Rural art: Here’s what goes behind the beautiful Batik printing and dying

Bhairavgarh, in Ujjain district of Madhya Pradesh, is famous for Batik art of fabric printing and dyeing. Check out the Batik processes from fabric treatments, dyeing, wax printing and painting.

Batik typical Yellow Dyeing

An artist painting the batik fabric with red wax.

An artist painting the yellow fabric with wax.

After a typical yellow textile dyeing and wax printing the fabrics are left to dry.

Fabrics put to dry after dyeing and wax printing

Process of wax writing and painting - An artist in Bhairogarh, Ujjain paints with wax using his imagination and hereditary skill.

An artist making neck designs on a kurti fabric with a wax pen

Batik designs painted with hot wax.

Designs made by artists

A Batik artist in Bhairogarh Ujjain paints a beautiful figurine

Batik wax Impressions 3

Painted with pure imagination and impromptu. A combination of wax pen painting as it is famously called.

Raw wax and blocks used in fabric printing.

After initial dyeing, and wax printing the fabrics are agai dyed in other colors as desired.

Batik wax technique

Fabric drying

Red and Black dyed fabrics left for drying

Batik Dupattas

Batik suit designs

Batik neckpiece

Batik suit materials