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Sri Lankan Batik Design


Sri Lankan Batik Design
                                                Handmade Wax Batik

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Binara Batik,
Ampara.
Sri Lanka.

Order handmade Batiks :-
Contact us : binara.batik@gmail.com
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The uniqueness of Batik as an art form is in this wax-application process unlike the block printing method, hand made batik produces a unique design each time, even if the same design is being repeated. The wax is applied using different tools depending on the intricacy of the wax work required – from the fine-nib copper tint to a broader nib, or small brushes, and even a home-made coarse brush of coir rope for the sections which need splatters of wax “spots”.

 
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