Yoruba batik, the traditional Nigerian textile art, is famous for its colorful patterns and detail. The craft is all about ...

WITH wax trickling from the tiny spout of the canting, Masrina Abdullah creates a multitude of possibilities in batik designs, and has expanded her passion to the fashion realm. Driven by her love ...

Batik is dyed by proud craftspeople who draw designs on fabric using dots and lines of hot wax, which resists vegetable and other dyes and therefore allows the artisan to colour selectively by soaking ...

These workshops introduce the traditional wax-resist dyeing technique, which involves using hot wax to create patterns on ...

Batik is a form of printing an image on a fabric using wax and dyes. What stands out in such work are the bold colours and clear white lines that separate the designs. This ancient art form can be ...

INSPIRED by memories of their childhood, Suzieana Rahim, 36, Mohd Fadhil Md Taib, 33 and Mohd Nizam Shahbudin, 38, featured the Melaka kampung house in their batik design and walked away with the ...

When the ‘Bride and Groom’ magazine held a wedding fair showcasing bridal designs from a number of local designers, Geetha presented batik sarees for brides in both Kandyan and Indian drapes. Geetha ...

Early motifs often depicted stories from the Mahabharata and Ramayana, as seen in Wayang Kulit and batik designs. “With the spread of Islam, these mythological elements were reimagined ...