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

atik is among the nation’s most popular items of cultural heritage. Despite its popularity, not many people know about the traditional fabric’s history, the manufacturing process as well as the people ...

enowned designer Edward Hutabarat once likened batik to “a beautiful remnant of a civilization” and called it the textile of Indonesian culture. “The batik industry has been developing well in the ...

YOGYAKARTA, Indonesia — Hadi Suwito quietly sits at his desk to oversee the daily operations of Batik Plentong, one of Yogyakarta’s surviving manufacturers of traditional batik textile. On the wall ...

Tourism is a major contributor to the Indonesian economy. But in the rush to cash in on the tourist trade, one local business says traditional culture is being compromised. For many tourists in ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Sample of waxed cotton cloth with ...

As an art class assignment, students picked a word or a symbol and illustrated it. Marianne Elizalde's 17-inch by 20-inch batik, titled "Reaching Happiness," has lived up to its title. It won the ...

The "Let's Batik" (Ayo Membatik) workshop is held by the Indonesian Embassy in Moscow every Saturday throughout September. Doc. Indonesian Embassy in Moscow "This batik exhibition and workshop which ...