Living TRAVEL - INDONESIA

Java - Market, Temples and Crafts in Jogjakarta
 


 
Bird Market  - and below left
 

 
 

Hindu temple - and below
 

 

Making Batik materials
    


Drawing the design
 

Waxing with Tjanting - same below
 

 

Waxing the design with stamps
 

Waxing prior to Dyeing
 

Removing the fabric from the dyeing vats
 

Scraping off the surface wax
 

Boiling out the remainder of the wax
 

Typical completed fabrics
 

Ikat Textile
 


more Java
 

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