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MAKE AN IMPRESSION: Asheville-based batik artist Jessica Kaufman, left, prints hot wax onto linen fabric with hand-carved teak blocks in Bhujpur, India. Woodblock carver Anwar Khatri, right, shows his ...
DAKAR, SENEGAL—The last day of last year, my kids dragged their homemade Millennium Falcon up a dirt path to visit Jams. Jams is an artist who makes batik shirts in a Baye Fall artisan village.
Solo, Indonesia – Gunawan Setiawan is the fourth generation of batik makers and sellers in his family, and hails from the historic royal city of Surakarta, or Solo, in Central Java which is also known ...