Generally speaking, batik fabric is a textile that has been colored using one of several ... “canting” (or tjanting in Javanese) to hand-draw designs in melted, hot wax directly onto a cloth ...

It’s time to add a splash of color to our monochromatic winter landscape. Billings fiber artist, Dr. Anne Giuliano, is offering fabric dyeing and batik classes on Feb. 17 and 18 in Great Falls ...

A craftswoman makes traditional batik using a tool with melted wax to draw patterns on fabric at a local batik shop in Surakarta, Central Java, on July 30, 2024 [Yasuuoshi Chiba/AFP] Solo is not ...

SUBANG: The Asean gala dinner tonight will see leaders dressed in something distinctly Malaysian: custom-made batik shirts, tailored for each head of government and state, sewn by local hands.