Batik, wax printings, has been both an art and a craft for centuries. Batik is one kind of major traditional fabric paintings that have many section like dyeing, silk-screening, layering, batik painting, dyeing and water painting. Batik is actually a hand-drawn and hand-painted technique, which uses wax.

The wax is a form of 'resist' method, and the purpose of this method is so that when colour is put on a certain spot on the fabric, it does not run to the other part. After Dyeing the fabric, the wax will be washed off, hence leaving that part which was originally covered with wax back to its original white fabric colour.

Here is the making step of Chinese Batik in Guizhou. Thin blade of bronze knife, dipped in heated wax, freely draws designs on white cloth, which prevents from dyeing. Then colors needed are dyed on the cloth. Later, the cloth is put in hot water to boil and clear designs would appear on the cloth.

In wax printings, first, waxing of the fabric is done, then it is dyed, and lastly it is de-waxed.

Let's take an example to explain the process of batik - an artist is is going to draw a floral motif & background is blue eg. a yellow flower with a green stalk, wax printings.

Now, imagine that the artist will be drawing on a white piece of cloth. The artist will first draw the outline of the motif (ie. the flower & stalk) with wax. And later, he will start to paint, starting with the yellow colour of the flower. What the wax does is to hold the yellow in place, so that it will not run to the green stalk. And when he paints with green next, the same thing applies, that is the green will not flow to the yellow flower. Finally, he paints the blue background.

And of course, the artist will later have to wash the wax off the cloth, hence leaving that part which was originally covered with wax back to its original white fabric colour. Hence, the white outline for the motif. And that is all it is to the meaning of batik.wax printings.

Chinese Batik is also called La Ran in China. Researches show batik originates from ancient China. As early as in Qin and Han Dynasties, people in southwestern minority regions of China, finding that wax can prevent from dyeing, proficiently mastered the craft of batik. They used bees wax and worm wax as material in preventing dyeing.

Design of traditional Guizhou batik is based on realism. The artistic language is simple, pure, straightforward and powerful. Especially, its design pattern is free from confinement of details. Bold variation and exaggeration are employed. Such variation and exaggeration are full of charms. Batik designs are quite rich and colorful. Most of them are taken from actual life or stories, typical of the traditional culture.

The traditional batik designs are often evenly and harmoniously distributed on four sides. There are various patterns but in good order. The overall effect is stressed instead of paying too much attention to the details. The design patterns are of rhythmical beauty since the lines and points are orderly arranged. The peculiar batik ice line adds more charm to it. Apart from the traditional blue, there are many other colorful batik. The ice line is characteristic of batik. The formation of ice lines is that wax lines are destroyed in constant rolling and dyeing of the cloth, which soaks into the lines of the cloth, leaving natural patterns on the cloth. The natural patterns are enchantingly beautiful. Like fingerprints of human beings, they are different from each other, which further augments the depth of its beauty.

RS-4: Gone With the Wind Thick Colored Wax Printing (batik wholesale to importers is available)

Material: Homemade-Fabric (Cotton)

Size: 65cm x 80cm, There are braids beneath.

Place of production: Guizhou; Weight: 0.50 kg

Thick colored wax printing release feelings of minority ethnic groups

List Price: $18.00    OEM is available

RS-5: Batik-Bamboo Girl-Wax Printing

Material: Homemade-Fabric (Cotton)

Size: 65cm x 80cm, There are braids beneath.

Place of production: Guizhou; Weight: 0.60 kg

Thick colored wax printing release feelings of minority ethnic groups. craft wholesale

List Price: $18.00    Craft wholesale

RS-6: Wax Printing Under Gourd Rack

Specification: 55cm x 65cm

Material: Cotton and Silk

This is Miao Wax Printing by the Chinese in the way of printing pictures on the cloth and dye it later. When the wax was removed, the pictures could be seen.

List Price: $18.00    OEM is available

RS-7: Classical Embroidery With Batik Techniques

Material: Linen
Size: 45cm x 45 cm
This embroidery piece as Hanging ornamentis from Chinese Miao Ethnic Group. It has a history if 30 years, the woman artisan spent 1 year to finish the work. This is one batik, embroidery wax printings for craft wholesle to importers.

China batik supplier to export fabric paintings.

Price to importers: $85.00    OEM available