Batik has its origins in ancient Africa, where it was used as a form of storytelling and cultural expression. The technique ...

The patterns and colors used in batik are key to its influence on African abstract art. The bold designs and bright hues ...

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 ...

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Every morning, Salomina Mallo sits by a large sheet of cotton cloth with a canting, or a spouted batik etching tool, in hand. She then carefully draws dots and patterns with wax on ...

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Walk into any fancy soiree in Jakarta and you are as likely to find an Obin batik shawl as an Hermes handbag. The former may not be familiar to those outside Indonesia but if anyone could change that, ...

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, ...