Government of IndiaBatik: Visual Magic on Fabric
Keywords: Handicraft
Batik Print
Dyeing Process
Fabric Printing
Publisher: Eastern Zonal Cultural Centre, Kolkata
Description: This brochure includes information about Batik, which is an ancient form of a manual waxresist dyeing process.The word batik means ‘wax writing’, and involves three major processes – waxing, dyeing and de-waxing. In India, the resist method of printing designs on fabrics can be traced back 2000 years, to the 1st century AD.
Source: Eastern Zonal Cultural Centre, Kolkata
Type: Brochure
Received From: Eastern Zonal Cultural Centre, Kolkata
| DC Field | Value |
| dc.description | This brochure includes information about Batik, which is an ancient form of a manual waxresist dyeing process.The word batik means ‘wax writing’, and involves three major processes – waxing, dyeing and de-waxing. In India, the resist method of printing designs on fabrics can be traced back 2000 years, to the 1st century AD. |
| dc.source | Eastern Zonal Cultural Centre, Kolkata |
| dc.format.extent | 8p. |
| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf |
| dc.language.iso | English |
| dc.publisher | Eastern Zonal Cultural Centre, Kolkata |
| dc.subject | Handicraft Batik Print Dyeing Process Fabric Printing |
| dc.type | Brochure |
| dc.format.medium | text |
| DC Field | Value |
| dc.description | This brochure includes information about Batik, which is an ancient form of a manual waxresist dyeing process.The word batik means ‘wax writing’, and involves three major processes – waxing, dyeing and de-waxing. In India, the resist method of printing designs on fabrics can be traced back 2000 years, to the 1st century AD. |
| dc.source | Eastern Zonal Cultural Centre, Kolkata |
| dc.format.extent | 8p. |
| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf |
| dc.language.iso | English |
| dc.publisher | Eastern Zonal Cultural Centre, Kolkata |
| dc.subject | Handicraft Batik Print Dyeing Process Fabric Printing |
| dc.type | Brochure |
| dc.format.medium | text |
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