Above is the waxing process of Batik Tulis (hand-drawn Batik).
Batik Tulis making process is quite elaborate. It consists of a repeated process of waxing, dyeing, and drying. To give colors to the batik fabric, the batik artisans will need to dye them. Prior to dyeing the fabric with a specific color, they will have to cover the area/ pattern that shouldn't be dyed with the color by waxing them. They use canting needle to draw the wax lines/pattern. After the dyeing and drying process, they will wash the wax off and repeat the whole process again until all colors have been applied.
Needless to say, it takes time and heavy manual labor to create a piece of batik tulis.
Needless to say, I will never going to make one.
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