It is fascinating to think that there are so many existing methods of art and craft all over the world that have been invented and practiced over centuries. It is fascinating to think that there are ...

Batik, a technique of wax-resist dyeing, is used in crafting totally handmade shawls in the northwestern Iranian city of Osku, East Azarbaijan province. To make batik works, selected areas of a piece ...

It was almost noon on a laid-back Saturday, but Sukrismini Kussudiarsono, 50, had been busy all day. If she was not walking around the workshop area at the Textile Museum in Jakarta then she was ...

Batik is an ancient art form that employs wax-resist dyeing techniques to produce intricate patterns on fabric. From places like Indonesia, this technique involves waxing cloth and then dyeing it. The ...

Since color is a large piece of serti batik, Suz Klumb describes the true essence of batik as the layering of colors. Pictured is Kim Finnegan’s test cloth with layers of colors blended together, just ...

Update: Xinhua has posted a correction tweet amid the backlash. Original story follows. For Indonesians and most of the world, batik originating from Indonesia is an undeniable fact. Like we saw with ...

Practitioners of art and design have been using the laborious process of batik, wax-resist dyeing technique on fabric for centuries. While linen was first soaked in wax and then scratched using a ...

FPKBL has developed an innovative batik wax formula containing 60% hydrogenated palm stearin (HPS), offering a sustainable alternative to petroleum-based wax and paraffin. Photo by: RSPO ...