In batik, wax is applied to the cloth to resist successive dyes, so that wherever the cloth is waxed, dyes cannot penetrate. The process of waxing and dyeing is repeated over and over again as more colors are used. It is crushed before the final dye to obtain crackle.
Here is a fine example of figurative batik. The man with unusually elongated limbs sits in a rather unusual posture on a green rectangular mat. With his eyes closed, he is lost in a world of his own. In other words, he has closed his eyes to the world and both don't exist for each other. His lower garment is pulled up to his thighs but could he care less! Moon, his only companion, peeps from behind the bars.
What is worth noticing and appreciating is the fact that to obtain the pink of the lips, the rest of the fabric had to be painstakingly covered in wax before it could be dipped in red dye.
This description by Renu Rana.
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