Batik design style fabrics have been around for years and were a popular pattern for clothes in the 70s. As with most craft trends, this one is coming back around again and batik print fabrics are ...

African batik is a traditional art form that uses wax and dye to create intricate patterns on fabric. This technique can be ...

Think back to your childhood—did you ever draw on white paper with a white crayon, then paint watercolors over your drawing to reveal the pattern? Or did you try the same process when dyeing easter ...

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 ...

Cultural anthropologist and author Maria Wronska-Friend is a walking encyclopedia on Javanese batik. Batik’s complex techniques and its rich visual vocabulary set Maria Wronska-Friend off on a journey ...

Zhang Juanjuan makes a wax drawing at her studio in Southwest China's Guizhou province on Aug 18, 2022. [Photo/Xinhua] Zhang Juanjuan, a member of Miao ethnic group, shows great interest in China's ...

Reviving the art of Batik in Egypt is artist Samar Hassanein’s passion as well as her full-time job “The things I like most about Batik are its natural beauty and bright colours and the fact that each ...

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Zhang Juanjuan hangs batik products on the roof of the community building in Anshun, Southwest China's Guizhou province on Aug 18, 2022. [Photo/Xinhua] Zhang Juanjuan, a member of Miao ethnic group, ...