Through batik, a painstaking process of hand-drawn wax design and dipping dye, traditional Indonesian cloths are bathed in rich color and patterned with plumes of flora, fauna and abstract design.
The earliest compelling evidence indicating how batik was once worn is a copiously illustrated manuscript entitled Serat Damar Wulan (MSS Jav 89) presented to the library of the East India Company ...
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Every morning, Salomina Mallo sits by a large sheet of cotton cloth with a canting, or a spouted batik etching tool, in hand. She then carefully draws dots and patterns with wax on ...