Batiks by Gloria Sharp will be on display in Step Up Gallery at Mesa Public Library May 14 through June 10. More than 40 ...

African batik wall art is a beautiful way to add a touch of culture and color to your home. Using natural dyes, you can ...

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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 ...

If you ever go to southwest China's Guizhou Province, "the hometown of batik", the batik clothes are likely to be the first things to catch your eyes. Batik is a traditional folk craftwork that has ...

Beautiful, handcrafted fabrics collected by President Obama's mother are on display at the Textile Museum in Washington, D.C. The late Ann Dunham began purchasing the hand-dyed textiles when she lived ...

Questions arise when reading the journal of Nicolaus Adriani, a linguist sent by the Netherland Bible Society in 1884 to learn the Toraja language in Central Sulawesi. In his diary dated "Depok, ...

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 ...