Batik artisan Ahmad Failasuf from Pekalongan, Central Java, struggles to compete with mass-produced batik and to find young workers to rejuvenate his business.

The tour began with a look at the works of Nyonya Oeij Soen King (1871-1950), who lived and made batik in Pekalongan — Indonesia’s Batik centre for batik making since the late 19th century.

The Pekalongan Batik Museum, inaugurated on July 12, 2006, features a collection of batik from across Indonesia. Managed by a cross-regional batik community, the museum is intended to serve as a hub ...

FERN features modern classic designs in their new Batik creations for Raya 2022. Fern Chua is very much known to us for her wonderful batik fashion creations, so it’s no surprise that her latest ...