The creator: Edy Gunawan, a Sumatran-born Javanese, uses a stamp to make batik cat, or stenciled batik, featuring Sumatran designs, in Medan. Edy says that he can make upwards of Rp 40 million a ...

She said that West Sumatra is truly rich in embroidery, as the province has at least 30 needlework motifs and its own batik, in both handmade and print versions.

A batik cloth with a Sumatran rhino motif. Image by Agus Susanto for Mongabay Indonesia. Women dye a sheet of batik with an elephant motif. Image by Agus Susanto for Mongabay Indonesia.

JAKARTA: Indonesia has seen a steep decline in the number of artisanal batik producers over the past four years across key production centres from Java to Sumatra, as pressure mounts from a surge ...

LAMPUNG, Indonesia — Campaigners in Indonesia are using the country’s celebrated batik-making tradition to get people to think about the Sumatran rhinoceros, a species on the brink of ...

The batik was laid out on Jalan Slamet Riyadi from Purwosari up until Gladag. Students, teachers and alumni from SMA Batik 1, and members of the Batik Education Foundation, helped carry the fabric in ...

Indonesia may be the undisputed king of batik – the traditional art of decorating fabric using wax and dye – but neighbouring Malaysia is embracing this versatile, time-honoured technique with ...