Batik Malaysia

The Natural Batik Village is some 20 km away from our beach resort accommodation, The Legend Cherating Malaysia. Located at Lot 4898, Batu 9 ½, Jalan Kemaman, Kampong Chengal Lempongi Balok, 26100 Kuantan Pahang Darul Makmur, it is open from 1000 hrs – 1900 hrs daily.

We took the opportunity to visit the Natural Batik Village and discover more about batik Malaysia.

The Natural Batik Village

Chinese New Year decoration

More Chinese New Year decoration at the Natural Batik Village

Various batik clothing for the ladies

as well as the gentlemen, some stylish batik clothing designs

Not only can you find a wide selection of batik products and souvenir, you can also view the process of 'how to batik' or 'batiking'. There are basically 4 processes to batik fabric making.

Process 1 - Waxing the fabric

Process 2 - Colouring the fabric

Process 3 - Colour Fixing

Process 4 - Boiling the fabric to remove the wax

Soaking the fabric before boiling

Batik painting in process

Batik painting

Batik painting, slow and tedious

See the painting of the batik fabric

Various batik motif and batik designs can be found here in Malaysia

Batik pictures

More batik pictures

Batik picture of flowering plant

The meaning of batik:- wax printed patterned cloth where its motifs of flowers, twinning plants, leaves, buds, flowers, birds, butterflies, fish, insects and geometric forms are rich in symbolic association and variety.

Batik has evolved around the principle that wax and water repel each other. Therefore, an area of fabric that has been covered with wax is unable to accept dye. if the cloth to be dyed is white bleached cotton or silk, then wherever hot wax is applied will remain white in the final design.

It was an educational visit to the batik factory and we learned that in the process of batiking, you need the following material or equipment:-

• Batik wax = beeswax + paraffin wax
• Batik block = mainly made of recycle can
• Table = specially designed for hand block batik made of sponge filled with water
• Chanting = pen-like equipment made of copper which is used to fill batik wax to be applied onto batik fabric
• Sodium silicate = natural dye which is extracted fro plants (to avoid skin allergy)
• Soda ash

If just viewing the process of how to batik is not your cup of tea, try colouring your own piece of batik fabric. Choose from the various designs available and create your own masterpiece.

Batik colouring lessons

Batik designs and motif for you to choose

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