BONGONIKETAN Blog — craft of west bengal

Batik is an intricate and traditional textile art form practiced in West Bengal and many other parts of the world. It involves a meticulous process of decorating fabric using a combination of hot wax and colourful dyes. The creation of batik is broadly a three stage process of waxing, dyeing and de-waxing (removing the wax). There are also several sub-processes like preparing the cloth, tracing the designs, stretching the cloth on the frame, waxing the area of the cloth that does not need dyeing, preparing the dye, dipping the cloth in dye, boiling the cloth to remove wax and washing the...