It is fascinating to think that there are so many existing methods of art and craft all over the world that have been invented and practiced over centuries. It is fascinating to think that there are ...

Anthropologie has used them to cover ottomans and to upholster chairs. Woolrich Woolen Mills turned them into short-sleeve button-ups, and Agnes B. used them to make a summer suit. Burberry Prorsum ...

Campaigners in Indonesia have blended rhino conservation with artisanal batik production to raise awareness about saving the critically endangered species. Under a program started by a conservationist ...

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 ...

Zhang Juanjuan's mother instructs her to make a batik painting at a studio in Anshun of southwest China's Guizhou Province, Aug. 18, 2022. (Photo by Chen Xi/Xinhua) Wearing a blue dress, 37-year-old ...

Batik is traditionally linked to Java, but batik clothing today weaves together Indian, Chinese and Malay elements to create a distinctly South-east Asian cultural heritage, said local fashion ...