A surreal, blood-red river inundated the Indonesian village of Jenggot after floods hit a nearby batik factory on Saturday, causing a frenzy on social media. Thousands of users on Twitter shared ...

Batik has deep cultural significance in Mozambique, as it is used in ceremonies and celebrations. The patterns often carry ...

Batik means painted or dotted in Javanese. The origins of this traditional Indonesian handicraft, which uses applications of wax to create patterns in dyed cloth, reach back more than 1,000 years.

It is fascinating to think that there are so many existing methods of art and craft all over the world that have been invented and practiced over centuries. It is fascinating to think that there are ...

African *tie-dye*, also known as African *batik*, is a traditional art form that uses wax-resist dyeing techniques to create ...

Blue is the color for February at the Butterfield Garage Art Gallery, which will feature indigo batiks by Cindy Wilson. The show, titled “Midnight in the Garden of Indigo,” results from Wilson’s ...

A batik workshop will be taught by Marianne Hamilton Fox from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. April 26 at the Osceola Center for the Arts, U.S. Highway 192-441. The workshop in textile design using wax and fibre ...