Batik design style fabrics have been around for years and were a popular pattern for clothes in the 70s. As with most craft trends, this one is coming back around again and batik print fabrics are ...

Solo, Indonesia – Gunawan Setiawan is the fourth generation of batik makers and sellers in his family, and hails from the historic royal city of Surakarta, or Solo, in Central Java which is also known ...

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Celebrated by designers, tastemakers, and pattern-lovers for centuries, batik is both a type of fabric and an ancient dyeing technique with a long and complicated history. Often grouped with other ...