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 ...

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Revered Batik artist and Guinness world record holder Sarkasi Said held a workshop for a mixture of art students and graduates, professional and hobby artists and others simply curious to learn more ...

Across the globe, fashion consumers are turning more and more to the artisanal. While big luxury brands will always hold sway, the labels holding court on the street and social media are small and ...

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 ...

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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 ...

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, ...