Sri Lankan Batik

Sri Lankan Batik Design
                                                Handmade Wax Batik

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Binara Batik,
Ampara.
Sri Lanka.

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Contact us : binara.batik@gmail.com
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            Process

 Sri Lankan Batik is made using pure cotton or silk fabric, and each step of the process is still done by hand. The design is traced on to the fabric, and thereafter the colouring process begins – the areas of the design which need to retain the colour that is on the fabric is covered in hot wax, and then the fabric is dyed (it’s a three bath process: the first is a chemical one to help the fabric absorb the colour, the second is a salt bath to ensure the colour is retained and finally the coloured dye). This process is repeated for each colour, and usually they start with the lightest colour (white) and progress to the darkest (black). Once the dyeing process is complete, the fabric is put in boiling water and the wax easily removed. The unique “veins” of colour found in Batik is created when the dye seeps into the fabric during the dyeing process – this can happen naturally or is crumpled by hand to allow the veins to become part of the design.

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