The resist-dyeing process, whereby designs are made with wax on a fabric which is subsequently immersed in a dyed to absorb the colour on the un-waxed portions, is known as batik dyeing. It has been done in the Orient, notably India and to some extent in Japan, for many centuries. However, it is on the island of Java in Indonesia where the term “batik” originated and where high technical artistic skill of batik print really developed. Originally limited to execution by noblewomen, the technique is now a flourishing industry, particularly as a cottage industry where natives do batik dyeing in their small houses. There are the methods. The technically more difficult and more artistic designs are drawn by hand. The patterns are generally in geometric, floral, bird or animal motifs, but the artist’s imagination may introduce other fanciful designs. The motif is drawn on cotton cambric. Then melted wax mixed with a resin is traced on the areas not to be dyed with a “canting”, which is a ...
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