When you do batik, art teacher Gwen Harleman said, you can take a little brush, or maybe a cookie cutter, and use it to apply melted wax to a piece of silk. Your design can be an angel, a heart or a ...

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 ...

Josephine Komara has redefined a cultural expression that was intricate and lovely but so locked in tradition it bordered on staid. “Tradition is the way we are,” she says. “Modern is the way we think ...

Deep reds, tropical greens, exotic blue water and sun showers. Those are the words used to describe original art created by local artist Wendy Tatter. Tatter opened her local gallery in 2005 - W.B.

Arif’s panoramic 'Hanya Batik' series, the centrepiece of RXP.KL’s new digital art showcase 'Twilight', wowing the audience with its blend of traditional batik and digital art. Photo: RXP.KL Hanya ...

For Arif, batik allows him to convey a multitude of stories visually - from history and social values to the lived experiences of the communities he seeks to highlight through his art. Photo: Bernama ...

Batik-making not only promotes an intangible cultural heritage among younger Indonesians, it also serves as a therapeutic intervention and potential source of income for children with developmental ...

The tradition of making batik art, created with applications of waxes and dyes on fabric, exists in many countries, including China, India and the Philippines. Here in St. Augustine, ...

LANGKAWI, Jan 18 -- Batik painter, Muhammad Hakim Iskandar Jasni (right) shows his colouring skill at the booth during the ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Retreat (AMM) at the Langkawi International ...