Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Precision and patience: Painting batik patterns on fabrics requires precision and patience, using ink made of hot liquid wax.

"Twenties" is a new column that offers The Jakarta Post's top 20 of everything under the sun, from history to pop culture and food to lifestyle. Batik, one of Indonesia’s most beloved icons and a ...

As Indonesia’s traditional icon, batik has shied away from embracing technology for hundreds of years. This has resulted in a slow pace of development of batik, as most craftsmen create batik based on ...

TEMPO.CO, Solo - Renowned batik producer Batik Keris displayed its most recent batik collection at the Diamond Convention Center in Solo on Saturday, May 25. It showed off various blooming spring ...

Batik, a technique of dying fabrics using a wax-resistant technique, has been part of the archipelago’s rich culture for hundreds of years. The technique can be found throughout Indonesia, and many of ...

From Solo and Pekalongan in Central Java, Yogyakarta to the northern Java coast and other batik-producing regions in the country, two batik maestros have invented what is known today as Indonesian ...