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Evidence of early examples of batik have been found in the Far East, Middle East, Central Asia and India from over 2000 years ago. Batik was practised in China as early as the Sui Dynasty (AD 581-618). Silk batiks have also been discovered in Nara, Japan in the form of screens. They are decorated with trees, animals, flute players, hunting scenes and stylised mountains. By 1677 there is evidence of a considerable export trade, mostly on silk from China to Java, Sumatra, Persia and Hindustan. Indonesia is the area where batik has reached the greatest peak of accomplishment. The Dutch brought Indonesian craftsmen to teach the craft to Dutch warders in several factories in Holland from 1835. The Swiss produced imitation batik in the early 1940s. By the early 1900s the Germans had developed mass production of batiks. Computerisation of batik techniques is a very recent development.


Monday, September 6, 2010, 8:00 AM

This picture shows Sarkasi Said.

Sarkasai Said
Sarkasi bin Said is a Singaporean batik painter of international renown.
The artist is known for his unconventional use of a wax-resisting technique for batik painting, his bold use of colours and his frequent depictions of nature.
In May 2003, he had broken the Guiness World Record of the longest Batik painting made, by making a Batik painting that is of 103metres.
As his grandmother sold batik cloth as an extra form of income, Sarkasi was exposed to batik art at a young age.
He had begun to develop a serious interest in Batik only after observing some foreign artists which had featured batik techniques in their paintings.
 He taught himself how to batik as he was lacked of formal training.
He had also went to other regions and learnt from other Batik artists.
He had expanded to Batik designs on clothing that had been sold locally and abroad. 
He had held exhibitions in countries such as Brunei, France, Indonesia, Japan, the Philippines and the United States. 
He had donated several of his pieces to charity organisations
and had offered to teach Batik at a drug rehabilitation centre.
One of his students had his first exhibition in November 1993.
Sarkasi Said has also conducted Batik lessons at the Malay Heritage Centre.

Some of his works:
Name: The range of Kinabalu

 
Name: Colours of Kundasang