KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia-- Decorative batik clothing has long had its place as Malaysia's official national costume. But today, the eye-catching patterns of the age-old design method have reached ...

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In Malaysia, new batik-making methods evolved ... repeating geometric patterns of this batik-inspired collection from Niba Designs, the process seems to have maintained its stronghold as part ...

Despite making art steadily for decades, Mohd Noor has rarely shown his work publicly. His first solo exhibition, Kala Kota ...

And to put Malaysian batik on the map ... Amy said that oftentimes, brands may claim to use batik, when it’s just using batik-inspired patterns manufactured via machines or screen printing. While ...

Who would have imagined that a woman with no prior drawing skills would go on to become a pioneer in producing ‘Bunga Lado’ ...

Next year, the 41-year old will represent Malaysia in the silk hand painting ... used to apply hot wax to the cloth) and draw the batik patterns. “When I held the ‘canting’, my fingers ...

In Malaysia, it is believed that batik was developed ... molten wax and pressed against the fabric in order to make the pattern. Batik has also been long known in Sri Lanka as it has been very ...

“Comfort and hand-crafted designs are important compared to those of plastic fabrics and machine-printed patterns,” he added. To celebrate the batik heritage, the Malaysian Handicraft ...

is used to give a unique effect to the patterns. It also has to go through various other processes before it becomes a piece of batik cloth,” Abdul Halim said. Compared to Malaysian batik, printed ...