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What is Batik?♥
Batik is both an art and a craft, which is becoming more popular and well known in the west as a wonderfully creative medium. The art of decorating cloth in this way, using wax and dye, has been practised for centuries. In Java, Indonesia, batik is part of an ancient tradition, and some of the finest batik cloth in the world is still made there. The word 'BATIK' originates from the Javanese 'tik' which means to dot.
Here are some batik paintings
Similarities and difference between MODERN and TRADITIONAL batik (:
Both modern and traditional batik uses wax to outline, and both uses dyes to apply the colour on the fabric too.
However, modern batik uses the easy way, machinery, while traditional batik uses the hard way, involving the tjanting tools.