The Swing of Teej - Batik Painting
Sacrarium - Inspirational Painting
Flagship of Dharma
Prince
Siddhartha - Batik Painting
Radha Teases Krishna - Cotton Batik Painting
Batik is the art of using wax and dye on cloth to create beautiful and
unique designs. The word has its origins in the Javanese word “tik”
which means to dot. This historic art form uses the resist method of
dyeing. Parts of the cloth are waxed and then the rest is dyed, once the
final dying has been done the wax is removed to reveal the pattern
created. In modern times the artist may use etching, discharge dyeing,
stencils and other waxing and dying methods on a variety of materials
like cotton, wool, leather, silk, paper, wood or ceramics. This can be
quite different from the traditional formal styles. New forms of batik
technique, like the batik print and batik cap emerged after
industrialization and globalization, these automated techniques were
different from the traditional style which came to be known as batik tulis (meaning ‘written batik’).
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