For centuries, craftspeople from Southeast Asia to West Africa have used wax resist dyeing to create textile designs of stunning complexity and rich, durable color. To this day, traditional batik ...

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Reviving the art of Batik in Egypt is artist Samar Hassanein’s passion as well as her full-time job “The things I like most about Batik are its natural beauty and bright colours and the fact that each ...

Egyptian designer Samar Hassanein has been working on improving the art of Batik for years but says the technique has disappeared in Egypt. Batik involves creating a patterned cloth by applying melted ...

To many, fabric scraps are little more than textile waste. But for Fasiha Mohd Noh, they present an opportunity – to create, sustain, and celebrate Malaysia’s batik heritage. The 35-year-old founder ...