A pysanka (pysanky is plural) is a Ukrainian Easter egg decorated using the batik technique, a method of wax-resist dyeing. Pysanky were traditionally made during the last week of Lent and blessed on ...

Artist Cindy Wilson will teach the technique of using batik (wax-resist dyeing on cloth) to create complex modern representational images on cotton during a special workshop from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Vera Kap creates pysanky, elaborately decorated Easter eggs, using an old Ukrainian method at her home in Akron, Ohio. McClatchy-Tribune AKRON, Ohio – Casual observers might call Vera Kap’s eggs ...

Mr. Emmanuel Mensah and his assistant busily and skillfully remove yards of dyed cloth with the aid of sticks from metal barrels placed over burning firewood while they work assiduously towards the ...

Batik is an ancient form of dyeing textiles in which hot wax is applied to a piece of cloth in some design. When the cloth is submerged in a dye bath, the parts covered with wax resist the pigment.

Learn the art of Batik in this 2 1/2 hour workshop. Batik, originating from Java, Indonesia, is a technique of wax-resist dyeing. The name stems from the Javanese word tik, meaning to dot. The process ...

SUBANG: The Asean gala dinner tonight will see leaders dressed in something distinctly Malaysian: custom-made batik shirts, tailored for each head of government and state, sewn by local hands. But ...

A visual expression of happiness in fabric form, tie-dye, in all of its Technicolor glory, is the kind of mood boost we need now—particularly as we’ve been stuck in the same-old confines of home.