refreshing with the uniqueness of its pattern that could bring-up our batik industry to a whole new level.