Batik Making
An age old craft of batik making comes alive at Noor Arfa
Hand Drawn Batik
It is based on the artist's imagination and creativity. The artist begins by using a small pen-like container filled with hot-melted wax. It is then hand-drawn onto a white fabric. The gracefulness and speed of their free hand never ceases to amaze one's attention. It is a beauty of the highest form of traditional batik.
Colouring Process - For high quality hand drawn batik to be produced, the manual process is used. The enclosed area is painted with different colours to suit the individual tastes.
Dewaxing Process - After the coloured batik fabric has dried, it will be soaked in a fixer solution for 8 hours. This is to retain the colours so that it becomes permanent.
Block Print Batik
A block designed will be soak in a hot melted wax and print it on the white cloth. After block printed, the cloth will be dye in a specific colour.
After the printed cloth had been dyed, it will be print with the selected design.
Dewaxing Process - After the printed batik is done for the third time, it is boiled for dewaxing. After that the printed batik will be rinse and hange for drying.
The Process
