African batik-style T-shirt prints are a vibrant and culturally rich way to express personal style. This traditional art form ...

The age-old traditional technique of creating art with layers of hot wax and coloured dyes has come back into the limelight in the recent years, becoming more popular than it ever was. Commonly known ...

Some of Kibuuka’s art pieces. Courtesy photo. Kibuuka has been working with wax and dyes on fabric since 1975 and thus is a maestro in the modern batik art technique. The versatility of wax and dyes ...

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 ...

Each piece tells a story of creation and conservation, while empowering local communities and preserving Malaysian heritage.

Deep reds, tropical greens, exotic blue water and sun showers. Those are the words used to describe original art created by local artist Wendy Tatter. Tatter opened her local gallery in 2005 - W.B.

Textile pattern by Constance Girard for Vlisco on view in Vlisco: African Fashion on a Global Stage (photo by the author for Hyperallergic) The story of Vlisco begins not in Dakar, Lagos, or Accra, ...

Craft can and should be considered high art and this show at the Peranakan Museum is a good argument in favour of this statement. While the show is centred on these three women, there is an effort to ...

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