We're booking our tickets to Singapore ASAP, because that's where you'll find these gorgeous buttercream cakes in colorful batik patterns. Yes, they're real, and yes, they're edible. Batikrolls by ...

It was in 2013 that the government named Jarum village in Bayat district, Klaten, Central Java, a batik tourism village. Around 80 artisans producing handicrafts with various batik patterns live in ...

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.

Bold, colourful batik-inspired prints stole the show at Burberry Prorsum recently (pictured, right) and now the Far Eastern print is cropping up on the High Street. Batik is a form of dyeing using wax ...

"Twenties" is a new column that offers The Jakarta Post's top 20 of everything under the sun, from history to pop culture and food to lifestyle. Batik, one of Indonesia’s most beloved icons and a ...

Bhairavgarh is the heartland of Batik or wax writing - a multipronged form of fabric handiwork generating livelihoods and adding hues of economic value to artisans inhabiting the hamlets around. Few ...

Batik design style fabrics have been around for years and were a popular pattern for clothes in the 70s. As with most craft trends, this one is coming back around again and batik print fabrics are ...

Batik artist Jezima Mohammed holds a framed photo of the late Queen Elizabeth II, who is wearing a white and baby pink scarf she designed and sent via post to Buckingham Palace, in Matara, Sri Lanka, ...

Tie and dyed patterns are loved for their vibrant appeal and sarees dyed in bright hues are a common choice for special occasions. Tie and dye sarees can be worn for festivals, wedding functions and ...