To start creating batik patterns, you will need some basic materials. These include plain cotton fabric, beeswax or paraffin ...

The Nov. 6 Sunday Source article about batik, an old art form that is created by brushing, drawing or stamping designs with hot wax onto selected areas of a cloth and then dyeing the fabric, omitted ...

Batik in Malaysia has evolved from traditional craft to a contemporary art form, an evolution that's fueled by passionate entrepreneurs like Azrina Lasa of Batik Tektura and Amy Blair of Batik ...

CILACAP, Indonesia, Nov 17 (Reuters) - In a quiet mangrove forest in central Indonesia, a man moves gingerly across vegetation distinguished by its big, wooden stilt roots, searching for fallen ...