Copper stamps (tjaps)

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Tjaps (also spelled caps) are the beautiful copper stamps which are used to apply the whole design at one time. They can be used to apply wax to paper or silk as well as cotton.

All our tjaps are hand made in Java by craftsmen who still make them in the traditional way. These are second hand reconditioned tjaps bought from a Javanese flea market, and we can make no guarantees about how well any one of them will work.

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Open floral tjap

A traditional floral design copper stamp from Jogyakarta, in Java with little triangles on one edge Size approx: 17 x 5 cms

CAP5 – Copper stamps (tjaps): Open floral tjap

£35.00 each Buy

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Flowery border tjap

A traditional border tjap with designs of flowers and leaves. Size approx. 20 x 4.5 cms.

CAP7 – Copper stamps (tjaps): Flowery border tjap

£35.00 each Buy

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Clover leaf Border Tjap

A traditional border copper stamp with a design of five petalled flowers or clover leaves. Size : 21 x 4 cms.

CAP9 – Copper stamps (tjaps): Clover leaf Border Tjap

£35.00 each Buy

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Diamond design border tjap

A lovely border stamp with an unusual central diamond and half flower edge. Tjaps like these are used to make traditional floral north coastal batiks Size approx: 18 x 4.5 cms.

CAP6 – Copper stamps (tjaps): Diamond design border tjap

£38.00 each Buy

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Connecting flowers tjap

A beautiful copper stamp or tjap - this design is often seen as part of the pattern in floral Pekalongan batik sarongs. Size approx. 17 x 9 cms.

CAP10 – Copper stamps (tjaps): Connecting flowers tjap

£40.00 each Buy

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Tiny petals tjap

A very decorative copper stamp from Jogyakarta, Java with a fine and detailed design of tiny petals. Size approx: 15 x 11.5 cms

CAP8 – Copper stamps (tjaps): Tiny petals tjap

£42.00 each Buy

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Dense flowers tjap

A heavy copper stamp with a design of interconnected flowers which will produce an overall design Size approx. 15 x 7 cms.

CAP12 – Copper stamps (tjaps): Dense flowers tjap

£42.00 each Buy

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Bouquet of flowers and leaves tjap

A design of very decorative flowers and leaves. Size approx. 18 x 10.5 cms.

CAP11 – Copper stamps (tjaps): Bouquet of flowers and leaves tjap

£43.00 each Buy

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Parang and floral squares tjap

A beautiful traditional copper stamp from Java featuring a traditional "parang" diagonal design and a squared floral. Some slight damage Size: Approx. 19 x 12.5 cms

CAP22 – Copper stamps (tjaps): Parang and floral squares tjap

£48.00 each Buy

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A pair of wings tjaps

It is rare to find a pair of copper stamps - a mirror image of each other. These are specially made for waxing both the front and the back of the cloth. A very traditional pair of Garuda wings. Size approx. 12 x 10 cms. each tjap

CAP13 – Copper stamps (tjaps): A pair of wings tjaps

£56.00 per pair Buy

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Traditional workshop tjap (KUSUMA)

A copper stamp from the traditional batik workshop Kusuma in Central Java. Size: 12 x 3.5 cms

CAP3 – Copper stamps (tjaps): Traditional workshop tjap (KUSUMA)

£12.50 each Buy

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Traditional workshop tjap (Srimpi)

A cap used in a tradional cap batik making workshop. The inscription reads Batik SRIMPI SOLO Caprang Semarang (Solo and Semarang are centres of batik making) Size: 16 x 2.5 cms

CAP4 – Copper stamps (tjaps): Traditional workshop tjap (Srimpi)

£12.50 each Buy