African batik-style T-shirt prints are a vibrant and culturally rich way to express personal style. This traditional art form ...

Nearly a century after it first took root on Malaysia’s east coast, batik remains one of the country’s most recognisable cultural symbols – rich in heritage, colour and craft. Today, as the art form ...

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Josephine Komara has redefined a cultural expression that was intricate and lovely but so locked in tradition it bordered on staid. “Tradition is the way we are,” she says. “Modern is the way we think ...

Batik in Malaysia has evolved from traditional craft to a contemporary art form, an evolution that's fueled by passionate entrepreneurs like Azrina Lasa of Batik Tektura and Amy Blair of Batik ...