Whilst traveling we visited Bali, Indonesia. Probably my favourite place of the whole trip. Such a culturally rich island. They specialise in textile techniques such as Batik and Ikat. Being textile girlies ourselves, we were in our element seeing these techniques being used first hand in the place they derived. Here, we visited a batik and ikat studio. These images illustrate the skill required to create such beautiful and one off pieces of textiles.
Batik: a technique of hand-dyeing fabrics by using wax as a dye resist to cover parts of a design, dyeing the uncovered fabric with a colour or colours, and dissolving the wax in boiling water.
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| A Balinese lady using a tjanting tool to apply the hot wax |
Ikat: A manual weaving style that involves resist dyeing the warp or weft threads before the fabric is created. Originating in Southeast Asia, ikat fabrics can be extremely ornate and intricate, often featuring detailed designs or larger pictures.
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| An ikat weft before weaving |
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| The ikat pattern close up |
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| A Balinese lady weaving the pre dyed weft |
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| Close up of the weave |
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