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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
