The word ’batik’ is possibly of Malay origin from the word ’tik’ meaning ’to drip’ or ’to drop.’ The term is applied to a resist dye technique i

Malaysian Batik: Reinventing a Tradition, traces the history of batik, the materials, methods and motifs of the block-stamped and hand drawn methods, and the wa

For the Javanese, batik is more than just shirts and sarung, The patterns and motifs express their various local identities; they are statements of Javanese lif

The Sultan and the Mermaid Queen is a collection of essays and articles which describe rarely written-about Asian people, places and events.

This book traces the origins and development of the motifs and patterns used in the design of batik, illustrated with a large selection of masterpieces from som