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.

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 ...

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 ...

Eleanor Kuhns' love for batik is actually wrapped in a quilt. Kuhns, a quilter, is always in search of the perfect shade of a color, so she started dyeing her own fabric. Batik (bah-TEEK') uses melted ...

Jane Lannagan is drawn to the Scottish Highlands for the multiple colors and textures which give her a constant source of inspiration. Scotland is a magnet for artists because of its haunting beauty ...

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 ...

A pysanka (pysanky is plural) is a Ukrainian Easter egg decorated using the batik technique, a method of wax-resist dyeing. Pysanky were traditionally made during the last week of Lent and blessed on ...

African- and Asian-inspired fashions exploded out of stores this summer after designers flooded runways with boho love. The weather has cooled, but the boho look is still hot. Here's an inexpensive ...

In Malaysia, sustainability is often framed around renewable energy, carbon reduction, green technology and climate risk ...