Malaysia · Surface Design / Wax-Resist Dyeing
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Hand-drawn (canting) and hand-block-printed (carved stamp) batik practiced side by side and sometimes combined on the same piece, with pattern and color carried through to both sides of the cloth, according to the producer's own materials and independent coverage, unlike the single-sided print of most commercial batik. In Penang it is documented at the island's first batik factory, in Teluk Bahang, founded in 1973 by Quah Chin Choon and in production for over 50 years; it differs from CRAFT-2859 in scale and in combining the two techniques. The factory also runs a daily visitor batik activity alongside production and retail.
Risk level: Thriving · Not Listed (Indonesian batik is UNESCO-inscribed; Malaysian batik, including this tradition, is not)
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