The Batik Process. To create batik, hot wax is applied to the fabric through a series of dots and lines by an artisan. When ...

Batik Cap involves creating the same kind of wax-resist designs, but patterns are stamped rather than drawn into the fabric. Batik Cap involves a specific copper tool called a “canting cap ...

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] ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Batik is a 2000-year-old clothes dyeing technique that uses wax to coat the parts of the fabric you don’t want to dye. Now the Portland Fashion Institute is working to ...

Jantima Sukmetta, 52, gradually unfolds a batik fabric. It has distinguished colours of golden yellow and brown, the naturally dyed colours from turmeric and leaves of khonthi (beach vitex). The ...