Many of the Batik Guild's members are professional artists. Click on a name here or in the menu to view a selection of that artist's work and find links to their own websites.

I was one of only three UK textile artists to exhibit at the International Textile Art Biennale in Haacht, Belgium in February, 2015. Since 2001, I have exhibited four times in the Foyer of the Barbican …

Making batik was seen as an important skill for a young woman of noble birth. Before beginning a new cloth, she would spend a night in meditation and prayer, and the cloths she made over many months …

Batik is historically the most expressive and subtle of all the resist methods. The ever-widening range of techniques available offers the artist the opportunity to explore a unique process in a flexible and …

The art of batik waned in the West until the 1960s when it was once more taken up, explored, and adapted by artists, including Noel Dyrenforth in London who was the founder of The Batik Guild.

A UK-based organisation for batik artists, students and teachers. Includes member artists' galleries and information on exhibitions, workshops, talks and books.

After a lot of experimentation at home, she attended a series of batik courses at West Dean College near Chichester, mostly led by Noel Dyrenforth, which introduced her to a whole range of resist …

The art style I work with originates from the island of Java in Indonesia dating back 2000 years. I view it as my mission to spread and teach this rare painting style to the public, so that everyone can admire …

My Batik paintings are created on ricepaper using watercolor paint and a mixture of paraffin and beeswax. I graduated in graphic design and hold a BA from Illinois State University and was an art …

I combine my two great interests, birds and batik, working in my studio above an estuary in West Cork, Ireland. I never tire of observing the flow of tides and clouds and the birds with their reflections in …