Through batik, a painstaking process of hand-drawn wax design and dipping dye, traditional Indonesian cloths are bathed in rich color and patterned with plumes of flora, fauna and abstract design.

Introduction / Toeti Heraty N. Roosseno -- Textiles in Java -- Decorative processes and products -- The Island of Java in the sixteenth century -- Weaving myths of Sunda -- Rice-paste batiks -- Colour ...

Celebrated by designers, tastemakers, and pattern-lovers for centuries, batik is both a type of fabric and an ancient dyeing technique with a long and complicated history. Often grouped with other ...

Indonesia's Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto announced the plan to establish a new state-owned ...