What started as an industrial training stint in 2015 eventually became a lifelong passion for one of the most treasured art ...

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 ...

Arranging batik tiles is where creativity comes into play. Start by sketching a rough layout on paper or using digital tools to visualize your design. Experiment with different arrangements before ...

Tourism is a major contributor to the Indonesian economy. But in the rush to cash in on the tourist trade, one local business says traditional culture is being compromised. Tourism is a major ...

enowned designer Edward Hutabarat once likened batik to “a beautiful remnant of a civilization” and called it the textile of Indonesian culture. “The batik industry has been developing well in the ...

YOGYAKARTA, Indonesia — Hadi Suwito quietly sits at his desk to oversee the daily operations of Batik Plentong, one of Yogyakarta’s surviving manufacturers of traditional batik textile. On the wall ...

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 ...

Graycliff yesterday further expanded its operations by launching its new Batik Factory in the nearby Mountbatten House. Paolo Garzaroli, president of Graycliff Cigar Company, said its latest ...