Textile Fragment of blue, brown and white cotton batik in a traditional design of diagonal repeating S and lines with small diamonds and circles; design is called, "Parang Batik" and it symbolizes waves and the notion of never giving up; perseverance.
Textile Swatches showing the process of wax resist dyeing with multiple colors; a metal tool called a canting is filled with hot wax then the wax runs down the tube and is used to draw the design; the wax hardens and then the textile is is dipped in dye, then the wax is removed, new wax is applied covering the already dyed area and the new area that is not to be dyed; this process is repeated till the piece is complete.
Textile Panel of brown, dark blue, white wax batik cotton; diamond grid with animal, plant and bird motifs within and small leaf-like motifs scattered about.
