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Buddhi Batiks launched their latest collection on December 6 at their Ward Place, Colombo 7 store. The shop was a colour palette of batiks of varied patterns for all ages. Ladies tried on silk sarees ...

As Indonesia’s traditional icon, batik has shied away from embracing technology for hundreds of years. This has resulted in a slow pace of development of batik, as most craftsmen create batik based on ...

For centuries, craftspeople from Southeast Asia to West Africa have used wax resist dyeing to create textile designs of stunning complexity and rich, durable color. To this day, traditional batik ...

JAKARTA -- If I had to choose a favorite textile, and a favorite place to admire its infinite forms, it would be Indonesia's traditional batik in Thamrin City, a windowless multilevel market in the ...

African batik prints are taking the streetwear world by storm, adding a splash of color and culture to the mix ...

The Queen Sirikit Museum of Textiles is travelling back in time to when King Chulalongkorn fell in love with Javanese culture during his visits to Indonesia and brought home 307 of the finest batiks ...

The age-old traditional technique of creating art with layers of hot wax and coloured dyes has come back into the limelight in the recent years, becoming more popular than it ever was. Commonly known ...

Disability did not stop Andika Indra Saputra, 30, and Agus Rizkianto, 23, from leading an independent life. Saputra was born with cerebral palsy and Rizkianto is deaf. The two make a living creating ...