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Sarkasi Said, a batik artist♥
Sarkasi bin Said is a Singaporean batik painter of international renown. He is known for his unconventional use of wax-resisting technique for batik painting, his bold use of colours and his frequent depictions of nature.
In May 2003, he had broken the Guiness World Record of the longest Batik painting made, a painting of 103 metres.
Sarkasi Said had begun to develop a serious interest in Batik only after observing some foriegn artists which had featured batik techniques in their paintings. He taught himself how to batik as he was lacked of formal training. He had also went to other regions annd learnt from other Batik artists. He had expanded to Batik designs on clothing that had been sold locally and abroad.
Some of his works:
The range of Kinabalu
Colours of Kundasang