The Art of Batik Painting

Batik Painting

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From the humble beginning of serving as wonderful apparel, Batik has found its way to the wall of many homes and offices in recent years. Its popularity has gain momentum especially among the buyers from the advanced economy such as Europe, US and European countries.

 Batik is a fabric dying method using wax to create patterns and designs.


This method makes use of a resist technique; applying areas of cloth with wax (a dye-resistant substance) to prevent them from absorbing colors when the cloth is dipped into dye.

Not only as a dye-resistant substance, the wax applied is also used to control colors from spreading out from a particular area to create motif when the dye is painted.

This batik trend sets for its potential to become "collectibles" just like what its counterparts, oil painting and watercolor painting do. Batik painting are real true works of art. No two are exactly alike! The batik painting from famous Malaysian artists such as Tuan Haji Abdullah Haji Yusof and Indonesian painters such as Raden Saleh, command high prices on the international market and at auctions in Singapore, Kuala Lumpur

Batik Making Process

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Batik Painting Art's Valuation Techniques

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Batik is a fabric dying method using wax to create patterns and designs.

This method makes use of a resist technique; applying areas of cloth with wax (a dye-resistant substance) to prevent them from absorbing colors when the cloth is dipped into dye.

Not only as a dye-resistant substance, the wax applied is also used to control colors from spreading out from a particular area to create motif when the dye is painted.

A method thought to be over a thousand years old, today, batik has taken on a much wider meaning. It can be referred to:


■cloth block printed with wax or
■cloth decorated with hand-drawn designs.
■cloth decorated with traditional batik designs without the use of the resist method

The use of batik has also extended from clothing to everything from home furnishings and table cloths to handicrafts.

In Malaysia, batik has become a national identity and flourish in the arena of fashion where batik attire is worn for both formal and informal occasions.